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Pitt senior guard Ashton Gibbs scored 14 points and added four rebounds and a game-high four assists to help Team USA to a 112-68 victory over South Korea on Monday in the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China. Gibbs shot 6 for 9 from the field and played 23 minutes. Team USA improved to [...]

Senior guard Ashton Gibbs had seven points and a game-high four assists as team USA defeated Hungary, 102-53, on Sunday in the World University Games in Shenzhen, China. John Jenkins of Vanderbilt made a record six 3-pointers for Team USA, which will continue pool play against South Korea on Monday.

  Ashton Gibbs is on his way to winning another gold medal. Gibbs scored a game-high 20 points to lead the USA men’s team to a 108-67 victory over Mexico in its opening game of the 2011 World University Games on Saturday in Shenzhen, China. Gibbs, who won a world championship gold with the U19 team [...]

Pitt inside linebacker Shane Gordon watched from the side Saturday for the second day in a row, but it wasn’t his idea. He wanted to return, but coach Todd Graham said no. Gordon had one of the hardest hits of the week Thursday when he slammed into running back Ray Graham. Immediately after the play, [...]

Pitt tight end Brock DeCicco missed practice the past two days to ponder his future and consider transferring to another school. This is not a surprising development because the tight end isn’t a big part of coach Todd Graham’s offense, and DeCicco should be able to find another school where he can flourish. He started [...]

= There are going to be these kinds of days.  First-year coach Todd Graham is installing a complicated high-octane offense, and quarterback Tino Sunseri and his teammates are learning the new system on the run. So maybe that’s the reason why the offense looked so out of sorts during today’s practice. The Panthers turned the [...]

  Pitt will play Tennessee at 5:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 as part of the 2011 Big East/SEC Challenge. The game will be aired on ESPN. Here is the complete schedule: 2011 BIG EAST/SEC Challenge schedule: Date Time (ET) Game Network Thu, Dec 1 7 p.m. Providence at South Carolina ESPNU   7:30 p.m. St. [...]

Todd Graham stopped practice Wednesday to admonish his players for incessant use of profanity. “If I hear the (F-word) one more time, you are going to go to the sideline and run for the rest of practice,” he said. “That doesn’t do you any good. That doesn’t speak well of your character.” After that, the [...]

ESPN released their Class of 2012 rankings and, surprise, no Steve Adams in the Top 100. The reasoning is that the ESPN scouts haven’t had the chance to watch the New Zealand native, but you would think his performance at the Adidas Nations camp — where the 7-foot Adams had his way with ESPN No. 7 Kaleb [...]

Keep an eye on Juan Price, but keep out the E. Price, a freshman outside linebacker, has asked the Pitt publicity people to take the E off the front of his first name. He won’t be Ejuan as he was at Woodland Hills. But by any spelling, Price has been one of the young standouts [...]