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Pitt routed La Roche, 101-33, in its exhibition game at Petersen Events Center. Here is the early game-story. Here are some post-game notes: *** Senior forward Nasir Robinson (knee) is ahead of schedule and could return to full practice next week. He took place in warmups last week.   “We think it’s coming along,” coach Jamie Dixon said. “I [...]

Injured bodies kept staggering to the Pitt sideline so often Wednesday night during the 35-20 victory against Connecticut that coach Todd Graham stopped counting them. Of course, the most important injury occurred to running back Ray Graham’s knee. Todd Graham clearly didn’t want to talk about it after game. He did say that Ray Graham, [...]

A story in USA Today noted that, beginning next year, the NCAA could be imposing stricter academic requirements that could keep teams from playing in March Madness — including eventual champion Connecticut in the 2011 event – but Pitt looks to be in good shape. The NCAA is proposing a minimum Academic Progress Rate (APR) requirement of 900, which would be needed [...]

Pitt Blue-Gold scrimmage @agatesubhead:Blue 57, Gold 49 @agatelines:<*B>Blue – <*P>Epps 3-7 0-0 9, Gibbs 7-13 10-10 26, Patterson 3-7 1-1 8, Gilbert 0-1 0-0 0, Zanna 3-7 0-0 8, D. Johnson 0-2 0-2 0, Rivers 2-4 0-0 6, Nwankwo 1-2 0-0 2. <*B>Totals: <*P>19-43 11-13 57. <*B>Gold – <*P>Woodall 4-12 0-0 9, Wright 2-9 0-0 [...]

Ashton Gibbs, the Big East Preseason Player of the Year, scored 26 points as the Blue defeated the Gold, 57-49, in the Pitt men’s basketball team’s annual scrimmage today at Petersen Events Center. Gibbs shot 7 of 13 from the field, and 10 for 10 from the free-throw line. He added four assists and no [...]

Here are the team rosters for the Blue-Gold Scrimmage at Petersen Events Center at 5 p.m. The Blue team has Big East Preseason Player of the Year Ashton Gibbs, but I have to give the edge to the Gold team, which has Woodall at point, Cameron Wright at the shooting guard, J.J. Moore at small forward, [...]

West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck had some interesting comments recently about Pitt and Syracuse, schools that are leaving the Big East for the ACC, but still remain WVU rivals for at least the rest of this season. During a Root Sports telecast of the Bowling Green/West Virginia game Oct. 1, Luck criticized Syracuse’s football [...]

  NEW YORK – Pitt is ranked No. 11 in the first USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll preseason Top 25, released today. The Panthers, who return two starters from a 28-6 team, were picked fourth in the Big East men’s basketball coaches’ poll on Wednesday. Defending national champion Connecticut is ranked No. 4 in the USA [...]

Over the past several months, I have learned this about Pitt’s Tino Sunseri: He doesn’t care what you think. You get the feeling he wants to say, `I’m the quarterback, you’re not, so shut up and let me play football.’ Of course, he says no such thing (but who could blame him if he did?), [...]

NEW YORK – Ashton Gibbs was named the 2011-12 Big East Pre-season Player of the Year on Wednesday in voting by the league coaches. “He’s outworked people to put himself in the position that he’s at,” coach Jamie Dixon said. “If you thought back four years ago when he was getting recruited, I don’t anybody would have [...]