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Here is the early game story for Pitt’s 80-69 victory over Duquesne at Consol Energy Center in front of a City Game-record crowd.

Redshirt freshman Cameron Wright will be suspended for tonight’s game against Duquesne at Consol Energy Center. There was no reason given for the one-game suspension. Wright, a 6-foot-4 Cleveland native, was coming off a career-best 12-point game against Robert Morris. Wright is the second Pitt player suspended by coach Jamie Dixon in the past week. [...]

Not many Pitt games are aired on CBS Sports Network, so here is the best way to find the channel in your area. Mainly, in Pittsburgh, it is Comcast Channel 274, DirecTV Channel 613 and Dish Network Channel 152. If your having trouble finding the game, there is a channel finder at CBS Sports Network on the right portion [...]

Pitt 81, RMU 71. Early game story is here.

So many thoughts raced through my mind while driving north on I-79 after Pitt’s 21-20 loss to West Virginia in Backyard Brawl 104. No. 1 was the distressed look on coach Todd Graham’s face while he answered questions about quarterback Tino Sunseri and West Virginia’s 10 sacks. Sunseri clearly held the ball too long on [...]

Pitt routs Penn, 78-58, as Khem Birch and J.J. Moore make first career starts. Here is the early game story. *** Freshman Khem Birch, starting for Dante Taylor (migraines), had 15 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double in his first career start. He added three blocked shots for the second game in a row. [...]

PHILADELPHIA – Pitt junior center Dante Taylor and sophomore small forward Lamar Patterson will not play tonight in the No. 17 Panthers’ game against Penn at the Palestra. Taylor is suffering from migraines and Patterson is serving the first of a two-game suspension imposed by coach Jamie Dixon. Patterson, the team’s starting small forward, will [...]

Pitt 73, La Salle 69. Here is the early game story.    Notes from the game *** Center Dante Taylor sat the final nine minutes of the second half after spending a minute or two on the floor being looked at by Pitt’s trainers. He returned to play 14 minutes in the second half and [...]

Pitt fell from No. 9 to No. 17 in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll, released this afternoon. The Panthers, coming off an 86-76 loss to Long Beach State that snapped a 58-game home winning streak against non-conference opponents, also dropped to No. 16 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll. Here are both polls.

The Pitt-Penn men’s basketball game at the Palestra on Nov. 25 – which is at the same time (7 p.m.) as the Backyard Brawl – will be aired on Pitt Panther Television and KDKA-AM (1020). The Pitt basketball team’s usual radio home, 93.7 The Fan, will call the football game. Pitt Panther Television is channel 188 on Comcast.