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Perhaps no coach appreciates being in the NCAA Tournament than Southern Mississippi’s Larry Eustachy. “There’s nobody that’s got more scars on their fanny than me,” Eustachy said. You might recall that Eustachy is the former Iowa State coach who took the Cyclones to the Elite 8 in 2000. More likely, you remember his name from [...]

  Athletic director Steve Pederson said today that Pitt will host as many games as possible in the College Basketball Invitational. Pitt (17-16), shutout from the NCAA Tournament and the National Invitational Tournament after a disappointing 13th-place finish in the Big East, will play host to Wofford (19-13) on Wednesday night at Petersen Events Center. [...]

  It took some extended talks, but Pitt is playing at least one more game. Pitt (17-16), denied by the 32-team NIT, will host Wofford (19-13) in the pay-to-play College Basketball Invitational. The first-round game of the 16-team CBI will be held at Petersen Events Center on Wednesday night. Pitt, which survived a scare to beat Wofford, [...]

Here is the updated Pitt game story with quotes and reaction from coach Dixon and the players in the wake of Pitt’s 64-52 loss to fifth-seeded Georgetown.

Turns out that was Nasir Robinson’s second alley-oop dunk since arriving at Pitt four years ago. The first — and only other one – came in his freshman year, in an exhibition game.    “Actually for four years he’s been bothering me,” said Tray Woodall, who made the perfect lob pass to Robinson in the first half [...]

Pitt defeats St. John’s, 73-59, in the first round of the Big East Tournament to earn a date with Georgetown on Wedesday. Here is the early game story.

The Pitt men’s basketball team left about a half-hour ago on a chartered bus to the airport to fly to New York City for the Big East Tournament. The team had a light workout on Monday afternoon. Coach Jamie Dixon said freshman guard John Johnson (back spasms), who was limited to three minutes in the [...]

Some individual Big East awards were announced today, and, as expected, Pitt wasn’t among the winners.  Syracuse sophomore Fab Melo was named Defensive Player of the Year by a vote of the league’s head coaches who were not permitted to vote for their own players.  Notre Dame junior forward Jack Cooley was named Big East Most Improved [...]

Pitt senior guard Ashton Gibbs received all-Big East honorable recognition today, while West Virginia senior forward Kevin Jones was named to the all-Big East first team. It marks the first time since 1995-96 and only the second time since Pitt joined the Big East in 1982 that the Panthers were shut out of post-season first-, [...]

  *** Pitt is the No. 13 seed and will play at 2 p.m. on Tuesday in the first round of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden, depending on the outcome of tonight’s St. John’s at Rutgers game. If St. John’s wins, Pitt will No. 12-seed Rutgers (13-18, 5-13) at 2 p.m. Rutgers routed Pitt, [...]