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Pitt senior guard Shavonte Zellous was named the Big East player of the week after averaging 29.7 points in three games for the No. 19 Panthers this past week. It marked the second time this season and sixth time in her career that Zellous won such an award, bettering the mark set by Jennifer Bruce [...]

When Dave Wannstedt hinted that “one or two” Pitt players could miss the trip to El Paso, Texas, for the 75th Brut Sun Bowl, message-board posters immediate started speculating which Panthers could be left behind. Turns out, only one Pitt player isn’t bowl-bound. That’s Ronald Hobby, a freshman cornerback who was taking a redshirt this [...]

Dave Wannstedt has little patience for players who don’t take care of business, especially when it comes to areas such as academics. The Pitt coach on Thursday hinted that a few Panthers might miss the trip to El Paso, Texas, to play Oregon State in the 75th Brut Sun Bowl. Final grades came today, and [...]

Upon leaving the Pitt football program after the 2006 season, H.B. Blades issued a warning that the Panthers might be losing an All-America at middle linebacker but that his replacement was ready. Until then, Scott McKillop was a virtual unknown. Yes, he had starred at Kiski Area, but took a backseat to McKeesport’s Dontey Brown. [...]

Pitt fifth-year senior middle linebacker Scott McKillop, who led the Big East in tackles for the second consecutive year, was named the conference’s defensive player of the year today. McKillop is one of seven Panthers named to the All-Big East team, where he was joined as an unaninmous selection by sophomore tailback LeSean McCoy. Senior [...]

The Pitt women’s basketball program scored the biggest victory in school history today, pounding No. 8 Maryland, 86-57, before 3,223 at Petersen Events Center. It marked Pitt’s second-ever victory over a top-10 opponent, the first coming against No. 9 Notre Dame in the Big East Conference tournament quarterfinals last March. Shavonte Zellous led the No. [...]

EAST HARTFORD, CONN. — The Pitt athletic department announced today that tickets for the 75th Brut Sun Bowl are available online at www.pittsburghpanthers.com, and its ticket office will be open from noon until 5 p.m. Sunday where they can be purchased in person or by calling 1-800-643-PITT (7488). The Panthers (9-3, 5-2 Big East) beat [...]

EAST HARTFORD, CONN. – Pitt clinched its first nine-win season since 1982 and clinched an invitation to the Brut Sun Bowl with a 34-10 victory over Connecticut in the Big East finale at Rentschler Field. The victory gives No. 23 Pitt (9-3, 5-2) a share of second place in the Big East, its most wins [...]

EAST HARTFORD, CONN. – The NCAA’s top rusher and top scorer turned a sleeper into a showstopper, as Connecticut’s Donald Brown matched Pitt’s LeSean McCoy touchdown run for touchdown run. But the most pivotal plays of the third quarter came by Pitt quarterback Bill Stull, who threw a 61-yard scoring pass to receiver Derek Kinder [...]

EAST HARTFORD, CONN. – Pitt and Connecticut traded second-quarter field goals and played to a 3-3 first-half tie in their Big East Conference regular-season finale today at Rentschler Field. Michael Toerper blocked a Desi Cullen punt at the Connecticut 7 at 13:13 of the second quarter. It was the 10th blocked kick of the season [...]