Pitt Goes On The Road

If the Pitt men's basketball team was looking for an early test, the Wichita State Shockers should provide just that in a semifinal matchup tonight at 7:30 in the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.    Full Story

Foul trouble forced Pitt men's basketball coach Jamie Dixon to go to a smaller lineup, and the Panthers responded with a stifling defensive effort for 8:18 late in the first half and early in the second to hold Eastern Kentucky scoreless during a 71-60 win Thursday night at the Petersen Events Center.    Full Story

Student ticket distribution and Mellon Arena procedures have been announced for the Dec. 2 men's basketball game versus Pitt.   Full Story

Call it a changing of the guard for USA basketball.    Full Story

Pitt and Binghamton met for the first time in men's basketball Tuesday night at the Petersen Events Center, and it was a little like the old David and Goliath story with a different ending.    Full Story

Tuesday's night's 2009 O'Reilly Auto Parts College Basketball Experience Classic matchup between Duquesne and Iowa will be televised (9 p.m ET) on ESPNU, is part of ESPN's second annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon.   Full Story

Wofford College from Spartanburg, S.C. might be quite small with an enrollment at less than 1,400, but the Terriers nearly were giant-killers Friday night.    Full Story

The Pitt men's basketball team begins the 2009-10 season as young and inexperienced as ever, but the Panthers will need to grow up in a hurry.    Full Story

With eight straight NCAA-Tournament appearances in the Jamie Dixon era, the Pitt men's basketball team certainly has developed a tradition of excellence, and the Panthers athletic department will celebrate that success with a pre-game ceremony honoring last season's elite performance.    Full Story

Could Gary McGhee become the next post player to shine at Pitt?    Full Story

Tiny Coker College, a Division II school with a 695-student enrollment in Hartsville, S.C., was no match for the Pitt men's basketball team and dropped an 83-40 decision to the Panthers in an exhibition game Sunday afternoon at the Petersen Events Center.    Full Story

Pitt men's basketball coach Jamie Dixon and his staff hit the recruiting trail before this past season in search for post players, and four players came into the fold this year to bolster that area.    Full Story

Freshman Dante Taylor scored a game-high 27 points, as Pitt beat Division II Slippery Rock 75-64 in an exhibition men's basketball game Sunday afternoon at the Petersen Events Center.    Full Story

Now that Coach Jamie Dixon has taken the Pitt men's basketball program to another level, recruits like Dante Taylor could be the norm for the Panthers.    Full Story

It became painfully obvious, after a series of injuries that included getting his front teeth jammed in, that speedy point guard Travon Woodall would need to take a medical redshirt last season.    Full Story

Pitt men's basketball fans finally had an opportunity to view the 2009-10 Panthers during their annual Blue-Gold Scrimmage Tuesday night at the Petersen Events Center.    Full Story

Fans will get their first glimpse of the 2009-10 Pitt men's basketball team during the annual Blue-Gold Scrimmage Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Petersen Events Center.    Full Story

After a promising first season with the Pitt men's basketball team last season, former junior-college transfer Jermaine Dixon was counted on to bring experience to the 2009-2010 Panthers with four starters moving on to professional hoop careers.    Full Story

If history means anything to the Pitt men's basketball team, and it certainly does with the Panthers playing in eight straight NCAA Tournaments and their best finish with an Elite Eight appearance last spring, a pedestrian ninth-place finish in the Big East coaches' poll won't mean anything once this season starts.    Full Story

The Pitt men's basketball lost four starters from last year's team, and two more -- senior Jermaine Dixon (foot) and redshirt junior Gilbert Brown (academic suspension) -- won't be available until late December.    Full Story

The Pitt men's basketball team held its media day festivities Thursday at the Petersen Events Center, and despite losing four starters optimism was as high as ever for the Panthers.    Full Story

The Pitt men's basketball team will play 31 games this season, including 21 games against schools which played in the postseason and 10 which received bids to the NCAA Tournament last spring.    Full Story

Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh - schools that played in the first two basketball games at Mellon Arena back in 1961 - will meet each other in the final college basketball game to be played at the 50-year-old facility on Wednesday, December 2 it was announced today.   Full Story

An inexperienced Pitt men's basketball team got a little greener, as redshirt junior Gilbert Brown -- the most-experienced returning player -- was suspended for the fall semester for academic reasons.    Full Story

The Pitt men's basketball team will play 13 non-conference games during the 2009-10 season, and those dates are now set.    Full Story