News and Notes: The Beard is Sheared

In today's news and notes: Pitt/WVU recap, Keisel shaves his beard, Bettis makes a Hall of Fame, Ike Taylor talking with Steelers, and an interesting quote from a Pitt Panther entering the NFL draft: PITT 71, WVU 58 - Someone give a Sad Trombone to Bob Huggins, because his Mountaineers just dropped their season series to the Panthers in front of a national ESPN audience. Too bad. After going into the half down 31-30, Pitt (25-3, 13-2) shot 65% in the second half en route to their 10th win in their last 11 home games against WVU. Nasir Robinson led the way with 15 points, followed closely by Brad Wanamaker and Lamar Patterson with 11 each. The 11 points was a career-high for Patterson. Of course, there was some bad news to go along with the good. Freshman forward Talib Zanna fractured his thumb during some pregame horseplay and will miss 3-6 weeks. I'm sure Jamie Dixon was thrilled with that turn of events. The Panthers pick things up on Sunday at Louisville (21-7, 10-5 B...