KHEM BIRCH RUMORS & GOSSIP
Isaiah Epps pulls a Khem Birch, leaving Pitt
Another entitled freshman has decided that he knows college basketball better than Jamie Dixon, and guard Isaiah Epps has decided he’s going to transfer. Actually, Epps redshirted his true freshman season but after this year he said he wanted to be closer to home. But seeing as how he’s from Jersey, which is only like six hours away, he probably just didn’t like...
Via The Sports Jags
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April 05, 2012
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April 05, 2012
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Pitt adds 2012 NJ guard Chris Jones
Pitt filled the vacant Khem Birch scholarship last night with news that New Jersey shooting guard Chris Jones committed to Pitt. Pitt was Jones' only major offer. He seems to be a late-bloomer / sleeper type of recruit (via The Recruit Scoop):
On Tuesday, the 2012 6-foot-6 shooting guard from Teaneck in New Jersey verbally committed to Jamie Dixon and the Pitt Panthers.
“I...
Via Pitt Script Blog
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February 28, 2012
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February 28, 2012
Khem Birch needs to grow up.
So let me get something straight. Khem Birch calls his former Pitt teammates "self-absorbed" but is upset that they didn't respect him because he was an "All-American?" It's all well and good to exceed at the high school level, but once you move up to the college ranks and don a uniform for your new school, none of that matters anymore.Maybe if Birch...
Via The Voice Says...
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January 19, 2012
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January 19, 2012
Birch helps us not miss him…at all
Remember Khem Birch? You know, the McDonald’s All-American that was supposed to be the Pete’s next big thing? The huge forward with a yellow streak in his hair? The kid that cried at practices because they were too physical? The freshman that transferred from Pitt because he didn’t get what he wanted?
Well, he spoke on Pittsburgh radio for the first time since he decided to...
Via The Sports Jags
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January 17, 2012
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January 17, 2012
Former Pitt Basketball player blasts School
Pitt freshman Khem Birch was something that not many Pitt fans are use to he was a McDonald’s All-American. Now, the 6-foot-9 Birch is gone as he decided to leave the team. Birch was Jamie Dixon’s highest recruit since taking over the Pitt program in 2003. Birch will transfer to UNLV.
As you will read below Birch will not have some kind words for the Pitt program.
On the season...
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January 17, 2012
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January 17, 2012
Talking transfers: Khem Birch to UNLV, Jamal Branch says St. John’s
For whatever reason, the initial college decisions for power forward Khem Birch (Pittsburgh) and point guard Jamal Branch (Texas A&M) did not work out this year. Both former top-100 prospects from the 2011 class made the decision to leave their respective schools less than half of the way through their first year of college, and [...]
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January 09, 2012
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January 09, 2012
Pitt Basketball: Freshman Khem Birch Leaves the Pitt Program
Khem Birch brought a lot of hype with him entering his freshman season with the Pitt Panthers basketball team.
Birch was considered one of the best recruits in Pitt history and was one of the highest rated big men in the country. Many viewed Birch as the missing dominant big man that the Panthers have been missing for years.
So far we haven’t seen anything resembling that...
Via Hardcourt Mayhem
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December 17, 2011
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December 17, 2011
CENTER OF ATTENTION
Pitt freshman Birch leaving team
Former high school All-American center Khem Birch is leaving Pitt to return to Canada. The team is 9-1 to start the season.
Via Hoopniks
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December 17, 2011
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December 17, 2011
Pittsburgh freshman center Khem Birch leaves team
Pittsburgh freshman center Khem Birch has left the program.
Coach Jamie Dixon says Birch, who is from Montreal, opted to leave for personal reasons.
The highly touted Birch averaged 4.4 points and 5.0 rebounds in 10 games this season for the 15th-ranked Panthers (9-1). He started each of the last six games and shot 57 percent from the field on the season. He had 15 points and 10...
Via AP on Fox
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December 16, 2011
Khem Birch the next Todd Graham?
There has only been one team to ever win the NCAA tournament without a McDonald’s All-American. And if the rumorsin the trees are true, it looks like the Panthers could be losing that magical piece to help them finally get to a Final Four under Jamie Dixon.
Twitter blew up last night with rumors that freshamn Khem Birch might be transferring to Kentucky. If it’s true...
Via The Sports Jags
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December 16, 2011
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December 16, 2011
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