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March Madness: Predicting Where Pitt, UConn and Other Big East Teams Finish
Down year for the Big East? Yea...right. Fact is at the beginning of the season people were predicting the Big East to take a step backwards this year and let some of the other conferences fill up the Top 25...Begin Slideshow
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February 03, 2011
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Pittsburgh Panthers' Savior: Ashton Gibbs Is the Shooter Pitt Has Always Needed
Maryland had Juan Dixon. Florida had Lee Humphrey. Connecticut had Ben Gordon. All three of these guys had a high success rate from beyond the arc and shot a ton of three-pointers...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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January 30, 2011
Five Reasons Why The Pitt Panthers Will Win The NCAA Championship
Last week, I had the privilege of attending the Pittsburgh-Syracuse game that was nationally televised on ESPN. It was one of the stranger games I have ever been to...Begin Slideshow
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January 22, 2011
Preview for 1/12/11: (5) Pitt at (19) Georgetown Headlines Interesting Wednesday
MATCHUP OF THE DAY: (5) Pittsburgh 15-1 (3-0) at (19) Georgetown 12-4 (1-3) Georgetown started the season red hot winning their first eight games, included a win at Missouri...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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January 12, 2011
Pitt vs. Providence Basketball: Role-Players Help Pitt Escape Friars with Win
As the last eight to 10 years have shown us, it doesn’t matter where the Pitt Panthers are ranked, or how bad the Providence Friars are. The results are always the same. Pitt will struggle against Providence...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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January 04, 2011
Pitt Basketball: Could Gary McGhee Be the Key to Pitt's Success?
Here's one I never thought I would write. Especially after watching Pitt center Gary McGhee play early in his career. Actually, at that time, I wrote once that McGhee was possibly the worst player in the nation playing for a Division-I program...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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December 30, 2010
Pitt Basketball: Panthers Make Statement In Big East Opening Win Over U Conn
Despite being ranked No. 6 in the nation heading into their Big East season opener against No. 4 U Conn, several questions surrounded Jamie Dixon 's Panthers...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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December 28, 2010
Pitt Basketball: Are the Panthers Ready for the Big East Season?
Wednesday's victory over American improved No. 6 Pitt's record to 12-1 on the young season. The next big challenge for head coach Jamie Dixon and the Panthers is the long grind that is the Big East season...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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December 22, 2010
Pitt Basketball: Jamie Dixon Faces Difficult Decisions Ahead
As third-ranked Pitt prepares to face Duquesne at the Consol Energy Center, Panthers head coach Jamie Dixon has about three games left to dish out playing time before he has to ...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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December 01, 2010
Ashton Gibbs Brings Home MVP as Pitt Wins 2K Sports Classic
Late Friday night, as No. 5 Pitt improved to 5-0 on the season after beating a bigger, faster, more athletic Texas squad in the championship game of the 2K Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden, several things became clear...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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November 20, 2010
NCAA College Basketball PITT, Illinois, Texas and Maryland Travel To The Garden
During the first night of the 2K Sports Classic at MSG, Maryland will take on No. 5 Pittsburgh and No. 13 Illinois will take on Texas. Pittsburgh is a superb team and I don't see them having any problem dismantling Maryland...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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November 18, 2010
Top Sporting Events For the Remainder of the Week: What You Should Be Watching
Tomorrow the AL Cy Young award winner will be announced to the public. It will be very interesting to see who ends up winning the prestigious award. Unlike in the NL, the winner will definitely not be by a unanimous vote...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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November 16, 2010
2010-11 Pittsburgh Panthers College Basketball Preview And Predictions
The Pittsburgh Panthers , led by head coach Jamie Dixon, return one of the deepest and most experienced teams in the nation this year. Dixon is the only coach in the conference to pick up 20 wins and 10 Big East wins over the last seven years...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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November 16, 2010
2010-11 Pitt Panthers College Basketball Predictions and Odds
Jamie Dixon is a very good basketball coach, and now he has to prove that. Sure, he has a spectacular record—the most wins of any coach ever in his first seven years...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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November 09, 2010
Pitt Basketball Off To Good Start Behind Career Night From Brad Wanamaker
If you are like me, then you couldn't wait for the NCAA Basketball season to tip off. No. 4 Pitt got that season started tonight with an impressive 83-75 victory against Rhode Island, a surprising quality opponent to start the 2010-11 season...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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November 08, 2010
College Basketball Season Preview: Ranking The Top 30 Players In The Big East
As the days grow closer to the beginning of what surely will be another great season of Big East Basketball, it's time to start diving into some season previews...Begin Slideshow
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November 07, 2010
College Basketball Preview: Big East Conference
Part 2 of my basketball preview focuses on the supposed kings of basketball: the Big East Conference. With 16 teams, it is certainly the largest...Begin Slideshow
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October 24, 2010
Pitt Basketball: Panthers Ranked No. 4 in Preseason Poll
When the USA Today/ ESPN Preseason Coaches Poll and the AP Preseason Polls were released on Thursday, the Pitt men's basketball team found itself in a familiar spot. That's close to the top of the rankings...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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October 23, 2010
Pitt Basketball: Coaches Pick Panthers to Win Big East
I know we are smack dab in the middle of college football season, but it's never too early to start talking college basketball. The Pitt Panthers are looking to finally take that elusive step to the Final Four this season...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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October 20, 2010
2010 NBA Draft Prospect Interview: Jermaine Dixon
For Jermaine Dixon, basketball is comfort. Jermaine Dixon didn’t take the easy road to playing Division I Basketball...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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June 03, 2010
Would Dixon Leave Pitt? Weighing The Pros and Cons From His Perspective
The Pitt Panthers are now a week removed from a crushing defeat at the hands of Xavier, ending their season in the second round of the NCAA tournament...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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March 26, 2010
NCAA Tournament 2010: Friday's Most Likely Upsets and Bracket Busters
After a number of seed-based upsets during Thursday's opening day of the 2010 NCAA Tournament, Friday's matchups could see that trend continuing...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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March 19, 2010
Pitt, Gibbs shooting for more in NCAA tournament
By ALAN ROBINSON AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — Ashton Gibbs glanced at the statistics sheet following Pittsburgh’s 50-45 loss to Notre Dame in the Big East tournament and didn’t believe what he saw...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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March 18, 2010
Five Things that Made Last Night's Backyard Brawl Memorable
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February 13, 2010
Panther Fans: Our Team Is Who They Thought Ther Were
So if you want to crown us (with a nine seed in the Big East tournament) then crown our ass!There’s a reason the Panthers were picked 9th in the Big East preseason poll. We’re not very good...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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February 04, 2010
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