When he was shot a couple of years ago, he was seen as one of the players who would become one of the new faces of the Duquesne Dukes’ basketball program under Ron Everhart, who he followed to Pittsburgh from Northeastern. On Friday, however, C Shawn James hired an agent, officially ending his college career [...]
There has been some speculation in and around the Pittsburgh media over the past few weeks that Jamie Dixon may leave the University of Pittsburgh’s head basketball coaching position. This would normally be cause for panic, but Dixon has gone out of his way to reassure everyone that he is staying at the school [...]
If someone had told me last week that West Virginia would make it further into the NCAA tournament than Pitt, I probably would have laughed in their face. That is, however, the reality facing the Panthers tonight as they return home after a 65-54 beating at the hands of Michigan State in a game [...]
Oral Roberts may have been out to shock the world yesterday, but Pitt just affirmed what everyone already knows: right now, the Panthers are one of the hottest teams in the nation. Led by junior PG Levance Fields, Pitt dominated Oral Roberts (seriously, who names their college Oral Roberts?) yesterday on their way to the [...]
You know that Pitt had a run through the Big East tournament and you know that they’re a number four seed and you know that they’re going up against Oral Roberts in Denver midday Thursday. For all of the further analysis from everywhere around the internet, though, make the jump. We’ve gone through CBS [...]
The Pittsburgh Panthers continued their improbable run in the Big East tournament on Friday night, defeating the #24 Marquette Golden Eagles 68-61 to advance to the semifinals against #9 Georgetown. The victory was Pitt’s second against a ranked team in as many nights and means that the Panthers are going to their seventh Big East [...]
