Reserve guard Ishmael Leggett scored a season-high 30 points, as the Panthers outlasted Wake Forest, 81-69, in a four vs. five matchup in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Thursday afternoon. Senior guard Blake Hinson added 20 points to Pitt’s cause, while the freshman guard tandem of… read more

Freshman guard Bub Carrington led the way with 23 points, as the Panthers closed out the regular season with an 81-73 win over NC State at Petersen Events Center on Saturday night. Senior forward Blake Hinson added 21, while junior center Federiko Federiko scored eight points. Reserve guard Ishmael Leggett contributed with nine points, while… read more

Senior forward Blake Hinson scored 27 points, as Pitt defeated Florida State, 88-73, at Petersen Events Center on Tuesday night. The victory improved the Panthers record to 20-10, overall, and 11-8 in the ACC. Pitt has reached the 20-win mark in back-to-back seasons–the first time the program has accomplished that in a decade. The Panthers… read more

It wasn’t long ago that winning 20 regular-season games as a member of the ACC made earning a trip to the 68-team NCAA Tournament a damn-near lock. Those days are gone. The ACC isn’t considered as strong and formidable a men’s college basketball conference as it was in the recent past. Also, the selection committee… read more

In the spring of 2009, I sat down to watch an NCAA regional final matchup between Pitt and Villanova. The Panthers entered the 2008/2009 NCAA Tournament as a number-one seed and made it to the Elite Eight for the first time since it was actually called that. I was stoked. There was no doubt in… read more

As they prepared for a 7 p.m. tipoff against Clemson at Littlejohn Coliseum on Tuesday night, the consensus among college basketball experts and bracketologists was that this was a crucial moment for the Panthers’ NCAA Tournament hopes. Pitt went into the night on the outside looking in as it pertained to bracket projections. Still, a… read more

Senior forward Blake Hinson scored 22 points, as the Panthers defeated Virginia Tech, 79-64, at Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh on Saturday. It was a much-needed victory for Pitt that came just days after losing by 33 points at Wake Forest on Tuesday night. After shooting just 29 percent from the floor against the Demon… read more

From red hot to ice cold. That aptly describes Pitt’s men’s basketball team following a 91-58 loss to the Demon Deacons at Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum on Tuesday night. Just days after the Panthers blew out Lousiville, 86-59, at Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh on Saturday, just days after senior forward Blake Hinson scored a… read more

Senior forward Blake Hinson scored a career-high 41 points, as the soaring Panthers blew out lowly Louisville, 86-59, at Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh on Saturday evening. It was the fifth win in a row and the seventh in the past eight games for Pitt, who improved to 17-8, overall, and 8-6 in the ACC…. read more

Senior forward Blake Hinson scored 27 points, as the red-hot Panthers upset Virginia, 74-63, at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Tuesday night. It was the fourth-straight win for Pitt and its sixth in the past seven games. Virginia came into the week ranked 21st in the latest AP poll, having won eight… read more