The ACC spent years as the darling conference of men’s college basketball. It was where the true blue bloods of the sport–led by Duke and North Carolina–resided. Michael Jordan. Christian Laettner. Coach K. The Dean Dome. Jim Valvano. Tobacco Road. I can go on, but you get the point. If a conference ever got the… read more

When you announce your retirement from the NFL, and the media and fans immediately begin to ask if you’re the greatest ever at your position, well, that’s rarefied air. That’s a level above Hall of Fame talk. Aaron Donald, the legendary Rams defensive tackle who announced his retirement from the NFL on March 15, is… read more

It seems that every season, there are teams that unjustly get left out of the field of 68 in the NCAA’s annual men’s basketball tournament that determines its national champion. The 2023/2024 Pitt Panthers will go down as one of those teams this year. After starting 10-7–including 1-5 in conference play–Pitt won 12 of its… read more

It’s like your old college professor used to say: “If you haven’t learned the material by now, there is no point in cramming the night before the exam.” After a slow start to their 2023/2024 campaign, the Panthers headed into their ACC Tournament semifinal matchup against North Carolina at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C…. read more

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