Pitt defeats North Carolina for first ACC victory
Pitt women’s basketball coach Lance White said a combination of character and confidence came together among his players Thursday night, leading his team to its first ACC victory of the season. Senior forward Danielle Garven scored a career-high 27 points, and Pitt (10-16, 1-11) rolled to a 91-78 victory against...
Pitt basketball lands a big man for its class of 2019
Jeff Capel continued his winning streak off the court Friday when he received his second verbal commitment this week from a member of the class of 2019. This time, it’s a center, 6-foot-8 Karim Coulibaly of Scotland (Pa.) Performance Institute. Scotland is the No. 3-ranked prep school in the nation....
Pitt still trusts process as losing streak hits 9 after setback to Virginia TechVideo
Jeff Capel respects Buzz Williams and admires what he has done as coach of Virginia Tech. Capel tries to be patient while working toward the day when his Pitt team — like the Hokies — can win 20 games four seasons in a row. But he doesn’t need Williams, who...
Pitt baseball writing new chapter with new coach
There were plenty of good feelings and raised hopes last season when Pitt’s baseball team reached the semifinals of the ACC Tournament for the first time. But the program started down a different path when coach Joe Jordano was relieved of his duties at the end of the season after...
Seven Pitt wrestlers ranked nationally by coaches panel
Led by redshirt freshman Micky Phillippi at 133 pounds, seven Pitt wrestlers are included in the second of four coaches’ panel rankings that will be part of the selection and seeding process for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on March 21-23 at PPG Paints Arena. Phillippi (15-2) is fourth...
ACC announces plans for 20-game conference basketball schedule
The ACC laid three-year groundwork Thursday for its new 20-game basketball season, starting in 2019-2020, running at least through 2021-22 and giving each team annual home-and-away series against six opponents. Pitt will continue to play what ACC officials term as its primary rivals, Louisville and Syracuse, twice for each of...
Reality stings as Pitt tries to climb from ACC basement
Pitt fell into a hole last season, losing all 19 ACC games, that now appears deeper than anyone imagined. Blinded by a 12-5 start this season that included victories against top-20 teams Louisville and Florida State, hope surrounded first-year coach Jeff Capel’s program as late as Jan. 14. Then reality...
Pitt falls to Boston College for 21st consecutive road loss
BOSTON — A leaking roof, blood on the floor from one of Boston College’s starters that sent him to the locker room and two more starters sitting out with an injury. Not your average way to get a victory. Ky Bowman scored 14 points, with eight rebounds and seven assists,...
Pitt relief pitcher Chase Smith named to `Stopper’ watch list
Before leaving with his team for Kissimmee, Fla., to open the 2019 season, Pitt sophomore relief pitcher Chase Smith got some good news Tuesday. He was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List. He is one of five ACC pitchers on the...
Pitt basketball lands 3-star small forward from Indiana
Pitt received its first basketball commitment from the Class of 2019 on Monday when small forward Gerald Drumgoole announced on Twitter his plans to enroll. Drumgoole, 6-foot-6, 200 pounds, is rated a three-star prospect by Rivals.com, which ranks him 133rd on its list of the top 150 prospects in the...
Pitt hopes to climb from ACC basement at Boston College
Pitt and Boston College inhabit the bottom third of the ACC standings, but there still will be plenty at stake Tuesday night when the teams get together in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Pitt (12-12, 2-9) is tied for last place with Miami. Boston College (11-11, 2-8) is trying to elude the...
Pitt great Clancy: Size doesn’t matter when it comes to rebounding
Sam Clancy played in 116 games at Pitt, which leaves him 20 short of standing among the school’s top 10 players in that category. He stands 6-foot-7, but nearly four decades later, he remembers vividly how often there were taller players on the floor. “Every game,” he said. But no...
Pitt OC Mark Whipple has done it all, but quarterbacks are his specialtyVideo
If necessary, Mark Whipple can perform almost any task on a football field. You need chalk lines drawn on the field before a game? He’s done that as a small-college coach. How about something a little more challenging, such as winning a national championship? Did that at UMass in 1998....
Pitt wrestlers upset No. 8 N.C. State, 18-16
The Pitt wrestling team continued building momentum for the postseason, upsetting N.C. State, the No. 8 team in the nation, 18-16, Sunday in Raleigh, N.C. It was Pitt’s first victory against N.C. State since the teams first met in 2014 and the Panthers’ first in Raleigh. Pitt improves to 11-3...
Pitt’s losing streak reaches 7 games with loss to N.C. StateVideo
An array of emotions flew around Petersen Events Center on Saturday before, during and after Pitt’s 79-76 loss to N.C. State. Senior Jared Wilson-Frame remained confident but also angry while his team’s losing streak reached seven games. Coach Jeff Capel lamented his team’s “very, very, very small margin for error”...
Malik Ellison injured, won’t play against N.C. State
Pitt junior Malik Ellison, who came close to a double-double in each of the past two games, won’t play Saturday when the Panthers meet N.C. State at 2 p.m. at Petersen Events Center. Pitt basketball’s Twitter account reported Ellison was hurt late in the overtime loss to Wake Forest on...
Former Pitt offensive coordinator Shawn Watson lands in Georgia
Shawn Watson, fired as Pitt’s offensive coordinator shortly after the season, has found work with SEC powerhouse Georgia. He joins the Bulldogs as an offensive quality control analyst, working with new coordinator and quarterbacks coach James Coley, who was promoted after Jim Chaney, another former Pitt coordinator, left for the...
Pitt has time for a reversal of fortuneVideo
Perhaps the cynics among Pitt basketball fans will find this hard to believe, but there’s still time — and resources — to salvage the season. With eight games remaining, starting Saturday at Petersen Events Center against slumping N.C. State, Pitt should be competitive in most games. The only ranked teams...
Pitt wrestler Jake Wentzel out for season with knee injury
Pitt’s wrestling team suffered a significant blow to its postseason hopes Thursday when coach Keith Gavin announced that redshirt sophomore Jake Wentzel will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. Wentzel, a starter at 165 pounds, is 9-6, with a career record of 29-24. “It’s obviously unfortunate...
Qadree Ollision gets only Pitt invite to NFL Combine
If one is the loneliest number, then former Pitt running back Qadree Ollison will feel like the ultimate outcast at the NFL Combine. Ollison is the only Pitt football player to receive an invitation to the annual college football testing showcase, which will be held from Feb. 26-March 4 at...
Pitt’s Jeff Capel: Collective effort necessary to end 6-game skid
The concept of team means a lot to Jeff Capel, and getting his young team to think that way is just one of the challenges the Pitt coach faces in the midst of a six-game losing streak. “No one accomplishes anything that’s great or that’s really good by themselves,” Capel...
Pitt softball awaits curtain call Friday in Charleston, S.C.
The bar is set high for first-year Pitt softball coach Jodi Hermanek, whose team opens the season Friday with the first of five games at the Cougar Classic in Charleston, S.C. Hermanek replaces Holly Aprile, who left for the same job at Louisville after leading Pitt (33-18-1) to its first...
With strong intentions and some luck, Pitt adds 2 prospects on signing day
Just like he has done at the end of four previous signing days as Pitt’s coach, Pat Narduzzi stepped in front of assembled media Wednesday, wearing a wide smile, optimistic about the future of his program. The scene was a bit different this year, with Pitt getting signatures from only...
Pitt’s skid hits 6 after OT loss to Wake Forest
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Chaundee Brown scored eight points in overtime, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 35.1 seconds to play as Wake Forest beat Pitt, 78-76, on Tuesday night in a battle of teams attempting to end five-game losing streaks. Brown’s crucial shot gave the Demon Deacons a 77-74 lead. Xavier...
Armand Dellovade’s generosity took many forms
Ralph Cindrich knows all about the financial contributions Armand C. Dellovade made toward the University of Pittsburgh. Before his unexpected death Monday at the age of 81, Dellovade donated more than $1 million to his beloved Pitt. But, in Cindrich’s mind, that’s not what set this philanthropic captain of industry...
