Pitt men’s soccer advances to NCAA Elite 8 with shutout win over Hofstra
The Pitt men’s soccer team is back in the NCAA quarterfinals after blanking Hofstra, 4-0, in a Sweet Sixteen game Saturday evening at snowy Ambrose Urbanic Field in Oakland. The fifth-seeded Panthers (13-5-1) got two goals from junior Raphael Crivello and additional goals from sophomores Filip Mirkovic and Bertin Jacquesson....
UMBC rides hot 3-point shooting to build 1st-half lead, beat Pitt at home
UMBC devised a plan to counter its size disadvantage against Pitt by using its quickness as a weapon, forcing the Panthers to scramble by penetrating the lane and kicking the ball to the perimeter. The Retrievers repeatedly got open looks, sinking 11 3-point shots in the first half to build...
No. 21 Wake Forest beats BC 41-10, will play Pitt for ACC titleVideo
BOSTON — No. 21 Wake Forest earned a spot in the ACC championship game, getting three passing touchdowns and one more on the ground from Sam Hartman to beat Boston College, 41-10, on Saturday. The Demon Deacons (10-2, 7-1 ACC) will attempt to claim their first league title since 2006...
Pitt Take 5: With Syracuse, ACC title game looming, curious Pat Narduzzi tweet surfaces
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi often talks about grabbing an early advantage in games to make managing the second half easier. It’s even more important Saturday at the Carrier Dome. If Pitt (9-2, 6-1) can build a sizable lead against Syracuse (5-6, 2-5), it will give Narduzzi confidence to put some...
No. 23 Texas A&M women beat Pitt at Paradise Jam
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands — Jordan Nixon and Destiny Pitts scored 12 points, Kayla Wells added 10 points and No. 23 Texas A&M used a late run to pull away for a 57-46 win over the Pitt women’s basketball team Thursday night at the Paradise Jam. Wells and Pitts made...
Stuffed with game prep and Thanksgiving dinner, Pitt turns its attention to Syracuse
Stuffed with his mom’s stuffing, Jordan Addison and his Pitt teammates, some of whom took advantage of his open invitation to Thanksgiving dinner, will report back to work Friday. The holiday emerged while Pitt (9-2, 6-1 ACC) was getting ready for its game Saturday against Syracuse (5-6, 2-5) at the...
Vanderbilt’s 2nd-half blitz ends Pitt’s 2-game winning streak
After Pitt’s 68-52 loss to Vanderbilt on Wednesday night, Jeff Capel revealed the concepts he believes could help brighten what appears to be the start of a dark season. “We tried to talk about simple, smart and strong,” he said. For Capel, those three words translate into: Take good shots,...
No College Football Playoff spot price to pay for ACC parityVideo
Pat Narduzzi still can’t make up his mind. Back in July, the longtime Pitt coach thought the College Football Playoff should stand pat at four teams. Now, with the 20th-ranked Panthers assured of a spot in the ACC title game after wrapping up the Coastal Division title, he’s not so...
Apollo-Ridge graduate Tre Tipton made the most of his 7 seasons at Pitt
When one of his players is honored by an outside group or a scholarship is given to a deserving walk-on, Pat Narduzzi likes to inject drama into his team meetings. But when he gathered the Pitt team around him Wednesday to announce the most recent piece of good news, his...
Young, rebuilding Pitt faces busy stretch of games
No matter how much work needs done to mold Pitt basketball into a form Jeff Capel prefers, there isn’t a lot of time to do it. Starting Wednesday at Petersen Events Center, the opponents get tougher and start showing up without much of a break in between them. Pitt (2-2)...
Jordan Addison shrugs off individual honor while preparing for Pitt’s final three games
When someone poked his head into Brennan Marion’s office with good news for Jordan Addison — risking a rebuke for interrupting focused video study — there was no reaction. “We kept watching the film,” Pitt wide receivers coach Brennan Marion said. “It’s tunnel vision time.” The news Tuesday morning was...
Coaching rivals now, Jeff Capel will reunite with old friend Jerry Stackhouse when Pitt meets Vanderbilt
Born three months apart and growing up in North Carolina hometowns separated by 83 miles, Jeff Capel and Jerry Stackhouse were friends, rivals and teammates on the basketball court. As high school freshmen, they had no intentions of coaching. Playing was their thing as Capel went to Duke and Stackhouse...
Pitt confronts trappings of success while preparing for Syracuse
Coaches hate outside distractions and will do almost anything to lessen their influence. That said, Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi might need to do his best coaching job away from the X’s and O’s this week while preparing his team for the regular-season finale Saturday night at Syracuse. After nailing down the...
4 Pitt players receive invitations to 2022 Senior Bowl
At one point in their lives, the NFL seemed far into the future for Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett and some of his teammates. But it came into focus for four players Monday when they received invitations to the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., Feb. 5, 2022. The Senior Bowl is...
Pitt men’s soccer advances to Sweet 16
Pitt men’s soccer took another step forward in its quest to return to the College Cup on Sunday. The fifth-seeded Panthers scored a 5-2 victory over Northern Illinois in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Ambrose Urbanic Field in Oakland. Pitt (12-5-1), which reached the NCAA semifinals College...
Pitt’s problems with pass defense will be Pat Narduzzi’s top priority before ACC Championship Game
During his postgame gathering with media members, Pat Narduzzi was asked in two different ways by two different reporters how the 2021 ACC Coastal championship differs from Pitt’s first in 2018. Without amplification, he allowed that this season’s team is an “older group.” No doubt, the group’s maturity and loyalty...
Pitt wins thriller against Virginia to nail down ACC Coastal championship
With the lights high above Heinz Field bouncing off the ACC Coastal championship trophy Saturday night, Pat Narduzzi couldn’t help thinking about an even greater prize. After all, winning half a title was never a goal. “Winning the division is nice, but I’ve been part of division championships,” Pitt’s seven-year...
Pitt rallies to defeat Towson, wins 2nd game in a row
William Jeffress hit a big shot late in the game that kept heat on Towson and, eventually, led to Pitt’s 63-59 victory Friday night at Petersen Events Center. That was on the court. Off the court, while discussing Pitt’s second consecutive victory with reporters, he was a bit defiant. But...
Take 5: ACC Coastal title within Pitt’s grasp while Clemson won’t go away
The focus inside Heinz Field on Saturday will be on the ACC Coastal championship, but perhaps we should pay a little more attention to what’s happening on the other side. Anyone have a taste for a Pitt/Clemson rematch? It’s possible. First of all, Pitt (8-2, 5-1) needs to win the...
Despite so many new faces, Pitt seeks to create an identity
When a team loses its top five scorers from the previous season, some unfamiliar faces might surface as leaders on and off the court. That’s what happening to Pitt (1-2) early in the season while it tries to create an identity and win games at the same time. The Panthers...
Despite the headaches, Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi grew to know, respect Mark Whipple
When Pat Narduzzi was a 28-year-old defensive line coach at Rhode Island in 1994, he knew a headache awaited him when he saw Brown on the schedule. All Narduzzi had to know was Mark Whipple was Brown’s head coach. “The passing game just blew us up,” he said. Same deal...
First Call: Far-too-early ESPN mock draft has Kenny Pickett gone before Steelers; Le’Veon Bell may not be done with Ravens
Former Steeler Le’Veon Bell has fallen on hard times but may not have fallen out of favor with the Baltimore Ravens. An “all-too-early” NFL mock draft has Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett off the board before the Steelers have a chance to select him. A former WPIAL and Penn State star...
Kenny Pickett’s love for football started at an early age
You’d never know it by watching the first 10 games of Pitt’s season, but there was a time when Kenny Pickett couldn’t stand up straight while holding a ball in his hands. “My wife used to hold him standing up to shoot basketball,” Ken Pickett Sr. said in an interview...
In the ACC, picking the top quarterback won’t be easy task
Someone is getting snubbed. Virginia has Brennan Armstrong, who is third in the country with 3,557 passing yards. Pittsburgh has Kenny Pickett, who vaulted himself into the Heisman Trophy conversation with 32 touchdown passes this season. Wake Forest has Sam Hartman, who may wind up leading the Demon Deacons into...
Pitt holds off UNC Wilmington rally for 1st victory of the season
Jeff Capel didn’t say he has a bad team. He didn’t say he has a good one, either. “Our team is interesting,” Pitt’s coach said. Pitt also is no longer winless after the Panthers (1-2) blew most of a 17-point lead in the second half before surviving a UNC Wilmington...
