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Missouri travels to face a tough Pittsburgh team in the inaugural ACC-SEC Challenge

We get back to our weekly power rankings

Pitt didn't allow Oregon State to hang around for long in Friday afternoon's NIT Season Tip-Off third-place contest, leading for all but the first 1:04 of the clash in a 76-51 win in New York.The win

After scoring in the triple digits in their first two games of the season, Pitt men’s basketball (3-0, 0-0 ACC) overcame a sloppy start to defeat Florida Gulf Coast (1-2, 0-0 ASun) 86-74. In a game where the Panthers shot 56.3 percent from the free throw line, their backcourt carried the load to give the...

Lincoln Park's Brandin Cummings made it official, committing to Pitt in early November. Teammate Meleek Thomas is setting up recruiting visits.

Coming into the season, Pitt’s backcourt had question marks following their return to the NCAA tournament last season.  First-year guard Carlton “Bub” Carrington, in his first career game, answered those questions and placed himself in Pitt history. Carrington recorded 18 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists — marking the fifth triple-double in school history and...

Pitt opened its season last night with a spectacular performance by their new point guard. Highly-touted freshman Bub Carrington racked up a triple do...

The number of incoming freshmen in Division I men's basketball has dropped amid the free-agency rush through the transfer portal. Data from the NCAA shows that the number of freshmen fell by 18% from the 2019-20 season before the pandemic to the 2021-22 season. That was the first season after a rule change allowing undergraduate athletes to transfer once without sitting out. The decline was more acute at 24% for the Power Five leagues. Pittsburgh's Jeff Capel says the portal gives &#82...

The number of incoming freshmen in Division I men's basketball has dropped amid the free-agency rush through the transfer portal. Data from the NCAA shows that the number of freshmen fell by 18% from the 2019-20 season before the pandemic to the 2021-22 season.

Elliot Cadeau graduated early from high school to jump into college at No. 19 North Carolina. The latter was the first season after a rule change allowing all undergraduate athletes to transfer once without having to sit out a season.