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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Pitt and Tennessee announce home-and-home series in 2021-2022

By Chris Puzia / Sports Editor March 18, 2015

Pitt and Tennessee announced a home-and-home football series for 2021 and 2022, according to a release on Wednesday.Tennessee will host the first game on Sept. 11, 2021, and Pitt will host the following...

Top seed

Top seed

By Pablo Alcala / TNS March 18, 2015

Arkansas' Rashad Madden (00) fouls Kentucky's Trey Lyles (41) during the second half of the SEC tournament championship.

Top-seeded Kentucky faces strongest region in NCAA Tournament

Top-seeded Kentucky faces strongest region in NCAA Tournament

By Jeremy Tepper / Staff Writer March 18, 2015

Usually, the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament is rewarded for its success in the regular season and given the easiest path to the final four. In this year’s case, however, the selection committee...

Jamie Dixon

Jamie Dixon

By Meghan Sunners / Staff Photographer March 18, 2015

Pitt lost its final five games of the season, culminating in Tuesday's NIT loss.

Petersen Events Center sees unusually sparse crowd for NIT game

Petersen Events Center sees unusually sparse crowd for NIT game

By Jasper Wilson / Senior Staff Writer March 18, 2015

High above midcourt, in section 220 of the Petersen Events Center, a handful of people watched the Pitt men’s basketball team painfully slog through its National Invitational Tournament first round matchup...

Michael Young

Michael Young

By Meghan Sunners / Staff Photographer March 18, 2015

Michael Young scored eight points in Tuesday's loss.

Pitts season ends with first-round NIT loss to George Washington

Pitt’s season ends with first-round NIT loss to George Washington

By Dan Sostek / Assistant Sports Editor March 18, 2015

The NIT run seemed to end as quickly as it began.The Pitt men’s basketball team’s run in the National Invitation Tournament was a short one, as the George Washington Colonials eliminated the Panthers...

One last shot

One last shot

By Theo Schwarz / Visual Editor March 17, 2015

Brianna Kiesel will end her Pitt career as one of the most decorated players in program history.

Kiesel, McConnell-Serio help lead turnaround effort

Kiesel, McConnell-Serio help lead turnaround effort

By Logan Hitchock / Staff Writer March 17, 2015

In less than two calendar years, Suzie McConnell-Serio rerouted Pitt’s women’s basketball program from a downward spiral of losses to the start of a victorious upward climb.I did not see that coming.In...

Rozelle Nix ready for big impact on Pitt frontcourt

By Jeremy Tepper / Staff Writer March 17, 2015

Down in Florida’s Pensacola State swimming pool, a huge man swims laps, slimming his body to prepare for an impending trip to Pittsburgh.The figure swimming up and down the pool is Rozelle Nix, Pensacola’s...

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