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The Pitt News

Tyler Boyd will be a tough matchup for Duke on Saturday.
Theo Schwarz | Senior Staff Photographer

Duke Chronicle provides context for Pitt’s saturday matchup against Blue Devils

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor November 11, 2015

The Pitt football team is heading down to Durham, where they will face a Duke team fresh off of a 66-31 drubbing to their rival North Carolina Tar Heels. With the Panthers taking the Blue Devils on Saturday...

The University of North Carolina men's basketball team will be one of Pitt's toughest opponents this season. Pitt News File Photo

Fearsome foes: Pitt men’s basketball’s five toughest teams

By Joe Rokicki / Staff Writer November 2, 2015

After a difficult season one year ago, the Pitt men’s basketball team’s road to rebounding won’t get any easier. With the 2015-16 college basketball season imminent, the Panthers will return to...

Jay Williams will host Pitt's Midnight Madness event #ZooAfterHours | TNS

Jay Williams to host Pitt’s #ZooAfterHours

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor September 29, 2015

Pitt’s men’s and women’s basketball teams’ first official outing of the season, Midnight Madness, will host a surprising emcee. The University announced Tuesday that Jay Williams, ESPN college...

Heather Tennant / Staff Photographer

Pitt football schedule looks winnable but tough

By Joe Rokicki / Staff Writer September 3, 2015

On paper, everything looks easy. And on paper, Pitt’s schedule seems deceptively easy. But it’s easy to forget that Pitt has lost at least once to each of this year’s opponents in the past three...

Poor shooting Pitt's detriment in 62-45 loss to No. 17 Duke

Poor shooting Pitt’s detriment in 62-45 loss to No. 17 Duke

By Logan Hitchcock / Staff Writer January 29, 2015

The Pitt women’s basketball team has battled teams to the final buzzer all season long, often leaving their eventual fate undecided until the final minutes. Thursday night was a different story for...

Pitt bedeviled by Duke in 79-65 road loss

Pitt bedeviled by Duke in 79-65 road loss

By Jasper Wilson / Senior Staff Writer January 19, 2015

DURHAM, N.C. — Early on, the chant seemed prophetic, a curt premonition of what was to come. “We’re gonna beat the hell out of you.” Delivering the pregame message, en masse, were the Cameron...

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