Duquesne Hangs On For Road Victory at Marshall

On Wednesday night, Duquesne head coach Keith Dambrot can hit the 500-win milestone of his college basketball head coaching career with a win over George Mason. Dambrot picked up win No. 499 on Saturday, as the Dukes dominated George Washington in Washington, D.C. by a score of 93-67. Duquesne basketball...

Before speaking on the state of his own team, Louisville head coach Kenny Payne reflected on the Pitt program. “We’ve played a lot of good teams in this conference, guys I’m just here to tell you that probably the most complete and toughest team that we’ve faced in this conference is Pittsburgh,” Payne said. “Tough, fight, can score, can score a multitude of ways, they share the ball, they talk on defense.”

Upon arriving to Duquesne Men’s Basketball practice Monday morning, it was clear that the team is aware that it is in the stretch run and now it comes down to executing its infamous EGB’s (energy generated behaviors) if it wants to reach long sought-after goals. The first step...

PITTSBURGH — The WPIAL is littered with basketball players that will go on to play at the next level. Seton LaSalle is home to one of those players and his name is Connor Spratt. The senior guard has a massive following on the platform TikTok, amassing over 200,000 followers. In addition to being “TikTok famous,” Spratt was a member of Kevin Durant’s AAU squad Team Durant and is currently one of few WPIAL athletes with a NIL deal.

PITTSBURGH — In Tuesday night’s dominant 91-57 win over Louisville, many plays could have been categorized as the play of the game for the Panthers. From alley-oops to deep threes, the Panthers were firing on all cylinders en route to a 34-point dominant win. However, for the opposing head coach — Louisville’s Kenny Payne — the most telling play of them all was one that occurred after the whistle.

Pittsburgh Sports Now has learned through a university spokesperson that Duquesne Men’s Basketball freshman forward Halil Barre is currently being sidelined indefinitely due to an unspecified medical condition. This season, Barre averaged 2.4 points and rebounds, competing in 12 games for the Dukes season, while also playing 6.9 minutes...

PITTSBURGH – If you would have told a majority of Pitt basketball fans one year ago, Feb. 7, 2022 – following a 74-47 loss to Virginia Tech and dropping to 3-10 in the ACC – that the team would be in first place with seven regular season games remaining, they’d probably call your bluff.

PITTSBURGH – Tuesday night’s win against Louisville was not Pitt’s toughest test of the season, but crossing off a box not previously checked in nine years proved the current core was up for the task. The Panthers (17-7, 10-3 ACC) defeated the Cardinals (3-21, 1-12 ACC) 91-57...

Update (1:57 PM)- **The latest offer from Pitt goes to 2024 defensive lineman David McMorris from Gonzaga High School in Washington DC. McMorris received the news from Andre Powell and holds other offers from West Virginia, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Syracuse, Toledo, Marshall, Liberty, Kent State and a number of Ivy League schools. McMorris is a 4.0 student.

On Monday morning, Pitt head coach Jeff Capel chose to stay out of the drama regarding the recent comments made by Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim, who claimed that Pitt “bought” its team. “I have no comment,” Capel said on the weekly ACC Coaches Call. “I have no...

It’s well known that Pitt’s recruiting efforts are especially strong when it comes to landing defensive prospects. And there’s no stronger area than Charlie Partridge’s defensive line. Partridge’s eye for talent, especially in the state of Florida, is no joke. And when he’s spearheading a recruiting...