http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pitt/ Pitt coverage / Big East news en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 23:40:06 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208128-175-0.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Pitt fans can get ready for a basketball rivalry with Maryland and a renewal of the old Big East Conference football rivalries with Virginia Tech and Miami. Those are two of the highlights of the future scheduling formats the Atlantic Coast Conference approved Friday at its annual winter meetings. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207900-100.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml The Atlantic Coast Conference announced scheduling formats which will be used when Pitt and Syracuse join the conference. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207816-175-0.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Pitt coach Jamie Dixon had been fond of saying the past few years that the Big East Conference was the best conference in college basketball. He had even gone as far to say on a few occasions that it was the best conference in college basketball history. The Big East is not getting such high praise this season, from Dixon or anyone else. The conference that produced three No. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12033/1207555-365-0.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Alabama's recruiting is going the same way as the team's fortunes on the field. The Crimson Tide keeps ending up No. 1. Coach Nick Saban put together another stellar recruiting class that is ranked No. 1 in the country by most scouting services and recruiting gurus. Rivals.com ranked Alabama's class of 27 players No. 1 for the fourth time in five years. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12033/1207589-175.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Hollis Thompson regained his shooting touch with 18 points, and No. 14 Georgetown held Connecticut to season lows in scoring and shooting in a 58-44 victory Wednesday night, the Huskies' fourth consecutive loss. Thompson went 7 for 15 from the field and grabbed nine rebounds. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12033/1207598-233.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml His first game is still seven months away, but Pitt coach Paul Chryst cleared his first major hurdle Wednesday when 16 high school seniors signed national letters of intent to play for the Panthers next season. For the second season in a row, Pitt had to hold a recruiting class together through a postseason coaching change. Chryst was hired Dec. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207219-142-0.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml A list of high school players and their college choices: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 18:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207396-100.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Sixteen high school seniors officially signed to play for Pitt Wednesday, completing incoming coach Paul Chryst's first recruiting class. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207259-175.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Ten days ago the only way the Pitt Panthers were going to the NCAA tournament was by scoring tickets to second- and third-round games that will be played at Consol Energy Center. On Jan. 21, after a 73-62 home loss to Louisville, the Panthers were 0-7 in Big East Conference play and their hopes of making an 11th consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament appeared all but dead. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207277-233.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml New Pitt coach Paul Chryst hired Inoke Breckterfield as defensive line coach, the university announced Tuesday. He previously worked as defensive line coach at UCLA, Montana and Weber State. Breckterfield was an All-Pacific-10 Conference defensive end at Oregon State and was named the league's defensive lineman of the year in 1998, his senior season. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500