http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pitt/ Pitt coverage / Big East news en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:09:56 -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/12041/1209150-365.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Mediocre. That seems to be the word used most often to describe this year's football recruiting classes of Pitt and Penn State. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12041/1209269-175-0.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Pitt's offensive issues might not have been cured with the return of point guard Tray Woodall after all. The Panthers bungled their way through a 63-51 loss Wednesday night at South Florida, showing little of the offensive efficiency they had displayed in recent games in which Woodall played. Pitt is 4-3 in Big East Conference games with Woodall in the lineup. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12041/1209270-175-0.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml The Pitt women's basketball team is the youngest in Division I, so it is a not a surprise to many people around the program -- including coach Agnus Berenato -- that the Panthers have gone through some growing pains this season, particularly in Big East Conference play. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1209048-175-0.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Pitt coach Jamie Dixon knew dealing with South Florida's size would be a challenge for his team. But Dixon could not have figured the Bulls would shut his team down Wednesday night in the manner they did. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 06:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1209044-175.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Kris Joseph scored a career-high 29 points, hitting a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute of overtime, and No. 2 Syracuse (24-1, 11-1) beat visiting 12th-ranked Georgetown (18-5, 8-4), 64-61, to give coach Jim Boeheim his 880th career win. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1209049-175-0.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml The University of Connecticut has proposed reducing the number of games it will play next season if the NCAA grants a waiver to allow the Huskies to play in the 2013 men's basketball tournament. The school currently is barred from the NCAA tournament, a penalty for years of below-standard academic results, but it requested a waiver last month. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1209052-142-0.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml West Virginia has, according to reports, reached a settlement with the Big East to get the conference's contractual 27-month waiting period waived, which paves the way for the school to join the Big 12 starting in the 2012 season. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1209087-142-0.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml The Big East has acquired all the pieces to build a coast-to-coast conference. Putting them together will take a while. The conference wanted to rebuild into a 12-team football league that can hold a championship game, and Memphis officially became that 12th member Wednesday when it accepted an invite it long has coveted. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12039/1209013-100.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml TAMPA, Fla. -- South Florida snapped Pitt's four-game winning streak by beating the Panthers, 63-51, tonight at Tampa Times Forum. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 21:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12039/1208719-142.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Memphis is the latest school to sign up for a spot in the new Big East. A person familiar with the decision says Memphis is joining the Big East for all sports in 2013. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 05:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12039/1208741-449.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 13 points and 13 rebounds and top-ranked Kentucky easily passed its toughest Southeastern Conference test to date with a 78-58 victory against No. 8 Florida. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12039/1208745-175.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Winning on the road in the Big East is a tough task. Pitt has come to understand just how difficult it is this season after posting winning records in conference road games for three consecutive seasons. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12038/1208552-175.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Dante Taylor's career has not turned out the way he envisioned, and his detractors can argue when he finally bottomed out. It seems a good bet, though, that his two-game stretch in January against Rutgers and Marquette are certainly in the discussion. Taylor did not score in those games three days apart in mid-January. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12038/1208575-139-0.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml While sports events across Europe fall victim to the deep freeze, the Dutch are welcoming the drop in temperatures, hoping that the revered "Eleven Cities" speed skating race can be staged later this month for the first time in 15 years. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12038/1208593-175.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Gorgui Dieng returned from a sprained right ankle to score 15 points and freshman Chane Behanan added 12 rebounds as No. 24 Louisville (19-5, 7-4) beat Connecticut (15-8, 5-6), 80-59, for its fifth win in a row. Louisville looked like the team ranked fourth in the nation at 12-0 and nothing like the one that dropped five out of seven three weeks ago. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500