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Tipoff is at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN; Pitt is 23-9 since 2000-01 at Madison Square Garden and has won 10 of its last 12 games against Big Ten opponents.

RichP: When can Gil come back and do you think he will start? Ray Fittipaldo: Gilbert Brown will rejoin the team Dec.

Tipoff is at 5:30 p.m. as part of ESPN's 24-7 college basketball coverage; contest will be televised on ESPN2.

Brad Wanamaker's 13 second-half points helped pull the Panthers back from a 13-point deficit as Pitt opened the regular season with a 63-60 victory over the Wofford Terriers tonight.

Pitt's Nasir Robinson works the ball around Wofford's Corey Godzinski in the second half last night at the Petersen Events Center.

The Steelers put together their best second half of the season and by far their best fourth quarter to hand the Denver Broncos their second loss, setting up their biggest game of the season against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Most major college basketball players are recruited by multiple schools. Chase Adams landed at Pitt after recruiting the Panthers.

A look at Levance Fields, Tyrell Biggs, Keith Benjamin, Antonio Graves, John DeGroat and Vonteego Cummings.

Less than two weeks away from the start of the college basketball season, expectations in Pittsburgh are high for freshman Dante Taylor.

NEW YORK - The Big East Conference men's basketball heavyweights of a year ago are gone, but Wednesday in Madison Square Garden, league members touted the wealth of contenders lurking in the middleweight ranks.

Pitt coach Jamie Dixon traditionally rewards his returning seniors by treating them to a trip to New York City for Big East Media Day.

There's this photo I have taped to my news desk. It ran in the Pitt News the day after the Panthers defeated Xavier in the Sweet 16 and advanced to Elite Eight for the first time since 1974.

The Pitt men's basketball team hosted its annual preseason media, photo and video day on Thursday at the Petersen Events Center.

When Jamie Dixon was promoted to head coach at Pittsburgh in 2003, many fans wondered if he could continue the winning tradition that former head man Ben Howland started.

Kevin Gorman can be reached via e-mail or 412-320-7812. Gilbert Brown was suspended Friday from the Pitt's men's basketball team for the fall semester for academic reasons, two months after he received its Academic Excellence Award.

1 ranking and come agonizingly close to the Final. Unfortunately for coach Jamie Dixon, Blair may have been too good for the program's own good.

Dante Taylor comes into the season as the freshman with the best chance of winning a starting job.

Dante Taylor comes into the season as the freshman with the best chance of winning a starting job.

Tonight's a big night for the Pitt Panthers basketball program, which hopes to have two players drafted in the first round of the NBA draft for the first time since 1988.

According to the team's twitter , Monday's workout participants will be... Weyinmi Efejuku , Guard ; Daniel Hackett , Guard ; Jodie Meeks , Guard ; Ben Woodside , Guard ; Tyrell Biggs , Forward ; Robert Dozier , Forward Weyinmi Efejuku is not expected to be drafted.