University of Pittsburgh NCAA News

PITTSBURGH University of Pittsburgh head baseball coach Joe Jordano has been named Big East Coach of the Year while a program-best eight Panthers took home All-Conference honors, the Conference announced this evening.

Pitt's early season basketball schedule includes a trip to Brooklyn, New York for the 2013 Legends Classic.

Pitt offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Joe Rudolph is entering his second season with the Panthers and he has six returning starters to work with.

Trinity's Olivia Gray has a .528 batting average, but she's equally skilled on defense as a shortstop.

With Pitt having such a successful baseball season , it's time to look at the baseball conference the Panthers will enter in 2014.

All had been relatively quiet on the J.J. Moore front until earlier this week when news broke that he was still planning on transferring.

So earlier this week, I wondered aloud about Steven Adams and the NBA Combine . Specifically, I wasn't sure if Adams would even be helped that much by it, in part because the things he does well may not be tangibly measured all that much.

A lot of Pitt fans have been focused on the players who have been exiting the program in recent months, and for good reason.

Lincoln County Panther traack teams particpated in the Hurricane junior varsity track meet last week.

The ACC meetings are underway and commissioner John Swofford has had his hands full over the year.

Pitt football has played against the ACC more than any other conference other than the Big Ten, recording a 63-67-2 record all time, or about a 48% winning percentage and outside of Clemson and Wake Forest, Pitt has played every ACC school at least five times.

Pitt has been in pursuit of 2014 shooting guard Khadeen Carrington. But ZagsBlog says he is focused on four schools right now according to his coach ... and the Panthers aren't one of them : Williams and Loughlin teammate Khadeen Carrington played this past weekend at the Nike EYBL stop in Dallas, where the Lightning went 2-2. A couple of those ... (more)

I've been following the college baseball polls pretty closely this season. For most of the year, Pitt's only been ranked by the Collegiate Baseball Poll.

Linebacker Dom DeCicco, a solid contributor on special teams, was released by the Bears on Monday with the team opting to take a longer look at four tryout players who caught their attention at rookie minicamp.

After 3 days and 5 practices, the Carolina Panthers rookies have completed their first experiences in a NFL camp.

Just when it was starting to look like Pitt had finally started leaking players, news broke on Sunday that Demitrious and Chris Davis, the Davis twins, were transferring out of the program.

The baseball team won three straight from Villanova this weekend and with an 18-3 record, sit alone in first place ahead of Louisville.

Since September 19th, 2011, we have been counting the days down slowly until Pitt fans finally joins the ACC.

As expected, Steven Adams will participate in the NBA Draft Combine, which will be held on Wednesday and Thursday in Chicago.

Why is Tim Tebow out in the cold? Why are general managers and coaches willing to roll the dice with a QB who has never played an NFL down or a struggling QB versus one who holds a winning record and notched a stylish, memorable playoff victory over the vaunted Pittsburgh defense? Part of Tebow's fate falls to timing.