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1. PITT WON'T MAKE THE NCAA TOURNAMENT Quickly gone are the days of Levance Fields, Sam Young, and DeJuan Blair. And it looks like it might be a while before they return. The Panthers were beaten easily by an undermanned Indiana team 74-64 on T...

Levance Fields gave Pittsburgh the lead with a 3-pointer with 50.9 seconds left, then scored off his steal as the Panthers advanced to the regional finals for the first time in 35 years with a 60-55 win over Xavier on Thursday night.

DAYTON, Ohio -- Sam Young keeps his eyes peeled on the ball when anyone but Levance Fields brings it up the court. When Fields has it, he turns his back and runs up the floor, confident that everything is in good hands. "If he doesn't make the pass...

Levance Fields, Toney Douglas and Darren Collison highlight a region full of strong backcourts

Pitt point guard Levance Fields practiced Wednesday for the first time in almost two weeks.

With a potential Big East regular-season title, a No. 1 seed in the conference tourney, and possibly an overall No. 1 seed in the Big Dance, Pitt -- especially seniors Levance Fields and Sam Young -- pulled out all the stops to take down No. 1 UConn for the second time.

DeJuan Blair scored a career-high 32 points while grabbing 14 rebounds and Pittsburgh pulled away for a 92-69 victory over DePaul.

Sam Young had 23 points and DeJuan Blair 18 as Pittsburgh beat Robert Morris 92-72.

Among the honorees this week are Big East favorite Pitt and Wake Forest star Jeff Teague, whose performance helped bring down the nation's longest home win streak.

Sam Young scored 15 points and Levance Fields added 14 to lead No. 4 Pittsburgh to a 57-43 victory over Washington State on Saturday night in the championship game of the Legends Classic.

DeJuan Blair was overpowering inside with 17 points and 13 rebounds in slightly more than a half and Pittsburgh got a big lift from point guard Levance Fields' return from a broken foot, breezing past Fairleigh Dickinson 86-63 Friday night.

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Pittsburgh's Levance Fields, one of the Big East's top guards, will miss the start of preseason practice Friday while he recovers from a second operation this year on his left foot.

Quick hitters for Tuesday: • Pitt senior guard Levance Fields is still going through a slow rehab process in coming back from foot surgery. Fields suffered an infection above his foot that has slowed his recovery. The good news is that it has...

Led by 23 points from Levance Fields, the fourth-seeded Panthers won their sixth straight game Thursday, blitzing 13th-seeded Oral Roberts 82-63 in the first round of the South Regional.

Ronald Ramon scored 17 points and Pittsburgh won its second Big East tournament championship in its eighth title-game appearance with a 74-65 victory over top-seeded and ninth-ranked Georgetown on Saturday night.