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Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009

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.

After watching an extensive amount of tape on Pitt and calling their Siena game in person Wednesday night, I am left with about the same impression that I had before the season. Pitt is very strong, long and athletic, and the addition of Jermaine D...

Blog | Conversation | December 19, 2008

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2008-09 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | October 16, 2008

The NCAA has rejected Pittsburgh forward Mike Cook's request for an extra year of eligibility.

With Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green, UNC is the early favorite to win it all. Here's the early 2008-09 Top 25, writes Andy Katz.

Pitt coach Jamie Dixon is always one of the hot names in the spring coaching carousel. But he always turns down the suitors, proving his loyalty to a Pitt program that he has helped transform into one of the best in the country, writes Andy Katz.

It's never too early to look ahead and try to predict the Top 25, and the Texas Longhorns are the pre-preseason No. 1, writes Andy Katz.

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.

Just a few weeks ago, Pitt looked incapable of a run to the Big East Championship game. But star Sam Young and coach Jamie Dixon -- a yin-yang duo -- kept the Panthers together, writes Dana O'Neil.

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.

Pittsburgh 98, DePaul 79

A.J. Price scored 21 points and Connecticut closed the game on a 9-2 run for a 60-53 victory over Pittsburgh (No. 21 ESPN/USA Today, No. 18 AP), the Huskies' fifth straight win.

Players like Wayne Ellington, Arinze Onuaku and Sam Young were mere afterthoughts last season on their team's benches. But with one more year of experience, they've turned into big-time studs, writes Mark Schlabach.

Sam Young and Tyrell Biggs led a game-changing rally in which Pittsburgh turned a one-point deficit in the second half into an 18-point lead and the Panthers bounced back from a rare home loss to beat Villanova 69-57 on Wednesday night.

Corey Chandler and Mike Coburn led Rutgers' decisive second-half run and the Scarlet Knights pulled off their second consecutive upset of a Top 25 team by stunning No. 13 Pittsburgh 77-64.