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Pittsburgh Panthers (basketball)

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    Achiuwa had 12 boards. But St. John's shot only 33.3 percent as Achiuwa, Harrison and Phil Greene combined to go 5-35.The Panthers (17-15, 5-13) were led by Ashton Gibbs with 20 points and got 15 points and eight rebounds from Nasir Robinson.Harkless, who   Read more »

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About Pittsburgh Panthers (basketball)

The Pittsburgh Panthers, commonly referred to as the Pitt Panthers, are the athletic teams of University of Pittsburgh. The university is a member of the Big East Conference, Eastern Wrestling League, East Atlantic Gymnastics League, and Eastern College Athletic Conference. Pitt fields 17 varsity teams at the highest level of competitive collegiate athletics in the United States, NCAA Division I. Recently, ESPN.com used the Sagarin system to rate universities based on the strength of their performance in football and men’s basketball over the course of the last five years. Pitt was tied for 10th as one of the nation’s top two-sport schools. In another recent ranking, an all-sports ranking done by Sports Illustrated on Campus, Pitt was ranked 17th among all of the country’s universities in terms of the overall strength of its athletic program. Pitt is one of only five current NCAA Division 1A schools to have won multiple national championships in both football (9) and basketball (2).

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