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Pitt Basketball Announces Non-Conference Schedule – Pitt Panthers … – PittsburghPanthers.com
7/26/2023 1:58:00 PM
PITTSBURGH – The Pitt Men’s Basketball team announced its non-conference schedule for this season Wednesday afternoon highlighted by eight home contests, including a Nov. 28 ACC-SEC Challenge matchup against Missouri.
The Panthers, coming off a 24-win season that included a pair of NCAA Tournament victories, open the 2023-24 regular season Monday, Nov. 6 against NC A&T. Pitt will also host Binghamton (Nov. 10), Florida Gulf Coast (Nov. 13), and Jacksonville (Nov. 17) at the Petersen Events Center before reaching the Thanksgiving holiday.
Pitt travels to New York for a pair of games in the Preseason NIT Nov. 22 and Nov. 24. The Panthers are joined in the event by Baylor, Florida, and Oregon State with matchups and game times announced at a later date.
The December slate of non-conference games begins with a trip to Morgantown, W.V., for the 190th playing of the Backyard Brawl between Pitt and West Virginia. The Panthers also host Canisius (Dec. 9), South Carolina State (Dec. 16), and Purdue Fort Wayne (Dec. 20) before the turn of the new year.
In addition to the non-conference slate, Pitt will have another exciting home ACC schedule with both Duke and North Carolina making trips to the Petersen Events Center this season. The Panthers will also host Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, NC State, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest as part of their 20-game ACC schedule this season.
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2023 ACC Coach of the Year Jeff Capel and his staff return a strong core of players, including All-ACC performer Blake Hinson. Hinson, a Second Team All-ACC selection a year ago, is among the top returning players in the ACC after averaging 15.3 points and 6.0 rebounds per game and leading the ACC with 97 three-point field goals in his first season in Oakland.
Pitt also returns starting center Federiko Federiko (6.6 ppg., 5.3 rpg., 1.7 bpg., .667 FG pct.), two-year starter William Jeffress, who missed the 2022-23 campaign with a foot injury, and twins Guillermo Diaz Graham (3.5 ppg., 3.2 rpg.) and Jorge Diaz Graham (2.9 ppg., 2.2 rpg.).
The Panthers also have added a pair of productive transfers in Ishmael Leggett (16.4 ppg., 5.8 rpg., 2.4 apg. in 2022-23) and Zack Austin (14.1 ppg., 5.4 rpg., 2.1 bpg., 62 3FG) to go along with a trio of highly touted high school prospects – Marlon Barnes, Jr., Carlton Carrington, Papa Amadou Kante, and Jaland Lowe.
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