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PITT BASKETBALL FLORIDA STATE • JANUARY 14, 2014 • PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER • PITTSBURGH, PA. 2014-15 SCHEDULE Date Opponent W/L Time GAME FLORIDA STATE (9-7, 1-2 ACC) O31 INDIANA, PA (Exh.) W 72-58 N7 PHILADELPHIA (Exh.) W 82-71 at PITT (11-5, 1-2 ACC) N14 NIAGARA (ESPN3) W 78-45 17 EA Sports Maui Invitational (Pittsburgh, Pa.) N16 SAMFORD (RSN/Root) W 63-56 Wednesday, January 14, 2015 • 9 p.m. ET N21 at Hawaii L 74-70 Petersen Events Center (12,508) • Pittsburgh, Pa. EA Sports Maui Invitational (Maui, Hawaii) N24 vs. Chaminade (ESPNU) W 81-68 N25 vs. San Diego State (ESPN) L 74-57 TV: RSN/Root Sports in Pittsburgh (Tom Werme and Bobby Cremins; Producer: Ken Neal). N26 vs. Kansas State (ESPN2) W 70-47 Pitt Radio: 20 affiliates of the Pitt IMG Sports Radio Network (Bill Hillgrove, Dick Groat, Curtis Aiken). 93.7 The Fan, 93.7 FM in Pittsburgh; Satellite Radio: Sirius 132; XM: 193 (Pitt feeds). ACC/Big Ten Challenge D2 at Indiana (ESPN2) L 81-69 Internet Radio Broadcast/Live Stats: www.pittsburghpanthers.com. Coaches: Pitt: Jamie Dixon, 16th year at Pitt, 12th year as head coach (299-101); D5 vs. Duquesne (ESPN3) W 76-62 Florida State: Leonard Hamilton, 13th year at FSU (228-164), 28th year overall (428-374). D13 ST. BONAVENTURE (ESPNU) W 58-54 Rankings: Pitt: AP-NR; USA Today-NR; Florida State: AP-NR; USA Today-NR. D17 MANHATTAN (ESPN3) W 65-56 Series: Pitt and Florida State meet for the 12th time in series history. Pitt holds a 9-2 advantage in D20 OAKLAND (RSN/Root) W-OT 81-77 the series which began on Dec. 8, 1973. Wednesday’s game marks the first of two matchups D23 HOLY CROSS (ESPN3) W 58-39 between the two schools this season as Pitt travels to Tallahassee to face the Seminoles on D30 FLORIDAGULFCOAST(ESPN3) W 71-54 March 7. Prior to last year’s 71-66 loss to FSU at the Petersen Events Center, Pitt had won five J3 at *NC State (ACCN/WTAE) L 68-50 straight games in the series. Pitt is 5-1 all-time vs. Florida State in Pittsburgh. J6 at *Boston College (RSN/Root)W-OT 61-60 J10 *CLEMSON (RSN/Root) L 71-62 J14 *FLORIDA STATE (RSN/Root) 9 p.m. Pitt (11-5, 1-2 ACC) plays its second of homestand after beginning league play with two J17 *GEORGIA TECH (ACCN/WTAE) 4 p.m. J19 at *Duke (ESPN) 7 p.m. three home games when it hosts Florida State road games. Pitt is 7-1 this season at the J25 *LOUISVILLE (CBS) 4 p.m. (9-7, 1-2 ACC) at the Petersen Events Center Petersen Events Center, owns a 200-28 all- J27 at *Virginia Tech (ESPNU) 7 p.m. J31 *NOTRE DAME (ACCN/WTAE) Noon on Wednesday, Jan. 14. Tipoff is at 9:05 p.m. time record and is 79-25 all-time vs. regular F2 BRYANT (ESPN3) 7 p.m. ET. season league foes in the arena. F7 *SYRACUSE (ESPN/ESPN2) 4 p.m. F11 at *Louisville (ACCN/WTAE) 8 p.m. The contest will be televised on the ACC’s A win over Florida State Wednesday would F14 *NO. CAROLINA (ACCN/WTAE) Noon Regional Sports Network and broadcast lo- give Pitt’s Jamie Dixon his 300th career vic- F16 at *Virginia (ESPN) 7 p.m. cally on Root Sports Pittsburgh in Southwest- tory. His record is currently 299-101. See chart F21 at *Syracuse (ACCN/WTAE) Noon F24 *BOSTON COLLEGE (ESPNU) 9 p.m. ern Pennsylvania. Tom Werme (play-by-play) on page 3 for a listing of Jamie Dixon’s mile- M 1 at *Wake Forest (ESPNU) 6:30 p.m. and former Georgia Tech coach Bobby Cremins stone victories. See chart on page 11 to see M4 *MIAMI (ACCN/WTAE) 8 p.m. M 7 at *Florida State (ESPN/ESPN2) TBA (color commentary) will announce, while Ken where Dixon ranks among the all-time fastest Neal will handle all production. coaches to reach 300 victories list. M10 at ACC Tournament (ESPN) TBA Pitt plays its second consecutive ACC regular Pitt enters Wednesday’s Florida State game M19 NCAA Tournament 2nd/3rd Rounds TBA season home game at the Petersen Events Cen- after a 71-62 loss to Clemson on Saturday. M26 NCAA Regionals (CBS+) TBA ter and the second of a three-game ACC Clemson hit eight 3-pointers and used a 7-0 A4-6 NCAA Final Four (CBS+) TBA TODAY’S TOP STORYLINES PITT PANTHERS ROSTER NOTES • Pitt plays the second of a three-game ACC PROBABLE STARTERS homestand when it faces Florida State (Jan. 14) on Wednesday at the Petersen Events # NAME POS HT WT CL PPG RPG CAREER/2014-15 NOTES Center. Pitt is 7-1 at the PEC this year. 1 Jamel Artis F 6-7 220 SO 9.1 5.1 •7 double figure scoring games on year • A win over Florida State would give Pitt 2 Michael Young F 6-9 235 SO 13.4 7.7 •12 double figure scoring games on year coach Jamie Dixon his 300th career vic- 12 Chris Jones G/F 6-6 213 SO* 8.5 2.8 •Leads team with 21 3FGM (21-55) tory. Once achieved, he will rank among 3 Cameron Wright G 6-5 205 SR* 8.8 3.2 •Season-high 18 pts (8-11) vs. Clemson the fastest coaches to reach 300 wins in 0 James Robinson G 6-3 198 JR 10.9 3.8 •Starts in 84 of 85 career games at Pitt NCAA Division I basketball history (see OFF THE BENCH chart on page 11). Dixon (299-101) will reach 300 wins faster than coaching legends Bob 4 Ryan Luther F 6-9 215 FR 3.0 1.3 •Backup power forward Knight, Dean Smith, Nolan Richardson, 11 Derrick Randall F 6-9 240 SR 2.0 3.8 •Four starts on year; 21 reb. vs. Cham. John Thompson and Eddie Sutton. 13 Josh Newkirk G 6-1 185 SO 7.9 1.3 •Hit game-winner at BC, 2.54 asst:to ratio Wednesday marks Dixon’s 401st career 15 Aron Phillips-Nwankwo F 6-7 215 SR* 1.0 0.8 •Walk-on, 29 career games played game as a head coach. 21 Sheldon Jeter F 6-8 225 SO 3.6 2.4 •Season-high 11 points, 8 reb. at BC • When comparing ACC basketball programs 22 Joshua Ko G 6-1 150 SO 0.6 0.2 •Walk-on from Hawaii, 14 career GP over the last 13 years, Pitt ranks second in 23 Cameron Johnson G 6-7 185 FR 4.5 1.1 •Sidelined with shoulder injury the ACC in overall winning percentage (5th 24 Mike Lecak G 6-2 175 JR* 1.0 0.2 •Played in 16 career games nationally, 356-111, .762), league winning percentage (153-72, .680), homecourt win- 44 Tyrone Haughton C 6-9 220 JR -- -- •JC transfer from Iowa Western C.C. ning percentage (.877) and NCAA Tourna- 50 Joseph Uchebo C 6-10 245 JR 2.2 2.4 •Played career-high 19 minutes at BC ment appearances (12). OUT FOR GAME 5 Durand Johnson F 6-6 210 JR* 8.8 3.0 •Suspended for 2014-15 season PITT BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES 2 SERIES HISTORY NATIONAL POLLS (as of Monday, Jan. 12, 2015) FLORIDA STATE Games Played: 11 (9-2) Home: 5-1; Away: 2-0; Neutral: 2-1. ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL USA TODAY COACHES POLL ACC: 0-1 (Home: 0-1; Away: 0-0). Rk. School (1st Place) W-L Pts. Rk. School (1st Place) W-L Pts. at Petersen Events Center: 2-1. 1. Kentucky (63) 15-0 1,623 1. Kentucky (31) 15-0 799 at Donald L. Tucker Center: 2-0. 2. Virginia (2) 15-0 1,561 2. Virginia (1) 15-0 768 Overtime: 0-0. 3. Gonzaga 16-1 1,446 One-Point Games: 2 (2-0). 3. Gonzaga 16-1 713 Two-Point Games: 0 (0-0). 4. Duke 14-1 1,432 4. Duke 14-1 698 Most Points-Pitt: 102 (102-89 win on 5. Villanova 15-1 1,358 5. Villanova 15-1 659 12/20/1983). 6. Louisville 14-2 1,264 6. Wisconsin 15-2 604 Most Points-FSU: 89 (102-89 win on 12/ 7 Wisconsin 15-2 1,200 20/1983). 7. Louisville 14-2 587 Largest Victory Margin-Pitt: 22, two 8. Utah 13-2 1,185 8. Utah 13-2 556 times (82-60 win on 12/8/1973, 88- 9. Kansas 13-2 1,100 9. Arizona 14-2 548 66 win on 11/24/2006). 10. Arizona 14-2 1,037 10. Kansas 13-2 521 Largest Victory Margin-FSU: 7 (83-76 11. Iowa State 12-2 922 11. Maryland 15-2 455 loss on 12/21/1984). 12. Notre Dame 15-2 903 Most Consecutive Wins-Pitt: 5 (12/21/ 12. Notre Dame 15-2 439 1985-2/23/20014). 13. Wichita State 14-2 832 13. Iowa State 12-2 418 Most Consecutive Losses: 1, two times. 14. Maryland 15-2 801 14. Wichita State 14-2 390 Last 10: 9-2; Last 20: 9-2. 15. North Carolina 12-4 719 15. West Virginia 14-2 330 16. West Virginia 14-2 627 16. North Carolina 12-4 328 GAME-BY-GAME 17. Virginia Commonwealth 13-3 578 Date H/A W/L Pitt FSU 17.