PITT BASKETBALL NOTRE DAME • FEBRUARY 24, 2010 • JOYCE CENTER • SOUTH BEND, IND. 2009-10 SCHEDULE Date Opponent W/L Time GAME N1 SLIPPERY ROCK (Exh.) W 75-64 #12 PITT (21-6, 10-4 Big East) N8 COKER, S.C. (Exh.) W 83-40 at NOTRE DAME (17-10, 6-8 Big East) N13 WOFFORD W 63-60 28 O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic N17 BINGHAMTON (ESPN2) W 71-46 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 • 7 p.m. ET N19 EASTERN KENTUCKY W 71-60 Joyce Center (11,418) • South Bend, Ind. O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic (Kansas City, Mo.) N23 vs. Wichita State (ESPN2) W 68-55 N24 vs. Texas (ESPN2) L 78-62 Television: ESPN2 (John Saunders and Fran Fraschilla; Producer: Eric Mosley). Radio: Pitt Panthers/ISP Sports Radio Network (Bill Hillgrove, Dick Groat and Curtis Aiken), N28 YOUNGSTOWN STATE (FSN) W 72-56 94.5-FM (WWSW), 970-AM (WBGG). Satellite Radio: Sirius-N/A (Pitt feed). D2 at Duquesne (CBS-CS) W-2OT 67-58 Internet Radio Broadcast/Live Stats: www.pittsburghpanthers.com. D4 NEW HAMPSHIRE W 47-32 The Coaches: Pitt: Jamie Dixon, 11th year at Pitt, 7th year as head coach (184-51); Notre Dame: Mike Brey, 10th year at UND (205-111), 15th year overall (304-163). Jimmy V Classic (New York, N.Y.) Rankings: Pitt: AP-12; ESPN-16; Notre Dame: AP-NR; ESPN-NR. D8 vs. Indiana (ESPN) L 74-64 Series: Pitt and Notre Dame meet for the 54th time in series history. Pitt has claimed seven D12 KENT STATE (ESPN-U) W 71-59 of the series’ last nine matchups. Pitt has won two of the last four games played at Notre Dame D19 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 66-48 and is 9-16 all-time in South Bend. D22 OHIO (FSN) W 74-49 D28 *DePAUL (ESPN-U) W 65-52 No. 12 Pitt (21-6, 10-4 Big East) travels to bined record up to this point. It has already J2 at *Syracuse (WTAE) W 82-72 South Bend, Ind. to play Notre Dame (17-10, won the first three of those contests: vs. No. 5 J4 at *Cincinnati (ESPN) W 74-71 6-8 Big East) on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Tipoff is West Virginia, W-3OT 98-95, at Marquette, J13 at *Connecticut (ESPN2) W 67-57 at 7 p.m. ET at the Joyce Center. 58-51 and vs. No. 3 Villanova 70-65. Notre J16 *LOUISVILLE (WTAE) W-OT 82-77 The contest will be nationally televised on Dame is next. J20 *GEORGETOWN (ESPN-U) L 74-66 J24 at *Seton Hall (FSN) L 64-61 ESPN2 with John Saunders (play-by-play) and For a Big East leading ninth consecutive J28 *ST. JOHN’S (ESPN-U) W 63-53 Fran Fraschilla (color analyst) calling action. season, Pitt has won 20 or more overall games J31 at *South Florida (FSN) L 70-61 Eric Mosley will handle production. and claimed 10 or more league wins. Pitt is the F3 at *West Virginia (FSN) L 70-51 With four Big East regular season games only school to achieve that honor in the Big F6 *SETON HALL (FSN) W 83-58 remaining, Pitt enters its contest against Notre East in each of the last nine seasons. Pitt won F8 ROBERT MORRIS (FSN) W 77-53 F12 *WEST VIRGINIA (ESPN) W-3OT 98-95 Dame in third place in the league standings its 20th game on Feb. 18 at Marquette and F18 at *Marquette (ESPN2) W 58-51 with a 10-4 record. Syracuse (12-2) leads the picked up its 10th league win Sunday vs. F21 *VILLANOVA (CBS) W 70-65 league, while Villanova ranks second at 11-3. Villanova. Prior to this stretch, the most con- F24 at *Notre Dame (ESPN2) 7 p.m. West Virginia is fourth with a 10-5 record. secutive 20-win seasons for Pitt Basketball was F27 at *St. John’s (FSN) Noon Pitt is at the conclusion of a key four-game two in both 1986-87 and 1987-88. The 2009- M4 *PROVIDENCE (ESPN) 9 p.m. M6 *RUTGERS (FSN) 4:30 p.m. stretch in which the Panthers have played four 10 season marks the program’s 17th all-time M 9 at Big East Championship (ESPN) TBA opponents who have compiled a 75-28 com- 20-win season in 103 years of Pitt Basketball. TODAY’S TOP STORYLINES PITT PANTHERS ROSTER NOTES • On a five-game win streak, Pitt is the only Big East program to win 20 overall games PROBABLE STARTERS and 10 league games in each of the last # NAME POS HT WT CL PPG RPG CAREER/2009-10 NOTES nine seasons. Pitt is one of only four pro- 35 Nasir Robinson F 6-5 220 SO 6.6 5.7 •Six 10 point games on year grams nationally to win 20+ overall games, 52 Gary McGhee C 6-10 250 JR 7.4 7.0 •Four double-doubles on year 10+ league games and advance to the NCAA 22 Brad Wanamaker G 6-4 210 JR 12.3 6.1 •Team leader in assists (119); 72.7% FTPct. Tournament in each of the last nine sea- sons (Arizona, Gonzaga, Kansas and Pitt). 24 Jermaine Dixon G 6-3 200 SR 10.3 3.9 •BE Def. Player of the Year candidate • Pitt is the nation’s only college basketball 12 Ashton Gibbs G 6-2 190 SO 16.4 2.8 •10 20-pt games, 38.4% (61-159) 3FG% program with three wins over top-5 na- OFF THE BENCH tionally ranked teams: No. 5 Syracuse, No. 5 1 Travon Woodall G 5-11 190 FR* 5.0 2.4 •12 pts, 6 assists, 7 rebounds vs. WVU West Virginia and No. 3 Villanova. 3 Chase Adams G 5-10 190 SR 2.0 0.5 •Averages 11.9 minutes off bench in GP • Pitt is 5-3 on the road this year and has won 5 Gilbert Brown F 6-6 210 JR* 11.1 3.3 •Three 20-point games on year 12 of its last 17 games away from home. 11 Dante Taylor F 6-9 240 FR 4.0 3.9 •Six points, three dunks at Marquette Over the last nine seasons (2002-10), Pitt 21 Lamar Patterson F 6-5 220 FR 2.3 1.2 •Has not played since Kent State, 12/12 owns the Big East’s best road winning per- centage (.608) with a 45-29 record. 25 Dwight Miller F 6-8 240 FR* 0.6 1.2 •75 minutes played on season • With his 184 career wins, National and Big 42 Talib Zanna F 6-9 225 FR 0.0 0.0 •Freshman from Kaduna, Nigeria East Coach of the Year candidate Jamie 55 J.J. Richardson F/C 6-7 235 FR 0.9 0.9 •Career-high 9 pts (3-3 FG) at WVU, 2/3 Dixon ranks tied for third place on the all- 44 Tim Frye G 6-4 205 JR 0.0 0.0 •Walk-on, 20 career games played time NCAA Division I wins list after seven 14 Nick Rivers G 6-0 180 JR 1.0 0.3 •Walk-on in his first year seasons as a head coach. PITT BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES 2 SERIES HISTORY NATIONAL POLLS (as of February 22, 2010) NOTRE DAME (27-26) Games Played: 53. ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL USA TODAY/ESPN COACHES POLL Home: 17-8. Rk. School (1st Place) W-L Pts. Rk. School (1st Place) W-L Pts. 1. Kansas (61) 26-1 1,621 1. Kansas (30) 26-1 774 Away: 9-16. 2. Kentucky (4) 26-1 1,559 Neutral: 1-2. 2. Kentucky (1) 26-1 745 3. Purdue 23-3 1,470 3. Purdue 23-3 697 Overtime: 4 (2-2). 4. Syracuse 25-2 1,455 4. Syracuse 25-2 682 Big East: 11-10 (H: 8-3; A: 3-7). 5. Duke 23-4 1,323 5. Duke 23-4 654 Big East Tournament: 1 (1-0). 6. Kansas State 22-4 1,302 6. Kansas State 22-4 613 at MSG: 1-0. 7. Villanova 22-4 1,189 7. West Virginia 21-5 571 8. West Virginia 21-5 1,183 8. Villanova 22-4 556 Petersen Events Center: 5 (5-0). 9. Ohio State 21-7 1,097 One-Point Games: 1 (0-1). 9. Ohio State 21-7 461 10. New Mexico 25-3 997 10. Butler 25-4 446 Two-Point Games: 3 (3-0). 11. Georgetown 18-7 846 11. BYU 25-3 430 Most Points-Pitt: 100 (1/4/06). 12. PITT 21-6 806 12. New Mexico 25-3 413 Fewest Points-Pitt: 12 (1/23/32). 13. BYU 25-3 795 13. Georgetown 18-7 392 14. Michigan State 21-7 794 Most Points-UND: 97 (1/4/06). 14. Michigan State 21-7 373 15. Butler 25-4 673 Fewest Points-UND: 13 (1/18/ 15. Gonzaga 22-5 322 16. Vanderbilt 20-6 599 16. PITT 21-6 319 30). 17. Wisconsin 20-7 528 17. Tennessee 20-6 294 Largest Pitt Win: 24 (1/29/97). 18. Gonzaga 22-5 506 18. Temple 22-5 232 Largest UND Win: 34 (2/5/38). 19. Tennessee 20-6 480 19. Wisconsin 20-7 216 Longest Pitt Win Streak: 4, two 20. Temple 22-5 452 20. Vanderbilt 20-6 212 21. Texas 21-6 445 times (1/18/30-2/7/31, 1/ 21.