PITT BASKETBALL TENNESSEE • DECEMBER 11, 2010 • CONSOL ENERGY CENTER • PITTSBURGH, PA. 2010-11 SCHEDULE Date Opponent W/L Time GAME O31 NORTHWOOD (Exh.) W 104-62 #11 TENNESSEE (6-0, 0-0 SEC) N4 INDIANA, Pa. (Exh.) W 73-56 vs. #3 PITT (10-0, 0-0 Big East) 2K Sports Classic/Coaches vs. Cancer 11 N8 RHODE ISLAND (ESPN-U) W 83-75 N10 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO (ESPN3.com) W 97-54 N13 NORTH FLORIDA (FSN) W 95-49 SEC Big East Invitational • Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010 • 3:15 p.m. ET CONSOL Energy Center (19,100) • Downtown Pittsburgh, Pa. 2K Sports Classic/Coaches vs. Cancer (New York) N18 vs. Maryland (ESPN2) W 79-70 N19 vs. Texas (ESPN2) W 68-66 Television: ESPN (Sean McDonough and Jay Bilas; Producer: Jeff Dufine); ESPN-3D (Mark Jones and Mark Gottfried; Producer: Ben Cerny). N23 ROBERT MORRIS (FSN) W 74-53 Radio: Panther Sports Radio Network (Bill Hillgrove, Dick Groat and Curtis Aiken), N27 PENN (ESPN3.com) W 82-52 D1 vs. Duquesne (ESPN-U) W 80-66 93.7 The Fan (93.7-FM-KDKA). Satellite Radio: Sirius Channel 127 (Pitt feed). D4 RIDER (FSN) W 87-68 Internet Radio Broadcast/Live Stats: www.pittsburghpanthers.com. D8 DELAWARE STATE (ESPN3.com) W 70-42 The Coaches: Pitt: Jamie Dixon, 12th year at Pitt, 8th year as head coach (198-54); Tennessee: Bruce Pearl, 6th year at Tennessee (132-46), 19th year overall (449-130). SEC/Big East Invitational (Consol Energy Center) Rankings: Pitt: AP-3; ESPN-3. Tennessee: AP-11; ESPN: 13. D11 vs. Tennessee (ESPN) 3:15 p.m. Series: Pitt and Tennessee meet for the fifth time in series history. Tennessee holds a 3-1 advantage in the series. Pitt enters the game vs. UT on a six-game win streak against SEC opponents dating D18 MD. EASTERN SHORE (FSN) 7 p.m. back to a Dec. 31, 2002 loss at Georgia. Pitt owns a 22-25 all-time record vs. schools from the SEC. D22 AMERICAN (ESPN3.com) 7 p.m. D27 *CONNECTICUT (ESPN2) 8:30 p.m. No. 3 ranked Pitt (10-0) plays in its first to local fans in Pittsburgh on ESPN-3D (Chan- J4 at *Providence (FSN) 7 p.m. J8 MARQUETTE (WTAE) 2 p.m. DIRECTV SEC Big East Invitational when it nel 980). Comcast digital customers must have J12 at *Georgetown (ESPN/ESPN2) 7 p.m. faces No. 11 Tennessee (6-0) for a neutral site 3D TVs, glasses and HDMI cables. Customers J15 *SETON HALL (FSN) 7 p.m. game on Saturday, December 11 at the with 3D equipment must call Comcast at 1- J17 *SYRACUSE (ESPN) 7:30 p.m. CONSOL Energy Center. Tipoff is at 3:15 p.m. 800-COMCAST to have the channel autho- J22 at *DePaul (FSN) 4 p.m. J24 *NOTRE DAME (ESPN) 7 p.m. ET. The matchup is part of a two-game double- rized at no cost to their account. J29 at *Rutgers (ESPN2) 8 p.m. header featuring Rutgers and Auburn in the Pitt’s 70-42 win over Delaware State on F5 *CINCINNATI (FSN) 6 p.m. day’s first game at 12:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2). Wednesday gave it a perfect 10-0 start to its F7 at *West Virginia (ESPN) 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN with season for the seventh time in the last eight F12 at *Villanova (ESPN) 9 p.m. F16 *SOUTH FLORIDA (ESPN3.com) 7 p.m. Sean McDonough (play-by-play) and Jay Bilas years. Pitt has begun a season with a 10-0 start F19 at *St. John’s (ESPN) Noon (color analyst) calling action. Jeff Dufine will only nine times in school history (1927-28, F24 *WEST VIRGINIA (ESPN) 9 p.m. handle production. In addition, ESPN will pro- 1929-30, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006- F27 at *Louisville (CBS) 2 p.m. duce an ESPN-3D broadcast. Mark Jones (play- 07, 2007-08, 2008-09 and now 2010-11). The M 2 at *South Florida (ESPN-U) 9 p.m. M5 *VILLANOVA (CBS) 4 p.m. by-play) and Mark Gottfried (color) and pro- Panthers have already registered three quality ducer Ben Cerny will handle production for RPI wins over Rhode Island, Maryland and M 8 at Big East Championship (ESPN) TBA that broadcast. The 3D broadcast is available Texas. Recently, Pitt improved to 10-0 with a M17 NCAA First & Second Round (CBS) TBA TODAY’S TOP STORYLINES PITT PANTHERS ROSTER NOTES • Pitt will play in its first SEC Big East Invita- tional and its second game at the CONSOL PROBABLE STARTERS Energy Center. It defeated Duquesne in # NAME POS HT WT CL PPG RPG CAREER/2010-11 NOTES the arena’s first basketball game on Dec. 1. 42 Talib Zanna F 6-9 225 FR* 5.9 5.8 •14 pts, 12 reb. vs. Maryland • Tennessee and Pitt represent two of the 5 Gilbert Brown F 6-6 215 SR* 8.8 4.7 •Double figure scoring in five games nation’s best rebounding teams. Pitt leads 52 Gary McGhee C 6-11 250 SR 5.8 6.6 •Double figure rebounds in 3 oflast 5 GP the nation in rebound margin, while UT 22 Brad Wanamaker G 6-4 210 SR 12.8 5.3 •16 points/11 assists/0 TOs vs. Rider ranks 17th in the latest NCAA statistics. 12 Ashton Gibbs G 6-2 190 JR 17.4 2.6 •Five 20-point scoring games on year • Jamie Dixon needs just two more wins to reach the 200-career win plateau. He will OFF THE BENCH tie an NCAA Division I record for fastest 1 Travon Woodall G 5-11 190 SO* 6.4 1.9 •Pitt’s A:TO ratio leader (2.79) to 200 victories (by year) and will rank among the all-time coaching leaders in 2 Isaiah Epps G 6-2 175 FR -- -- •Freshman from Plainfield, N.J. achieving that mark in the games category. 3 Cameron Wright G 6-4 200 FR -- -- •Freshman from Cleveland, Ohio • Pitt is off to a 10-0 start to a season for the 11 Dante Taylor F 6-9 240 SO 8.2 6.0 •1st career double-double vs. DSU seventh time in the last eight years. 21 Lamar Patterson F 6-5 220 FR* 3.3 2.1 •Averages 14.2 minutes per game • Over the last nine seasons, Pitt has proved 35 Nasir Robinson F 6-5 220 JR 7.3 5.6 •14 pts, 12 reb. vs. Duquesne to be the Big East’s leader in overall win- 44 J.J. Moore F 6-6 200 FR 6.2 2.1 •Three double figure scoring games ning percentage (255-65, .797), league win- 55 J.J. Richardson F/C 6-7 235 SO 2.0 0.7 •31 career games played ning percentage (109-41, .727), consecutive 14 Nick Rivers G 6-0 180 SR 0.5 0.2 •11 career games played NCAA Tournament appearances (9) and 15 Aron Nwankwo F 6-7 200 FR 0.2 0.6 •Five career games played most 20-win, 10-win Big East years (9). PITT BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES 2 SERIES HISTORY NATIONAL POLLS (polls as of Dec. 6, 2010) UT-PITT SERIES Total Games: 4. ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL USA TODAY/ESPN COACHES POLL Series Record: 1-3. Rk. School (1st Place) W-L Pts. Rk. School (1st Place) W-L Pts. 1. Duke (65) 8-0 1,625 Hosted by Pitt: 0-1. 1. Duke (31) 8-0 775 2. Ohio State 6-0 1,534 2. Ohio State 6-0 734 Hosted by UT: 0-1. 3. PITT 9-0 1,494 3. PITT 9-0 715 Neutral: 1-1. 4. Kansas 7-0 1,403 4. Kansas 7-0 685 Overtime: 0-0. 5. Kansas State 7-1 1,291 5. Kansas State 7-1 589 6. Connecticut 7-0 1,285 One-Point Games: 2 (1-1). 6. Connecticut 7-0 587 7. Michigan State 6-2 1,168 7. Syracuse 8-0 581 Two-Point Games: 0 (0-0). 8. Syracuse 8-0 1,126 8. Michigan State 6-2 558 Most Points Scored-Pitt: 83 9. Georgetown 8-0 1,011 9. Baylor 6-0 487 10. Baylor 6-0 990 (84-83 loss on Dec. 29, 10. Georgetown 8-0 481 11. Tennessee 6-0 914 11. Missouri 6-1 417 1991). 12. Villanova 6-1 870 12. Villanova 6-1 396 Most Point Scored-UT: 84 13. Memphis 7-0 802 13. Tennessee 6-0 376 (84-83 loss on Dec. 29, 14. San Diego State 8-0 759 14. Memphis 7-0 332 15. Missouri 6-1 726 1991). 15. San Diego State 8-0 315 16. Illinois 8-1 715 16. Kentucky 5-2 284 Largest Victory Margin-Pitt: 1 17. Kentucky 5-2 557 17. Illinois 8-1 280 (55-54 win on Dec. 29, 18. BYU 8-0 515 18. Purdue 7-1 259 1981). 19. Purdue 7-1 432 19. UNLV 8-0 233 20. UNLV 8-0 426 Largest Victory Margin-UT: 26 20. Minnesota 7-1 222 21. Washington 5-2 302 21. BYU 8-0 162 (76-56 loss on Dec. 4, 22. Minnesota 7-1 294 22. Washington 5-2 151 1999). 23. Notre Dame 8-0 291 23. Notre Dame 8-0 109 24. Louisville 6-0 162 24. Florida 6-2 92 Consecutive Wins: 1. 25.