PITT BASKETBALL NCAA SECOND ROUND • MARCH 22, 2009 • UD ARENA • DAYTON, OHIO 2008-09 SCHEDULE Date Opponent W/L Time GAME #8 OKLAHOMA STATE (23-11, 9-7 Big 12) N14 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 86-63 N17 MIAMI, Ohio (FSN) W 82-53 34 vs. #1 PITT (29-4, 15-3 Big East) Legends Classic (Pittsburgh) N21 AKRON (FSN) W 86-67 N22 INDIANA, Pa. W 86-60 NCAA Tournament Second Rounds • Sunday, March 22, 2009 N25 BELMONT (PP.com) W 74-60 Approx. 2:50 p.m. ET • UD Arena (13,409) • Dayton, Ohio Legends Classic (Newark, N.J.) N28 vs. Texas Tech (HDNet) W 80-67 Television: CBS (Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery; Producer: Bob Mansbach). N29 vs. Washington State (HDNet) W 57-43 Radio: Pitt Panthers/ISP Sports Radio Network (Bill Hillgrove and Dick Groat), D3 DUQUESNE (PP.com) W 78-51 94.5-FM (WWSW), 970 AM (WBGG). XM Satellite Radio: Channel 125. D6 VERMONT (PP.com) W 80-51 Internet Radio Broadcast/Live Stats: www.pittsburghpanthers.com D13 UMBC (FSN) W 91-56 The Coaches: Pitt: Jamie Dixon, 10th year at Pitt, 6th year as head coach (161-44); D17 SIENA (ESPN2) W 79-66 Oklahoma State: Travis Ford, 1st year at OSU (23-11), 11th year as a head coach (213-57). D21 at Florida State (FSN-National) W 56-48 Rankings: Pitt: 4-AP, 4-ESPN; OSU: unranked. NCAA Tournament Notes: Should Pitt defeat Oklahoma State, it would advance to its fifth D31 at *Rutgers (FSN) W 78-72 NCAA Sweet Sixteen in each of its last eight seasons. Only three programs have surpassed J3 at *Georgetown (ESPN) W 70-54 that achievement (Kansas-5, Duke-5, Texas-5) and two others have matched it J11 ST. JOHN’S (WTAE) W 90-67 J14 *SOUTH FLORIDA (ESPN-U) W 75-62 (UCLA-4, Connecticut-4). Pitt plays Oklahoma State for the third time in the last three seasons. J17 at *Louisville (ESPN) L 63-69 Pitt and OSU meet for the second time in NCAA Tourney play (63-51 loss on March 25, 2004). J19 *SYRACUSE (ESPN) W 78-60 J25 at *West Virginia (FSN) W 79-67 J28 at *Villanova (ESPN-U) L 57-67 No. 4 ranked and No. 1 seeded Pitt (29-4, Over the previous seven seasons, only three J31 *NOTRE DAME (ESPN) W 93-80 15-3 Big East) advances to NCAA Tournament programs nationally have surpassed that accom- Second Round play to take on No. 8 seeded plishment (Duke-5, Texas-5 and Kansas-5) and F2 ROBERT MORRIS W 92-72 Oklahoma State (23-11, 9-7 Big 12) on Sun- two others (Connecticut-4, UCLA-4) have F7 at *DePaul (FSN) W 92-69 day, March 22, 2009. Tipoff is at approximately matched it. F9 *WEST VIRGINIA (ESPN) W 70-59 2:50 p.m. ET. The winner will advance to the Pitt enters the game after having won 11 F14 *CINCINNATI (ESPN) W 85-69 NCAA Regional in Boston, Mass. where it will of its last 13 contests. No. 1 seeded Pitt opened F16 at *Connecticut (ESPN) W 76-68 play on Thursday, March 26. Time is TBA. NCAA Tournament First Round play with a F21 *DePAUL (FSN) W 80-61 F24 at *Providence (FSN) L 73-81 The contest will be nationally televised on 72-62 win over No. 16 seed East Tennessee F28 at *Seton Hall (FSN) W 89-78 CBS with Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery State. DeJuan Blair led all scorers with 27 M4 *MARQUETTE (ESPN2) W 90-75 making the call. Bob Mansbach will handle pro- points and 16 rebounds and Sam Young to- M7 *CONNECTICUT (CBS) W 70-60 duction. taled 14 points and 13 rebounds in the win. M12 vs. West Virginia (ESPN) L 60-74 Should Pitt win Sunday’s contest, it would Pitt earned a school record eighth consecu- M19 vs. ETSU W 72-62 advance to its fifth NCAA Tournament Sweet tive NCAA Tournament berth. Previously, Pitt M21 vs. Oklahoma State 2:50 p.m. Sixteen appearance over the last eight seasons. had made three straight NCAA Tournament M26 at NCAA Regionals (CBS) TBA TODAY’S TOP STORYLINES PITT PANTHERS ROSTER NOTES • A win today would give Pitt its fifth NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance in each of its last PROBABLE STARTERS eight seasons. Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon # NAME POS HT WT CL PPG RPG CAREER/2008-09 NOTES has guided Pitt to NCAA Sweet Sixteen 5 Tyrell Biggs F 6-8 250 SR 8.8 4.5 •Double figure scoring in eight games appearances in both 2004 and 2007. 23 Sam Young F 6-6 220 SR 18.5 6.3 •13 20-point games on year; 31 vs. UConn • Pitt and Oklahoma State meet for the third 45 DeJuan Blair C 6-7 265 SO 15.9 12.3 •18 double-doubles on year, two 20-20s time in the last three seasons. The two 3 Jermaine Dixon G 6-3 195 JR 8.8 2.5 •Last 19 GP: FG%: 50.7%; 3FG%: 41.7% schools split their last two meetings. Pitt 2 Levance Fields G 5-10 190 SR 10.6 2.5 •3.77 asst:to ratio on year, 7.5 apg and OSU meet for the second time in the OFF THE BENCH NCAA Tournament. Oklahoma State 1 Travon Woodall G 5-11 190 FR 1.7 1.0 •Medical hardship candidate claimed a 63-51 NCAA Regional win in 11 Gilbert Brown G/F 6-6 200 SO* 5.2 3.0 •Averaging 19.2 minutes per game East Rutherford, N.J. on March 25, 2004. 12 Ashton Gibbs G 6-2 190 FR 4.5 0.7 •Hit at least one 3FG in 18 games this year Pitt is 4-4 all-time vs. Oklahoma State. 14 Sean Brown F 6-4 215 SR 0.0 0.0 •Walk-on added in November • Head Coach Jamie Dixon (161 wins) needs 21 Ryan Tiesi G 6-2 185 SO 0.0 0.0 •Played in 10 career games just one more victory to become the NCAA Division I sole recordholder for best coach- 22 Brad Wanamaker G 6-4 205 SO 5.9 3.3 •Five 10-plus scoring games/14 pts-UCon ing start after six seasons as head coach. He 24 Tim Frye G 6-4 200 SO 0.7 0.1 •Walk-on, 19 career games is currently tied for the record with North 25 Dwight Miller F 6-8 230 FR -- -- •Freshman from Nassau, Bahamas Carolina State’s Everett Case, who won 161 35 Nasir Robinson F 6-5 220 FR 1.2 1.2 •6.4 minutes per game games from 1947-51. 52 Gary McGhee C 6-10 250 SO 1.3 1.7 •Career: 50 games played, one start PITT BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES 2 SERIES HISTORY NATIONAL POLLS (as of March 15, 2009) NCAA TOURNAMENT Appearances: 21st. ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL USA TODAY/ESPN COACHES POLL Total Games: 40. Rk. School (1st Place) W-L Pts. Rk. School (1st Place) W-L Pts. Overall Record: 19-21. 1. Louisville (45) 28-5 1,740 1. Louisville (14) 28-5 752 First Round Record: 12-5. 2. North Carolina (11) 28-4 1,654 2. Memphis (11) 31-3 728 3. Memphis (11) 31-3 1,621 3. North Carolina (6) 28-4 727 Second Round Record: 5-6. 4. PITT (3) 28-4 1,585 Third Round Record: 0-5. 4. PITT 28-4 692 5. Connecticut (1) 27-4 1,519 5. Duke 28-6 638 Overtime: 4 (2-2). 6. Duke 28-6 1,444 6. Connecticut 27-4 621 One-Point Games: 3 (2-1). 7. Oklahoma 27-5 1,281 7. Michigan State 26-6 569 Two-Point Games: 0 (0-0). 8. Michigan State 26-6 1,257 8. Oklahoma 27-5 541 Most Points Scored-Pitt: 108 9. Missouri 28-6 1,131 9. Missouri 28-6 505 (108-90 win vs. Eastern 10. Gonzaga 26-5 1,060 10. Gonzaga 26-5 488 Michigan, 3/18/88). 11. Villanova 26-7 1,049 11. Wake Forest 24-6 429 12. Wake Forest 24-6 997 12. Villanova 26-7 402 Most Points Scored-Opponent: 13. Syracuse 26-9 903 100 (100-72 loss vs. North 13. Kansas 25-7 400 14. Kansas 25-7 874 14. Washington 25-8 389 Carolina State, 3/16/74). 15. Washington 25-8 751 15. Syracuse 26-9 373 Largest Victory Margin-Pitt: 16. Florida State 25-9 667 16. Florida State 25-9 293 26 (87-61 win vs. Wagner, 17. Purdue 25-9 643 17. UCLA 25-8 243 3/21/03). 18. UCLA 25-8 491 18. Purdue 25-9 231 Largest Victory Margin- 19. Arizona State 24-9 381 19. Arizona State 24-9 212 Opponent: 28 (100-72 20. Xavier 25-7 351 20. LSU 26-7 192 loss vs. North Carolina 21. LSU 26-7 292 21. Clemson 23-8 132 22. Butler 26-5 284 22. Xavier 25-7 124 State, 3/16/74). 23. Marquette 24-9 277 Consecutive Wins: 2, five 23. Butler 26-5 104 24. Clemson 23-8 264 24. Marquette 24-9 80 times (1974, 2002, 2003, 25. Utah 24-9 150 25. Utah State 30-4 40 2004, 2007). Last 10 Games: 6-4. Others receiving votes: West Virginia 89, Southern Others receiving votes: Illinois 37, Ohio State 31, Last 20 Games: 12-8. Cal 64, Illinois 63, Ohio State 53, BYU 32, Utah 26, Southern Cal 24, West Virginia 22, BYU Mississippi State 31, Utah State 28, St.