For the first time in eight years, the Pitt men's basketball team will gather for Thanksgiving dinner with a loss on its record.

The Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri is the place to be tonight at 10 p.m. ET.

RichP: When can Gil come back and do you think he will start? Ray Fittipaldo: Gilbert Brown will rejoin the team Dec.

Tipoff is at 5:30 p.m. as part of ESPN's 24-7 college basketball coverage; contest will be televised on ESPN2.

In just their second game of the season, the Colonels will face one of the toughest opponents they will face this year.

ESPN is running an ambitious event on Tuesday featuring 24 straight hours of live college basketball , and the Pitt Panthers will be part of the festivities.

It turns out the recent baby talk was twice as nice for Manu Ginobili. The Spurs guard said Friday he and his wife, Many, are expecting not one new addition, but two.

Pitt's Nasir Robinson works the ball around Wofford's Corey Godzinski in the second half last night at the Petersen Events Center.

The San Antonio rookie DeJuan Blair, left, fell in the draft because he has no A.C.L.'s in his knees.

Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon will be breaking in five new starters for tomorrow's game against Wofford.

No one is going to confuse Fifth and Forbes with Tobacco Road, but a recent resurgence is enhancing its roundball reputation.

Less than two weeks away from the start of the college basketball season, expectations in Pittsburgh are high for freshman Dante Taylor.

A look at Levance Fields, Tyrell Biggs, Keith Benjamin, Antonio Graves, John DeGroat and Vonteego Cummings.

Scottie Reynolds drove to the basket for the winning layup with 0.5 seconds remaining, and Villanova gained a berth in the Final Four with a dramatic 78-76 win over Pittsburgh in the East Regional final of the NCAA Tournament.

Dante Taylor didn't start in Pitt's exhibition game against Slippery Rock on Sunday, but he practically finished it all by himself.

Right off the bat on opening night, Bulls fans got a chance to assess the team's draft-night decision of selecting Taj Gibson at the No.

Tim Duncan spent the offseason focused on reshaping his body for a long season, while the Spurs remade the team to lessen the load he carries.

After missing the playoffs despite winning 21 games, SRU men's basketball coach Kevin Reynolds learned the importance of one game.

Popovich discovering beauty of - The Beast' KIN MAN HUI/kmhui@express-news.net DeJuan Blair passes in front of Cleveland's Luke Nevill and Rob Kurz.

NEW YORK - The Big East Conference men's basketball heavyweights of a year ago are gone, but Wednesday in Madison Square Garden, league members touted the wealth of contenders lurking in the middleweight ranks.