University of Pittsburgh NCAA News

I'm not going to take a thorough look at this game. I don't have the energy for one and I also missed about half the game.

Pitt: Nasir Robinson, Sr., F - Since making 13 field-goal attempts in a row, he is shooting 40 percent in the past two games.

Just three weeks ago, as Gilbert Brown watched his former team lose its eighth game in a row, he sat back and tried to analyze what was wrong with this year's Pitt men's basketball team.

Seton Hall's Patrik Auda, left, goes up for a shot against Pittsburgh's Nasir Robinson during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Sunday, Feb.

The Pitt offensive line was one of the worst in the country in 2011, allowing an NCAA-worst 64 sacks.

The Pirates return home after salvaging their final game of a three game road trip, defeating Rutgers on Wednesday night.

I hate the term 'must win', but this is about a close to a must win situation as possible.

With the big Sunday matchup against Herb Pope and Co. right around the corner, we caught up with the crew over at SB Nation's Seton Hall blog, South Orange Juice , to get a better read on the Pirates.

Sophomore Taylor Washington earned two wins this afternoon, however, the University of Pittsburgh women's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to Georgetown on Saturday at Alpha Tennis and Fitness Club.

It's the second edition of a SUPER-SIZED game preview. This time, we at SOJ exchanged questions and answers with the Pitt version of South Orange Juice here on the SBNation family of blogs, Cardiac Hill .

That was the word going around yesterday, and Dinkins has already made no secret of the hiring .

StatSeed is StatSheet's postseason projections for all of Division I, including the NCAA Tournament, National Invitation Tournament , College Basketball Invitational , and the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament .

More than a year later, the legal fiasco regarding former Pitt coach Michael Haywood's charges have finally been resolved as the charges were dropped.

Have you ever watched one of those TV shows where from thousands of hopefuls, one star is born? Well, Cardiac Hill readers, here's your chance to play "starmaker" and help pick the new voice of sports in social media! XFINITY is looking for the next renowned sports social media star through its Ultimate Sports Social Media Job contest.

Five Panthers competed in the finals this evening, as the University of Pittsburgh swimming and diving team hosted the first day of the Big East Championship at Trees Pool on Friday.

Tipoff is at noon ET at the Prudential Center; contest will be televised on ESPN Regional/WTAE-TV Channel 4 in Pittsburgh.

I often don't bring up these sorts of fan voting things, but since there are a few good ones out there right now that Pitt is pushing, thought I'd mention them.

The Big East and West Virginia have reportedly reached a settlement that will allow the Mountaineers to depart for the Big 12 for the 2012-2013 season.

Pittsburgh's Tray Woodall dives for the ball during the first half of a game against Seton Hall in 2010.

The one-time West Scranton High School football standout told Dunmore High School students Thursday that a series of miracles allowed him to keep his life and limb after his drunken driving crash in 2008, in which four friends were passengers and he was the driver.