Men's Basketball

University of Pittsburgh

4200 Fifth Avenue - Pittsburgh, PA - 15260
Team Office: Tel: (412) 648-8350 Fax: (412) 648-8377
Team website: www.pittsburghpanthers.com/

Founded in 1787, the University of Pittsburgh is among the oldest institutions of higher learning in the U.S. Pitt has several programs that are highly ranked including Business, Anthropology, Art History, Industrial Engineering, and Linguistics. The university offers nearly 100 BA and MA majors and over 80 PhD programs. Among those majors offered: Urban Studies, Pharmacy (Pharm D), Mass Communications, Film/Cinema, Creative Writing, and Audiology. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked the University of Pittsburgh #59 among national institutions.

The 132 acre campus is located in Pittsburgh's cultural and medical center. The population of Pittsburgh is 335k.

School website
www.pitt.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Coed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

32,000

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. SAT 25/75: 1130-1320

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$20,000
Out-of-State: ~$29,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - English- Health Sciences

Misc. Information

Head coach Jamie Dixon completed his 5th year at Pittsburgh in 2007-08. Dixon, who took over for Ben Howland in 2003-04, is largely responsible for the Panther's rise to prominence over the last few years because of his recruiting acumen. Consider that in the four years prior to 2002 the Panthers went 57-61 and finished no better than 10th place. In the last eight years, the Panthers have made three first place finishes, seven NCAA appearances - four of which were Sweet 16s - and were ranked among the top 20 teams four times. Before coming to Pittsburgh as an assistant coach in 1999-00, Dixon coached at the assistant level at UC Santa Barbara, Hawaii, and Northern Arizona. Dixon attended Notre Dame HS in Sherman Oaks, California where he won all-league honors and then attended Texas Christian University (TCU) where he led the Horned Frogs to two conference titles. Dixon was selected by the Washington Bullets in the 1987 draft. In 2007-08, the Panthers went 27-10, but lost in the second round of the NCAA tourney to Michigan State.

Team Name	Panthers
Colors	Blue and Gold
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	1381-1027 (.573)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	27-10	29-8	25-8	127-39 (.765)
Conference	10-8	12-4	10-6	55-24 (.696)
Conf. Finish	5	2	3	5, 1, 1, 11,11
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	Swt 16	2nd Rnd	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	#18	#12	#16	3x

Coaches

Head Coach	Jamie Dixon
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Pittsburgh	2003-04
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	132-42 (.758)
Record at Pittsburgh	132-42 (.758)
Coaching Awards	Big East COTY (04)

Asst. Coaches	Pat Sandle, Tom Herrion

Recruiting Coordinator

Tom Herrion, (412) 648-8350, therrion@athletics.pitt.edu

Conference and Schedule

Pittsburgh plays in the Big East (www.bigeast.org) which is now comprised of 17 teams. The Big East currently represents the majority of the large, athletically competitive private Catholic schools. League play, which consists of 16 games, starts after the first of the year. Pittsburgh will play three opponents twice, 10 once, and 3 none at all. (This will change in 2007-08; Big East teams will play everyone once and three teams twice.) League games are usually played on Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The season concludes with the Big East tourney with the winner being an automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament.

Conference Opponents

St. John's, Providence, Villanova, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Connecticut, Seton Hall, South Florida, Marquette, DePaul, Cincinnati, Georgetown, West Virginia, Rutgers, and Louisville

Facilities

Petersen Events Center
Capacity 12,500, Average attendance: ?