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Pittsburgh Panthers basketball

Pittsburgh Panthers
2016–17 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team
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University University of Pittsburgh
First season 1905–06
Conference ACC
Location Pittsburgh, PA
Head coach Kevin Stallings (1st year)
Arena Petersen Events Center
(Capacity: 12,508)
Nickname Panthers
Student section Oakland Zoo
Colors Blue and Gold
         
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
Home
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Away jersey
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Team colours
Away
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Alternate jersey
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Team colours
Alternate
Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions
1928
Pre-tournament Helms champions
1928, 1930
NCAA Tournament Final Four
1941
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
1941, 1974, 2009
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1957, 1974, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009
NCAA Tournament appearances
1941, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016
Conference tournament champions

Eastern Eight
1981, 1982


Big East
2003, 2008
Conference regular season champions

EIC
1933, 1934, 1935, 1937


Big East
1987, 1988, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011

Eastern Eight
1981, 1982

EIC
1933, 1934, 1935, 1937

The Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's basketball program of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pitt men's basketball team competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and plays their home games in the Petersen Events Center. The Panthers were retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA Tournament national champion twice by the Helms Athletic Foundation and once by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Pitt has reached one Final Four, received 15 First Team All-American selections, appeared in 25 NCAA and eight National Invitation Tournaments (NIT) and through the 2012–13 season, and has recorded 1,577 victories against 1,111 losses since their inaugural season of 1905–06. On March 28, 2016, the school announced the hiring of Kevin Stallings as coach after the departure of Jamie Dixon.


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