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Sto-Rox receiver Andrew Carswell had more than a dozen Division I scholarship offers and planned on taking some visits this summer and into the fall before making a decision about where he would

The Big East announced each team's opponents for the 2009-10 men's basketball season yesterday and Pitt appears to have received a break.

Sto-Rox wide receiver Andrew Carswell made a verbal commitment to Pitt this afternoon, making him the 11th player from the class of 2010 to commit to the Panthers thus far this summer.

Despite being over 6500 mile from the shores of the United States, the USA Men's Under-19 team (3-0) celebrated the Fourth of July with an explosive 112-55 rout of Egypt (1-2) Saturday afternoon in Auckland, New Zealand. Paced by Ashton Gibbs' (Pittsburgh / Scotch Plains, N.J.) 18 points, seven U.S. players scored in double-digits as the USA improved its record to 3-0.

Relying on a defensive effort that limited France to 55 points and 32.1 percent shooting, the USA Men's Under-19 World Championship Team (2-0) led from start to finish and posted an impressive 71-55 victory over France (1-1) Friday morning. The USA men will conclude preliminary play on July 4 facing Egypt in an 11 a.m. (Auckland, New Zealand local time) game.

The Big East Conference announced league opponents and game sites for the 2009-10 University of Pittsburgh men's basketball season on Thursday.

France didn't retreat, but it probably should have after Team USA got off to a fast start and utilized a stifling defense to win their men's under-19 world championship game 71-55 early Friday morning in New Zealand.

Scout.com talked with 2010 prospect Phil Hawkins from St. Johns College High School in Washington, D.C. The talented quarterback is hoping to impress at another position and he certainly has the athletic ability to do so.

2010 prospect Shane Johnson from DeMatha High School (Hyattsville, MD) has many colleges waiting in line for his services. Most are behind Pittsburgh. The three-star offensive lineman talks about what he likes about Pitt.

Then there is the Big East releasing the Conference schedule match-ups. Not the when. Just who and where. For Pitt, well given the pure unknown quantity of the team, the schedule seems challenging enough. Home opponents at the Petersen Events Center will include DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Villanova and West Virginia. The Panthers’ [...]

About early starts for home football games this year? Pitt has 7 home games. 4 in the conference. No times for any of them have been confirmed, but it looks like up to 3 conference home games could be noon starts. The Big East announced the 2009 Big East Game of the Week schedule. These are [...]

A slight exaggeration for the new Big East Commish. After all, he’s only been on the job for a couple days now. That said, could you plan the info dumps a little better? This is July 2. Half the country is starting their July 4 holiday weekend tomorrow. That means today is a getaway day. People [...]