Pitt Basketball
Gameday: Pitt at No. 2 Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Pitt’s football team has had plenty of success over the years while playing then No. 2 team in the country.
The basketball team is going to need some of that mojo, as the Panthers are facing a formidable foe in No. 2 Virginia.
The all-time series between the schools is heavily tilted toward the Cavaliers, which hold a 14-4 advantage.
Three of Pitt’s four wins came before the Panthers joined the ACC, in 1951, 1974 and 1975. The Cavaliers are 7-1 against the Panthers since Pitt joined the ACC, with the lone Pitt victory coming at Petersen Events Center in 2017.
The Panthers are 0-2 all-time at John Paul Jones Arena.
STARTERS
The Panthers will return to a starting lineup they haven’t used much of recently, but leaned on heavily earlier in the year, with freshmen Xavier Johnson, Trey McGowens and Au’Diese Toney joined by senior wing Jared Wilson-Frame and sophomore forward Terrell Brown.
#PittMBB starters vs. No. 2 #UVa:
✖️
📥
5⃣
🏐-🖼️
🏾— Alan Saunders (@ASaunders_PGH) March 2, 2019
The Cavaliers will start Kihei Clark, Kyle Guy, Ty Jerome, De’Andre Hunter and Jack Salt.
ON THE DIAL
Can’t find the Pitt game on TV? It’s on COZI-TV, WTAE’s sub-channel.
Reminder: Today’s 2pm game between #Pitt and #Virginia can be seen in Pittsburgh on @COZITV on free, over-the-air channel 4.2 and cable TV Comcast channel 204/188, Verizon FIOS channel 461, Armstrong channel 90, Consolidated channel 15 and Atlantic Broadband channel 110 #WTAE pic.twitter.com/jzEDSLM4lY
— Andrew Stockey (@astockeyWTAE) March 2, 2019
WARMUPS
Everyone is presented and accounted for in Pitt’s warmups, though walk-on Onyebuchi Ezeakudo is sporting a facemask. Must’ve been a rough week of practice.
#Pitt warming up, preparing to face No. 2 Virginia at John Paul Jones arena. pic.twitter.com/kQU6KmodTg
— Alan Saunders (@ASaunders_PGH) March 2, 2019
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Sometimes, some of Pitt’s players like to go out before warmups to get some extra shots in, but they were limited to half-court access as some last-minute scoreboard repairs were happening. That upper-left panel never got fixed. So much for this being the nicest arena in the ACC.
