Lowcountry Pitt Club

No. 3 seed Pitt defeated No. 14 seed Oakland University, 89-66, today in an NCAA first-round game at the Bradley Center. The Panthers will play No. 6 Xavier, which beat No. 11 seed Minnesota, 65-54, earlier today.

Pitt finished the first half on a 26-8 run to take a 39-26 lead into the locker room at halftime of today’s NCAA first-round game against Oakland University at the Bradley Center.

Pitt trailed 18-3, but the Panthers scored the 12 points to take command of the game. Oakland was held without a field goal for more than seven minutes late in the half.

Pitt, Syracuse and Villanova all were upset today at the Big East Tournament. They all had double byes.

Pitt played an ugly game against Notre Dame. They had chances down the stretch to win the game but nothing would go in for the Panthers. The final score was 50-45.

Brad Wanamaker scored 16 for Pitt (24-8). This is the second year in a row that Pitt had a double bye and lost their opening game at the Big East Tournament.

We’ll have to wait until Sunday to see how this impacts their seeding in the tournament.

Here is the link to the ESPN video and article:

Notre Dame stuns Pitt