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Pittsburgh Panthers Men's Basketball Tickets
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- General Onsale: 10/09/2024, 10:00 AM EDT11/29/24Friday 12:00 AMColumbus, OHSchottenstein CenterOhio State Buckeyes Men's Basketball vs. Pittsburgh Panthers Men's Basketball
- 12/7/24Saturday 02:00 PMBlacksburg, VACassell ColiseumVirginia Tech Hokies Mens Basketball vs. Pittsburgh Panthers Mens Basketball
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Cassell Coliseum
- 2/8/25Saturday 12:00 AMChapel Hill, NCDean E Smith CenterNorth Carolina Tar Heels Mens Basketball vs. Pittsburgh Panthers Mens Basketball
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Dean E Smith Center
- 2/22/25Saturday 02:15 PMNotre Dame, INJoyce CenterNotre Dame Fighting Irish Mens Basketball vs. Pittsburgh Panthers Mens Basketball
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Joyce Center
- General Onsale: 10/21/2024, 10:00 AM EDT3/1/25Saturday 12:00 AMLouisville, KYKFC Yum! CenterLouisville Cardinals Men's Basketball vs. Pittsburgh Panthers Men's Basketball
- 3/5/25Wednesday 07:00 PMRaleigh, NCLenovo CenterNorth Carolina State Wolfpack Mens Basketball vs. Pittsburgh Panthers Mens Basketball
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Lenovo Center
About
Pittsburgh Panthers at Petersen Events Center
Pitt plays basketball at the Petersen Events Center, known as The Pete, which opened in 2002 on the site of the old Pitt Stadium in the city's Oakland neighborhood. The arena seats more than 12,000 fans for basketball games, a great many of whom are gold-clad members of the notorious Oakland Zoo student section. The bewigged and body-painted rowdies of the Zoo make it one of the top fan sections in all of college hoops — a major source of homecourt advantage for the Panthers.
Pittsburgh Panthers Men's Basketball History
Born in 1905, the Pitt men's basketball program is credited with winning two national championships — in 1928 and 1930 — in the pre–NCAA tournament era. Both of those teams were coached by "Doc" Carlson and led by national scoring champ Chuck Hyatt. The 1927–28 team went 21-0 and the 1929–30 team went 23-2. In the 1930 title game against Montana State, Hyatt poured in 27 of Pitt's 37 points, including the winning basket. Hyatt was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959.
Carlson is the school's winningest coach, with 366 victories over a 31-year span, but the best era of Pitt basketball came under Jamie Dixon, coach from 2004 to 2016. Dixon won 328 games in that time, making the tournament 11 times in 13 seasons. The only certified star of the Dixon years was the rugged forward DeJuan Blair, a consensus first-team All-American in 2009. That season, Blair put up 15.7 points and 12.3 rebounds per game on a team that went 31-5, falling to Villanova in the Elite Eight.
Panthers greats include the sweet-shooting Don Hennon, who scored 24.2 points per game for his career; Jerome "Send it in, Jerome!" Lane, author of maybe the most famous dunk in college hoops history; and Charles Smith, the versatile big man who started every game from 1984 to 1988 and whose place in Pitt history was so secure that the school retired his jersey before his final home game.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Rating: 4 out of 5 Enjoyable Game
by LOEAnubis on 12/10/12CONSOL Energy Center - PittsburghWhile the game itself isn't the best since Duquesne isn't on the same level of Pitt basketball, but since it is an in-city rivalry it always makes for a fun game.
Rating: 4 out of 5 City Game
by Anonymous on 12/8/12CONSOL Energy Center - PittsburghVery good game, great seats the atmospher was great the entire night was really alot of fun
Rating: 4 out of 5by sesamestreetfriend on 12/7/12CONSOL Energy Center - Pittsburgh Good game at a great venue! Seats were better than expected.
Rating: 4 out of 5 City Game Was Great For Steel City Sports
by NBDAWG22 on 12/7/12CONSOL Energy Center - PittsburghThe game is great for two schools located so close to one another. It increases interest for college basketball. The venue at Consol is a beautiful building to hold the event. The building is new, easy to navigate, and the refreshment selection is very good.
Rating: 4 out of 5by Anonymous on 12/7/12CONSOL Energy Center - Pittsburgh game was entetaining,,venue superb... a good yearly site for Pitt/ Duq game
Rating: 5 out of 5 Loved It!!
by TornFan on 12/7/12CONSOL Energy Center - PittsburghThe atmosphere was great!! -- Both schools were well represented by the student population. Glad that Pitt won as I am a Pitt fan year round -- but Duquesne is my alma mater -- so I was torn there. Will definitely attend again next year -- it was great watching BB at the Consol!!
Rating: 3 out of 5by Anonymous on 12/7/12CONSOL Energy Center - Pittsburgh First the game itself was fine but I would not recommend any event in the Consol if you are in the upper level. It's so steep it's dangerous and no legroom. When seated, 7" between seat and back of chair in front so your legs must angle in under your seat. Very uncomfortable over 3 hours. Also RC Cola is served instead of Coke or Pepsi and that is a joke. Finally, eventhough I got my food 20 minutes before the game started, of the 8 Heinz ketchup dispensers, 6 were empty or near empty. The other 2 served watered down ketchup that was like soup. You were forced to use the near empty dispensers and had to be careful of getting splashed as you pushed down the top and some ketchup sputtered out, Also, none of the crowded concourse issues from the Arena were solved at the Consol as you fought your way around during intermissions and to exit.
Rating: 5 out of 5 City Game
by GibbyGibson57 on 12/7/12CONSOL Energy Center - PittsburghThe Consol was the perfect place for this game. I had great seats and no problems with seating, food, restrooms, except the outcome of the game!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5by Julia29 on 12/7/12CONSOL Energy Center - Pittsburgh It was awesome, I love Pitt. The mascots were very entertaining as well.