BASKETBALL
Pitt basketball coach Jeff Capel is hoping his team takes the lessons of Saturday’s win at Syracuse into tonight’s home game against North Carolina. The Panthers are 13-6, 4-4 in the ACC. The Tar Heels come into the game at 13-8, and 6-3.
Capel says the Penguins beat Syracuse because they turned up the defensive intensity. He’s looking for “five guys guarding the ball, not just the one guy who’s on the ball.”
Airtime for Pitt/North Carolina tonight is 8:30, with tipoff just after 9.
FOOTBALL
The Pitt football schedule next season features a West Coast trip to Stanford followed the next week by a visit from Notre Dame to Acrisure Stadium. The ACC released its schedule last night.
Pitt will open with home games against Duquesne on August 30th and Central Michigan on September 6th. After the Backyard Brawl renews with a game at West Virginia on September 13th, the Panthers take a week off, then open ACC play hosting Louisville September 27th. they will host Boston College October 4th, then travel to Florida State and Syracuse the next two Saturday, and will close October 25th at home against NC State. They’re at Stanford on November 1st, come home to face Notre Dame on the 15th, then visit Georgia Tech November 22nd and host Miami on November 29th.
All of Pitt’s games will be on Saturdays (at least as of now.) The ACC Championship Game is in Charlotte, North Carolina on December 6th.
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