PITT BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT 3RD ROUND MARCH 19, 2011 WASHINGTON, D.C.

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1 PITT BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT 3RD ROUND MARCH 19, 2011 WASHINGTON, D.C SCHEDULE Date Opponent W/L Time 2K Sports Classic/Coaches vs. Cancer N8 RHODE ISLAND (ESPN-U) W N10 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO (ESPN3.com) W N13 NORTH FLORIDA (FSN) W K Sports Classic/Coaches vs. Cancer (New York) N18 vs. Maryland (ESPN2) W N19 vs. Texas (ESPN2) W N23 ROBERT MORRIS (FSN) W N27 PENN (ESPN3.com) W D1 vs. Duquesne (ESPN-U) W D4 RIDER (FSN) W D8 DELAWARE STATE (ESPN3.com) W SEC/Big East Invitational (Consol Energy Center) D11 vs. Tennessee (ESPN) L D18 MD. EASTERN SHORE (FSN) W D22 AMERICAN (ESPN3.com) W D27 *CONNECTICUT (ESPN2) W J4 at *Providence (FSN) W J8 MARQUETTE (WTAE) W J12 at *Georgetown (ESPN) W J15 *SETON HALL (FSN) W J17 *SYRACUSE (ESPN) W J22 at *DePaul (FSN) W J24 *NOTRE DAME (ESPN) L J29 at *Rutgers (ESPN2) W F5 *CINCINNATI (FSN) W F7 at *West Virginia (ESPN) W F12 at *Villanova (ESPN) W F16 *USF (ESPN3.com) W F19 at *St. John s (ESPN) L F24 *WEST VIRGINIA (ESPN) W F27 at *Louisville (CBS) L-OT M 2 at *USF (ESPN-U) W M5 *VILLANOVA (CBS) W Big East Championship (New York, N.Y.) M10 vs. Connecticut (ESPN) L NCAA Tournament 2nd/3rd Rounds (Wash. D.C.) M17 vs. UNC Asheville (TruTV) W M19 vs. Butler (TBS) 7:10 p.m. GAME 34 #8 BUTLER (24-9, 13-5 Horizon League) vs. #1 PITT (28-5, 15-3 Big East) NCAA Third Round Saturday, March 19, :10 p.m. ET Verizon Center (20,600) Washington, D.C. Television: TBS (Tim Brando and Mike Gminski; Producer: Ross Schneiderman). Pitt Radio: Panther Sports Radio Network (Bill Hillgrove and Dick Groat), 93.7 The Fan, 93.7 FM; Satellite Radio: Sirius, TBA (Pitt feed). Internet Radio Broadcast/Live Stats: Pitt Coach: Pitt: Jamie Dixon, 12th year at Pitt, 8th year as head coach (216-59). Rankings: Pitt: AP-3; ESPN-3 (as of March 7, 2011). NCAA Tourney Notes: Pitt is playing in its 10th consecutive NCAA Tournament. Pitt earns a 1 seed for only the second time in program history (2009). Pitt is one of only seven programs nationally to advance to each of the last 10 NCAA Tournaments. The 10 NCAA tourney appearances for Pitt rank as the nation s seventh longest current streak. In addition, the Panthers have advanced to five of the last nine NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen rounds. Pitt s 14 NCAA Tournament victories rank as the eighth most nationally from seed and Big East regular season champion Pitt (28-5, 15-3 Big East) advances to the NCAA Tournament Third Round to play 8 seed and Horizon League champion Butler (24-9, 13-5 H.L.) on Saturday in Washington D.C. at the Verizon Center. Pitt s contest will be Saturday s first at Washington D.C. with tipoff set for 7:10 p.m. ET. The contest will be nationally televised on TBS with Tim Brando and Mike Gminski handling play-by-play and color commentary duties respectively. Ross Schneiderman will produce the contest. Should Pitt defeat Butler, it would advance to the NCAA Southeast Regional in New Or- leans, La. Those games are scheduled for Thursday and Saturday at the Louisiana Superdome. Tipoff times are TBA. Possible opponents for the Regional Round are either 4 seed Wisconsin or 5 seed Kansas State. Should Pitt win, it would advance to its sixth NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen in the last 10 years. Only two programs (Duke-7 and Kansas-6) have advanced to more NCAA Regionals over the last nine seasons and three others (Texas, Connecticut and Michigan State) have matched Pitt s achievement. Five of the six programs are still alive in the 2011 NCAA Tournament (Michigan State lost to UCLA on Thursday). TODAY S TOP STORYLINES A win on Saturday would give Pitt its sixth NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen appearance in the last 10 years. Upon entering the NCAA Tournament, Pitt is one of only six programs to advance to the Sweet Sixteen at least five times over the last nine years (Duke-7, Kansas-6, Pitt-5, Texas-5, Michigan State-5 and Connecticut-5). Pitt has advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the ninth time in the last 10 seasons. Over the last 10 seasons, Pitt owns a 13-4 combined First and Second Round record. Jamie Dixon improved to 7-1 in NCAA Tourney First Round games. Combining First and Second Rounds, Dixon is 9-4. Winners of nine of its last 12 games, Pitt is playing in its 10th consecutive NCAA Tournament, one of only seven programs nationally to achieve that distinction. Pitt and Butler meet for the first time in 65 years. Pitt is 5-7 all-time vs. Butler with the last meeting taking place in PITT PANTHERS ROSTER NOTES PROBABLE STARTERS # NAME POS HT WT CL PPG RPG CAREER/ NOTES 35 Nasir Robinson F JR Double figures in 7 of last 10 games 5 Gilbert Brown F SR* ,000-point career scorer 52 Gary McGhee C SR rebounds (6 offensive) vs. UNCA 22 Brad Wanamaker G SR Sportsmanship Award/BEC 2nd Team 12 Ashton Gibbs G JR Scored 20+ points in 5 of last 9 games OFF THE BENCH 1 Travon Woodall G SO* assists/49 turnovers on year 2 Isaiah Epps G FR Freshman from Plainfield, N.J. 3 Cameron Wright G FR Freshman from Cleveland, Ohio 11 Dante Taylor F SO offensive rebounds per game 21 Lamar Patterson F FR* Career-highs for pts(11), asst(5) vs. WVU 42 Talib Zanna F FR* Broken right thumb, out 1-2 more weeks 44 J.J. Moore F FR Three double figure scoring games 55 J.J. Richardson F/C SO career games played 14 Nick Rivers G SR career games played 15 Aron Nwankwo F FR career games played

2 PITT BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2 NCAA HISTORY NCAA TOURNAMENT Appearances: 23rd. Overall Record: Games Played: 46. First Round Record: Second Round Record: 6-7. Third Round Record: 1-5. Overtime: 4 (2-2). One-Point Games: 3 (2-1). Two-Point Games: 1 (0-1). Most Points-Pitt: 108 ( win vs. Eastern Michigan, 3/18/ 88). Most Points-Opponent: 100 ( loss vs. North Carolina State, 3/16/74). Largest Victory Margin-Pitt: 26 (87-61 win vs. Wagner, 3/21/ 03). Largest Victory Margin- Opponent: 28 ( loss vs. North Carolina State, 3/16/ 74). Consecutive Wins: 3, Consecutive Losses: 4 (3/15/57-3/11/63). Last 10: 7-3. Last 20: Under Jamie Dixon: GAME-BY-GAME For a listing of NCAA Tournament history and records, please see page 20 of the original release or page of the Pitt media guide. 1 seed Pitt advanced to the NCAA Second Round following a 23-point win over UNC Asheville (74-51) on Thursday. Ashton Gibbs scored 20 of his game-high 26 points in the second half to help lead Pitt to victory. Gibbs converted an NCAA Tournament single game record pointers as the Panthers outrebounded the Bulldogs Nasir Robinson added 12 points and Gary McGhee led the Panthers with a game-high 11 rebounds. BUTLER AND PITT PLAY FOR FIRST TIME IN 65 YEARS Pitt and Butler meet for the first time in 65 years. The last time the two schools met was on December 10, 1946, a Butler victory in Indianapolis. Pitt owns a 5-7 record against the Bulldogs as the two schools played on a semi-annual basis from All 12 series games were played in Indianapolis. 28 WINS RANKS AMONG ALL-TIME WINNINGEST SEASONS AT PITT With its NCAA Second Round victory over UNC Asheville, Pitt earned its 28th victory, which tied for the fifth most single season wins in school history. The school record is 31 victories, both achieved by Jamie Dixon-coached teams in both and Pitt won 29 games in and and 28 victories in and PITT NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY For the second time in program history and second time in the last three seasons, Pitt enters an NCAA Tournament with a 1 seed. Pitt was also a 1 seed in 2009 when it won three-straight games and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight for the first time since 1974 before dropping a contest to Villanova. Pitt earns a school record 10th consecutive NCAA Tournament berth. Previously, Pitt had made only three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from Pitt is one of only seven schools nationally to advance to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last 10 seasons: Duke Gonzaga, Kansas, Michigan State, Pitt, Texas and Wisconsin. Pitt has also advanced to NCAA Sweet Sixteen play in five of the last nine seasons. Only two programs (Duke-7 and Kansas-6) have surpassed that accomplishment and three others (Connecticut-5, Michigan State-5 and Texas-5) have matched it. Pitt leads the Big East in most consecutive NCAA Tournaments with 10. The next closest streak in the league is Villanova with seven straight tourney appearances. Pitt also ranks 8 among national leaders in NCAA Tournament wins over the last nine seasons with 14. Pitt is in its 23rd NCAA Tournament and is in 46 NCAA Tournament all-time games. Since 2002, Pitt is 15-9 in its 24 NCAA Tournament games, reaching the Elite Eight once and Sweet Sixteen five times. The last time Pitt reached an NCAA Final Four was in 1941 in an eight-team invitational. In a 64-team format, Pitt has advanced past the round of 16 just one time (2009). In , Pitt also earned an Elite Eight appearance in a 32-team tournament. In addition, Dixon owns an 11-7 record in his 18 NCAA Tournament games. Dixon improved to 7-1 in NCAA Tournament First Round games. Since , Pitt is 9-1 in the NCAA Tournament First Round. BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS With its Big East regular season title, Pitt captured its league-leading sixth Big East Conference crown in the last 10 years and fourth Big East regular season title since 2000 (see chart page 4). Pitt has now won or tied for the Big East regular season title six times in program history: , , , , and now With its league-leading 15-3 record, Pitt won the title after maintaining its 1.0 game lead over Notre Dame (14-4). Pitt entered the Big East Tournament as the 1 seed for only the third time in school history: 1988, 2004 and GIBBS, WANAMAKER EARN USBWA ALL-DISTRICT 2 HONORS Guards Ashton Gibbs and Brad Wanamaker both earned United States Basketball Writers Association All-District Team honors the organization announced. Gibbs was also named to the NABC All-District 5 First Team, while Wanamaker earned NABC All-District 5 Second Team honors. PITT VS. UNC ASHEVILLE SECOND ROUND NOTES Pitt (28-5) advances to the NCAA Championship Third Round to face 8 seed Butler. The teams will meet for the 13th time in program history (5-7 record) and for the first time since Pitt is all-time against current members of the Horizon League. Pitt, appearing in its 10th straight NCAA Tournament Championship, registered a win over UNC Asheville in second round play. The victory marks the sixth-straight season the Panthers captured a win in their opening NCAA contest. The Panthers are a 1 seed for the second time in program history, having also earned a 1 seed in With the win, Pitt improved to all-time in NCAA Tournament action in 23 all-time appearances. Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon moved to 11-7 in his eight appearances in the NCAA Tournament. He improved to 7-1 in NCAA Tournament First Round games. Since 2002, Pitt is now 15-9 in its 24 NCAA Tournament games. It has reached the second round in nine of its 10 appearances since Pitt won its ninth game over its last 12 contests. Pitt is one of only three programs nationwide SERIES HISTORY BUTLER (5-7) GP: 12; H: 0-0; A: 5-7; N: 0-0; OT: 0-0 Date H/A W/L Pitt BU 12/13/28 A L /19/31 A L /19/32 A W /18/33 A L /17/34 A W /16/35 A W /14/36 A W /13/37 A L /15/39 A L /23/40 A W /22/41 A L /10/46 A L to advance to the NCAA Tournament, win 20 overall games and 10 league games in each of the last 10 seasons: Pitt, Kansas and Gonzaga. Pitt s 28th victory of the season ties for the program s fifth-most wins in school history. The squad posted an identical 28 wins. The school record for wins is 31 in two different years: and Pitt won its third straight game at the Verizon Center. The previous two games game at Georgetown. Pitt posted a rebounding advantage over UNC Asheville on Thursday. The 23-rebound edge marked the ninth time this season that Pitt grabbed 20-ormore rebounds than its opponent in a single contest. Pitt is ranked 2 in the NCAA in rebounding margin. Pitt s 50 rebounds tied an NCAA Tournament team game record. Pitt also grabbed 50 rebounds vs. Oral Roberts on March 20, Pitt had 22 offensive rebounds versus the Bulldogs, the thirdmost collected in a game this season. The Panthers had a seasonhigh 32 offensive boards versus North Florida on Nov. 13 and 23 on Jan. 15 against Seton Hall. Pitt s senior class of Gilbert Brown, Gary McGhee and Brad Wanamaker improved to over their four-year career. The trio now needs one more victory to tie the school record for most wins for a senior class. The record is 112 career wins by the senior class consisting of Tyrell Biggs, Levance Fields and Sam Young.

3 PITT BASKETBALL GAME NOTES SENIOR CLASS: WINNERS Pitt s senior class of Gilbert Brown, Gary McGhee and Brad Wanamaker is ranked among Pitt s all-time winningest classes in both overall wins and winning percentage. The trio needs just one more victory to tie the Pitt school record for most wins. by WINNING PCT. Senior Class W-L Pct by WINS Senior Class W-L Pct Jamie Dixon improved to in career games played after losing a contest. He is now in his eight-year career. Junior guard Ashton Gibbs led all scorers with 26 points, 20 of those coming in the second half. With today s output, Gibbs has recorded 20-plus points in 12 contests. The Scotch Plains, N.J. product has tallied 20 or more points in five of his last nine outings. Gibbs registered six 3- pointers on the afternoon, tying his career-high for the eighth time. He went 6-of-9 from behind the arc against UNC Asheville on Thursday. Gibbs has hit 12-of-16 (.750) from 3-point range in the past two games and 18-of-27 (.667) over the last four contests. Gibbs six 3-pointers set a school NCAA Tournament individual single-game record for most 3- pointers made. The previous record was five by Jason Matthews vs. Ball State on March 16, Gibbs, already the single season leader in 3-pointers made in the Pitt record book, went over the century mark this afternoon. He has connected on pointers during the season, the only player in Pitt history to top the 100-triple plateau in a single campaign. PITT SUCCESS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT Note: this chart is updated prior to the start of the 2011 NCAA Tournament. Second Round results have not been added in. MOST NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN APPEARANCES ( ) Duke... 7 Kansas... 6 Texas... 5 PITT... 5 Connecticut... 5 Michigan State... 5 MOST NCAA TOURNEY APPEARANCES ( ) Duke Gonzaga Kansas Michigan State PITT Texas Wisconsin MOST NCAA TOURNEY APPEARANCES WITH AT LEAST ONE WIN IN LAST 5 YEARS ( ) PITT... 5 Texas A&M... 5 Note: Pitt and Texas A&M are the only two schools to advance to each of the last five NCAA Tournaments and win at least one game at each of the tourneys. Jamie Dixon is the only coach to guide a team to five straight NCAA Tournaments and at least one win at each of the tourneys. MOST NCAA TOURNEYS WITH AT LEAST ONE WIN ( ) Duke... 8 of last 9 PITT... 8 of last 9 Wisconsin... 8 of last 9 Note: No school has advanced to each of the last nine NCAA Tournaments and won at least one game in each of the nine tourneys. OVERALL NCAA TOURNEY WINS ( ) Kansas 24 Duke North Carolina Michigan State Connecticut Texas UCLA PITT Memphis Florida Louisville Oklahoma PITT PANTHERS NUMERICAL ROSTER # NAME POS HT WT CL EX HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL(s) 1 Travon Woodall G SO* 1L Brooklyn, N.Y.-Paterson, N.J./St. Anthony (N.J.) 2 Isaiah Epps G FR HS Plainfield, N.J./Hargrave Military Academy/Plainfield 3 Cameron Wright G FR HS Cleveland, Ohio/Benedictine 5 Gilbert Brown F SR* 3L Harrisburg, Pa./South Kent Prep (Conn.) 11 Dante Taylor F SO 1L Greenburgh, N.Y./National Christian Academy (Md.) 12 Ashton Gibbs G JR 2L Scotch Plains, N.J./Seton Hall Prep 14 Nick Rivers G SR 1L Phoenix, Ariz./Brophy Prep 15 Aron Nwankwo F FR HS Baltimore, Md./Baltimore City College 21 Lamar Patterson G/F FR* RS Lancaster, Pa./St. Benedict s/j.p. McCaskey 22 Brad Wanamaker G SR 3L Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic 35 Nasir Robinson F JR 2L Chester, Pa./Chester 42 Talib Zanna F FR* RS Kaduna, Nigeria/Bishop McNamara (Md.) 44 J.J. Moore F FR HS Brentwood, N.Y./South Kent Prep (Conn.)/Brentwood 52 Gary McGhee C SR 3L Anderson, Ind./Highland Senior 55 J.J. Richardson F/C SO 1L Missouri City, Texas/Fort Bend Hightower Head Coach: Jamie Dixon (TCU, 1987), begins 8 th Year as Head Coach, 12 th year at Pitt; Assistant Coach: Pat Sandle (San Francisco State, 1987); Assistant Coach: Brandin Knight (Pittsburgh, 2005); Assistant Coach: Pat Skerry (Tufts, 1992); Director of Basketball Operations: Brian Regan (Saint Vincent, 1988); Video Coordinator: Jordan Marks (Pittsburgh, 2008); Video Assistant: Jason Richards (Davidson, 2008); Athletic Trainer: Tony Salesi (Pittsburgh, 1980); Strength & Conditioning Coach: Tim Beltz (Northern Colorado, 1995); Academic Coordinator: Mike Farabaugh (Pittsburgh, 1987); Equipment Manager: Brian Brigger (Xavier, 2004); Team Managers: Ben Blount, Quinn Cozzens, Jared Dorfman, Matt Falcon, Zach Hess, Brendan Kozlowski, Shamus McNulty, Melanie Wilmot; Administrative Assistant: Beth Schoedel. Gibbs 26-point performance ranked as the 10th best scoring performance in Pitt s NCAA Tournament history. The school record is 34 points by Billy Knight vs. Furman on March 14, Gibbs paced the Panthers in the scoring column for the 15th time in and in the thirdstraight game. Senior Gary McGhee had 11 rebounds, his 11th double-digit rebounding contest of the season. McGhee posted six offensive rebounds, tying a season-best (6, vs. Seton Hall, Jan. 15). Junior forward Nasir Robinson had 12 points, his secondstraight double figure contest and 11th of the season. Robinson has notched double-figure scoring in three of the past four games and seven of the last 10. Robinson is shooting 63.3 percent from the field (19-of-30) over his last four outings.

4 PITT Season Schedule/Results & Leaders (as of Mar 17, 2011) RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Date Opponent Score Att. High Points High Rebounds 11/08/10 +RHODE ISLAND W (24)WANAMAKER, Brad (11)ZANNA, Talib 11/10/10 +ILLINOIS-CHICAGO W (24)GIBBS, Ashton (8)TAYLOR, Dante (8)McGHEE, Gary 11/13/10 NORTH FLORIDA W (19)MOORE, J.J. (11)TAYLOR, Dante 11/18/10 ^vs Maryland W (14)ZANNA, Talib (12)ZANNA, Talib 11/19/10 ^vs Texas W (24)GIBBS, Ashton (6)ZANNA, Talib (6)WANAMAKER, Brad 11/23/10 ROBERT MORRIS W (20)GIBBS, Ashton (12)McGHEE, Gary 11/27/10 PENN W (12)GIBBS, Ashton (7)BROWN, Gilbert 12/01/10 &vs Duquesne W (22)GIBBS, Ashton (13)McGHEE, Gary 12/04/10 RIDER W (16)WANAMAKER, Brad (10)McGHEE, Gary (16)GIBBS, Ashton 12/08/10 DELAWARE STATE W (14)TAYLOR, Dante (10)TAYLOR, Dante Tennessee L (21)WANAMAKER, Brad (7)McGHEE, Gary 12/18/10 MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE W (28)BROWN, Gilbert (10)McGHEE, Gary 12/22/10 AMERICAN W (19)WANAMAKER, Brad (7)TAYLOR, Dante 12/27/10 *CONNECTICUT W (21)GIBBS, Ashton (11)McGHEE, Gary 01/04/11 *at Providence College W (19)BROWN, Gilbert (9)McGHEE, Gary 01/08/11 *MARQUETTE W (19)GIBBS, Ashton (7)BROWN, Gilbert 01/12/11 *at Georgetown W (22)GIBBS, Ashton (9)McGHEE, Gary 01/15/11 *SETON HALL W (13)McGHEE, Gary (10)McGHEE, Gary 01/17/11 *SYRACUSE W (21)ROBINSON, Nasir (13)McGHEE, Gary 01/22/11 *at DePaul W (17)BROWN, Gilbert (15)McGHEE, Gary 01/24/11 *NOTRE DAME L (13)BROWN, Gilbert (7)McGHEE, Gary 01/29/11 *at Rutgers W (24)GIBBS, Ashton (8)McGHEE, Gary 02/05/11 *CINCINNATI W (25)GIBBS, Ashton (13)McGHEE, Gary 02/07/11 *at West Virginia W (15)ROBINSON, Nasir (9)WANAMAKER, Brad 02/12/11 *at Villanova W (21)WANAMAKER, Brad (7)ROBINSON, Nasir 02/16/11 *USF W (13)ROBINSON, Nasir (10)ROBINSON, Nasir (13)WANAMAKER, Brad 02/19/11 *at ST. JOHN'S L (26)GIBBS, Ashton (5)McGHEE, Gary (5)BROWN, Gilbert 02/24/11 *WEST VIRGINIA W (15)ROBINSON, Nasir (7)WANAMAKER, Brad 02/27/11 *at LOUISVILLE Lot (20)BROWN, Gilbert (12)WANAMAKER, Brad 03/02/11 *at USF W (18)ROBINSON, Nasir (10)ROBINSON, Nasir 03/05/11 *VILLANOVA W (18)GIBBS, Ashton (10)McGHEE, Gary 03/10/11 #vs Connecticut L (27)GIBBS, Ashton (7)TAYLOR, Dante 03/17/11 $vs UNC-Asheville W (26)GIBBS, Ashton (11)McGHEE, Gary + = 2K Sports Classic/Coaches vs. Cancer, Pittsburgh, Pa. ^ = 2K Sports Classic/Coaches vs. Cancer, New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden & = Played at Consol Energy Center, neutral site = SEC/Big East Invitational, Pittsburgh, Pa., Consol Energy Center # = Big East Championship, New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden $ = NCAA Tournament Second & Third Rounds, Washington, D.C., Verizon Center * = Conference game Attendance Summary Games Attend Avg/Game Home Away Neutral Total

5 PITT Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 17, 2011) RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 12 GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad BROWN, Gilbert ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary WOODALL, Travon TAYLOR, Dante MOORE, J.J ZANNA, Talib PATTERSON, Lamar RICHARDSON, J.J RIVERS, Nick NWANKWO, Aron Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS PITT OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals PITT Opponents Date Opponent Score Att. + 11/08/10 RHODE ISLAND W /10/10 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO W /13/10 NORTH FLORIDA W ^ 11/18/10 vs Maryland W ^ 11/19/10 vs Texas W /23/10 ROBERT MORRIS W /27/10 PENN W & 12/01/10 vs Duquesne W /04/10 RIDER W /08/10 DELAWARE STATE W /11/10 vs Tennessee L /18/10 MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE W /22/10 AMERICAN W * 12/27/10 CONNECTICUT W * 01/04/11 at Providence College W * 01/08/11 MARQUETTE W * 01/12/11 at Georgetown W * 01/15/11 SETON HALL W * 01/17/11 SYRACUSE W * 01/22/11 at DePaul W * 01/24/11 NOTRE DAME L * 01/29/11 at Rutgers W * 02/05/11 CINCINNATI W * 02/07/11 at West Virginia W * 02/12/11 at Villanova W * 02/16/11 USF W * 02/19/11 at ST. JOHN'S L * 02/24/11 WEST VIRGINIA W * 02/27/11 at LOUISVILLELot * 03/02/11 at USF W * 03/05/11 VILLANOVA W # 03/10/11 vs Connecticut L $ 03/17/11 vs UNC-Asheville W = 2K Sports Classic/Coaches vs. Cancer, Pittsburgh, Pa. ^ = 2K Sports Classic/Coaches vs. Cancer, New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden & = Played at Consol Energy Center, neutral site = SEC/Big East Invitational, Pittsburgh, Pa., Consol Energy Center # = Big East Championship, New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden $ = NCAA Tournament Second & Third Rounds, Washington, D.C., Verizon Center

6 PITT Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 17, 2011) Conference games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 12 GIBBS, Ashton WANAMAKER, Brad BROWN, Gilbert ROBINSON, Nasir McGHEE, Gary WOODALL, Travon TAYLOR, Dante PATTERSON, Lamar MOORE, J.J ZANNA, Talib RICHARDSON, J.J RIVERS, Nick NWANKWO, Aron Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS PITT OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Date Opponent Score Att. * 12/27/10 CONNECTICUT W * 01/04/11 at Providence College W * 01/08/11 MARQUETTE W * 01/12/11 at Georgetown W * 01/15/11 SETON HALL W * 01/17/11 SYRACUSE W * 01/22/11 at DePaul W * 01/24/11 NOTRE DAME L * 01/29/11 at Rutgers W * 02/05/11 CINCINNATI W * 02/07/11 at West Virginia W * 02/12/11 at Villanova W * 02/16/11 USF W * 02/19/11 at ST. JOHN'S L * 02/24/11 WEST VIRGINIA W * 02/27/11 at LOUISVILLELot * 03/02/11 at USF W * 03/05/11 VILLANOVA W = 2K Sports Classic/Coaches vs. Cancer, Pittsburgh, Pa. ^ = 2K Sports Classic/Coaches vs. Cancer, New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden & = Played at Consol Energy Center, neutral site = SEC/Big East Invitational, Pittsburgh, Pa., Consol Energy Center # = Big East Championship, New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden $ = NCAA Tournament Second & Third Rounds, Washington, D.C., Verizon Center * = Conference game Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals PITT Opponents

7 PITT Team Game-by-Game (as of Mar 17, 2011) TEAM STATISTICS Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date Score fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg RHODE ISLAND 11/08/ W ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 11/10/ W NORTH FLORIDA 11/13/ W vs Maryland 11/18/ W vs Texas 11/19/ W ROBERT MORRIS 11/23/ W PENN 11/27/ W vs Duquesne 12/01/ W RIDER 12/04/ W DELAWARE STATE 12/08/ W vs Tennessee 12/11/ L MARYLAND EASTERN SH 12/18/ W AMERICAN 12/22/ W CONNECTICUT 12/27/ W at Providence College 01/04/ W MARQUETTE 01/08/ W at Georgetown 01/12/ W SETON HALL 01/15/ W SYRACUSE 01/17/ W at DePaul 01/22/ W NOTRE DAME 01/24/ L at Rutgers 01/29/ W CINCINNATI 02/05/ W at West Virginia 02/07/ W at Villanova 02/12/ W USF 02/16/ W at ST. JOHN'S 02/19/ L WEST VIRGINIA 02/24/ W at LOUISVILLE 02/27/ Lot at USF 03/02/ W VILLANOVA 03/05/ W vs Connecticut 03/10/ L vs UNC-Asheville 03/17/ W PITT Opponents Games played: 33 Points/game: 74.1 FG Pct: FG Pct: 39.1 FT Pct: 67.1 Rebounds/game: 40.2 Assists/game: 17.4 Turnovers/game: 11.7 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.5 Steals/game: 4.8 Blocks/game: 3.4

8 PITT Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Mar 17, 2011) OPPONENT STATISTICS Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date Score fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg RHODE ISLAND 11/08/ W ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 11/10/ W NORTH FLORIDA 11/13/ W vs Maryland 11/18/ W vs Texas 11/19/ W ROBERT MORRIS 11/23/ W PENN 11/27/ W vs Duquesne 12/01/ W RIDER 12/04/ W DELAWARE STATE 12/08/ W vs Tennessee 12/11/ L MARYLAND EASTERN SH 12/18/ W AMERICAN 12/22/ W CONNECTICUT 12/27/ W at Providence College 01/04/ W MARQUETTE 01/08/ W at Georgetown 01/12/ W SETON HALL 01/15/ W SYRACUSE 01/17/ W at DePaul 01/22/ W NOTRE DAME 01/24/ L at Rutgers 01/29/ W CINCINNATI 02/05/ W at West Virginia 02/07/ W at Villanova 02/12/ W USF 02/16/ W at ST. JOHN'S 02/19/ L WEST VIRGINIA 02/24/ W at LOUISVILLE 02/27/ Lot at USF 03/02/ W VILLANOVA 03/05/ W vs Connecticut 03/10/ L vs UNC-Asheville 03/17/ W Opponents PITT Games played: 33 Points/game: 60.7 FG Pct: FG Pct: 32.1 FT Pct: 67.3 Rebounds/game: 29.4 Assists/game: 11.6 Turnovers/game: 11.3 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.0 Steals/game: 5.0 Blocks/game: 4.2

9 PITT Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Mar 17, 2011) Opponent Date Score WOODALL,TR BROWN,GILB TAYLOR,DAN GIBBS,ASHT RIVERS,NIC NWANKWO,AR PATTERSON, RHODE ISLAND 11/08/ W DNP DNP ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 11/10/ W NORTH FLORIDA 11/13/ W vs Maryland 11/18/ W DNP DNP7-2-1 vs Texas 11/19/ W DNP DNP ROBERT MORRIS 11/23/ W DNP2-3-1 PENN 11/27/ W vs Duquesne 12/01/ W DNP DNP5-1-3 RIDER 12/04/ W DELAWARE STATE 12/08/ W vs Tennessee 12/11/ L DNP DNP MARYLAND EASTERN SH 12/18/ W AMERICAN 12/22/ W D N P D N P CONNECTICUT 12/27/ W DNP DNP DNP at Providence College 01/04/ W D N P D N P MARQUETTE 01/08/ W DNP DNP5-5-2 at Georgetown 01/12/ W DNP DNP SETON HALL 01/15/ W SYRACUSE 01/17/ W D N P D N P at DePaul 01/22/ W NOTRE DAME 01/24/ L D N P D N P at Rutgers 01/29/ W DNP DNP2-6-1 CINCINNATI 02/05/ W DNP DNP DNP DNP at West Virginia 02/07/ W DNP DNP DNP4-3-2 at Villanova 02/12/ W DNP DNP DNP USF 02/16/ W DNP DNP DNP2-1-1 at ST. JOHN'S 02/19/ L D N P D N P WEST VIRGINIA 02/24/ W DNP DNP at LOUISVILLE 02/27/ L D N P D N P at USF 03/02/ W VILLANOVA 03/05/ W D N P vs Connecticut 03/10/ L DNP DNP0-0-0 vs UNC-Asheville 03/17/ W Opponent Date Score WANAMAKER, ROBINSON,N ZANNA,TALI MOORE,JJ MCGHEE,GAR RICHARDSON RHODE ISLAND 11/08/ W DNP DNP ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 11/10/ W DNP NORTH FLORIDA 11/13/ W DNP vs Maryland 11/18/ W vs Texas 11/19/ W ROBERT MORRIS 11/23/ W PENN 11/27/ W vs Duquesne 12/01/ W DNP RIDER 12/04/ W DELAWARE STATE 12/08/ W vs Tennessee 12/11/ L DNP MARYLAND EASTERN SH 12/18/ W AMERICAN 12/22/ W D N P CONNECTICUT 12/27/ W DNP at Providence College 01/04/ W D N P MARQUETTE 01/08/ W DNP at Georgetown 01/12/ W DNP SETON HALL 01/15/ W SYRACUSE 01/17/ W D N P D N P at DePaul 01/22/ W NOTRE DAME 01/24/ L D N P D N P at Rutgers 01/29/ W DNP DNP CINCINNATI 02/05/ W at West Virginia 02/07/ W DNP at Villanova 02/12/ W DNP USF 02/16/ W at ST. JOHN'S 02/19/ L D N P WEST VIRGINIA 02/24/ W DNP DNP at LOUISVILLE 02/27/ L DNP DNP at USF 03/02/ W DNP VILLANOVA 03/05/ W D N P vs Connecticut 03/10/ L DNP DNP vs UNC-Asheville 03/17/ W D N P