University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Post-Game Notes
2/27/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 27, 2008
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PITT-CINCINNATI POST-GAME NOTES
*With the victory, Pitt has won 20 games for a school-record seventh consecutive season. Jamie Dixon became the first coach in school history to guide the Panthers to five consecutive 20-win seasons. Pitt is the only school in the Big East to win 20-overall and 10-league games in each of the last six seasons. It needs two more league wins to achieve both records for the seventh consecutive year.
*With the victory, Pitt avoided losing four games in a row for the first time since Jamie Dixon became head coach. Pitt has only lost three straight games twice during the Dixon Era.
*Pitt has now won 17 of its last 19 home games and is 15-2 at home this year.
*Pitt owns a 39-9 all-time record vs. Big East opponent in the
*Since Jamie Dixon took over as head coach, Pitt is 21-9 after a loss.
*Sam Young's 20 points also marked the 14th time in his career that he scored 20 or more. It is also the 12th time this season Young has put up 20 or better. He has now scored 20 or more points in three consecutive games for the first time in his career. Young registered a career-best five steals tonight. His previous high was four (Buffalo, 11/23/07 and North Carolina A&T, 11/10/07).
*With his 18 points and 10 rebounds this evening, DeJuan Blair recorded his 12th double-double of the year. Blair also dished out a career-high four assists, bettering his old mark of three which he set against
*With his nine points tonight, Ronald Ramon surpassed the 1,000-point mark. He entered the game with 993 points and currently has 1,002. Ramon is the 36th player in school history to score over 1,000 points. Ramon also set a career-high for 3-point attempts with 11 tonight. Ramon's three assists today give him 111 against only 40 turnovers this season, which equates to a 2.78:1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
*Keith Benjamin pulled down a career-best tying three offensive rebounds tonight. He also had three offensive boards against Duquesne (12/5/07). Benjamin also tied a career-high for minutes played with 37.
*Jamie Dixon is 125-38 overall in his fifth season as Pitt's head basketball coach. The 125 victories rank as the fifth most victories for an NCAA Division I coach after five seasons as a head coach. Here is where
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Head Coach, Team |
Seasons |
Record |
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1947-51 |
137-29 |
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Mark Few, Gonzaga |
2000-04 |
133-32 |
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Roy Williams, |
1989-93 |
132-37 |
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Bruce Stewart, WV Wesleyan/Middle |
1983-87 |
126-41 |
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JAMIE |
2003-08 |
125-38 |
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Forddy Anderson, Drake/Bradley |
1947-51 |
123-42 |
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Jerry Tarkanian, UNLV |
1969-73 |
122-20 |
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Jim Boeheim, |
1977-81 |
122-30 |
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2001-05 |
122-43 |
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Fred Schaus, |
1955-59 |
120-32 |
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Larry Brown, UCLA/Kansas |
1980-81, 84-86 |
120-38 |
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Tom Izzo, |
1996-00 |
120-48 |
*Pitt is now 95-10 all-time at the
*Pitt's 26 3-point attempts tonight were the fourth most since Jamie Dixon took over as head coach.
*Pitt's 25 rebounds tied the third lowest output on the boards for a Jamie Dixon coached team in his five year tenure. (Lowest: 23, vs.
*Pitt committed only six turnovers tonight, tying the second lowest turnover total for a Pitt team under Jamie Dixon. The Panthers lowest turnover total came in the last game against
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