preseason prospectus quick facts

# NAME POS H T WT CL PPG RPG CAREER/2005-06 NOTES0 Austin Wallace C 6-9 220 FR -- -- •Low-post shot blocker/Bronx, N.Y.1 Keith Benjamin G 6-2 190 JR 4.6 2.9 •49 career games played/four starts2 Levance Fields G 5-10 190 SO 6.8 2.1 •Averaged 2.2 asst, 21.7 minutes last year4 Ronald Ramon G 6-1 180 JR 8.0 1.4 •.516 3pt% in Big East games5 Tyrell Biggs F 6-8 260 SO 1.8 1.1 •31 games played in 2005-0611 Gilbert Brown G/F 6-6 190 FR -- -- •Athletic wing player/South Kent Acad.14 Levon Kendall F 6-9 220 SR* 7.0 5.4 •Team’s second leading rebounder21 Doyle Hudson C/F 6-8 220 SR 1.2 1.3 •Backup center from Bahamas22 Antonio Graves G 6-3 190 SR 5.0 2.3 •Last 2BET games: 16.0 ppg., 11-19 FG23 Sam Young F 6-6 200 SO 7.9 4.4 •Big East All-Rookie Team selection31 #Mike Cook G/F 6-4 230 JR -- -- •15.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.0 apg in 2004-0533 Aaron Gray C 7-0 275 SR 13.9 10.5 •2005-06 Big East Most Improved Player40 Maurice Polen F 6-5 245 JR -- -- •Junior walk-on forward

#Transfer from East Carolina who sat out 2005-06 season.

PRESEASON STORYLINES

2005-06 RESULTS

2006-07 PRESEASON PROSPECTUS • 25-8, 10-6 IN 2005-06

SCHOOL INFORMATIONSchool: University of PittsburghLocation: Pittsburgh, Pa.Founded: 1787Enrollment: 33,796Nickname: PanthersSchool Colors: Blue & Gold (PMS 289/PMS

4515)Basketball Arena: Petersen Events CenterCapacity: 12,508Affiliation: NCAA Division IConference: Big EastChancellor: Mark NordenbergAlma Mater, Yr.: Thiel College, 1970Athletics Director: Jeff LongAlma Mater, Yr.: Ohio Wesleyan, 1982Athletic Department Phone: (412) 624-5550Ticket Office Phone: (412) 648-7488 or

(412) 648-PITT

BASKETBALL HISTORYFirst Year of Basketball: 1905-06Overall All-time Record: 1,325-1,009 (98

years)Yrs. in NCAA Tournament: 18 (last: 2006)Yrs. in NIT: Eight (last: 2001)Last Postseason opponent: Bradley (lost 72-

65)

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Jamie DixonAlma Mater/Year: TCU, 1987Record at School (Yrs): 76-22 (3 years)Career Record (Yrs): 76-22 (3 years)Basketball Office Phone: (412) 648-8350Best time of day to reach: Mornings, Call

2006-07 PITT BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS

• Pitt faces high expectations in 2006-07 as itreturns four starters and eight of its top-10players from a team that finished 25-8, ad-vanced to its fifth straight NCAA Tourna-ment and a fifth Big East Championshiptitle game appearance in the last six years.

• Two key players depart the program: se-niors Carl Krauser and John DeGroat.Krauser led last year’s squad in scoring (15.0ppg), and assists (170).

• Aaron Gray returns for his senior seasonafter earning the 2005-06 Big East’s MostImproved Player Award. He is an All-America candidate.

• Head Coach Jamie Dixon begins his fourthseason at Pitt with a 76-22 overall record.The 76-22 record ranks tied for fourthamong all-time best coaching starts afterthree seasons.

Media RelationsAssistant Coaches (Alma Mater/Year):

Orlando Antigua (Pittsburgh, 1995)Mike Rice (Fordham, 1991)Pat Sandle (San Francisco State, 1987)

Director of Basketball Operations:David Cox (William & Mary, 1995)

Athletic Trainer: Tony Salesi (Pittsburgh, 1980)

TEAM INFORMATIONOverall 2005-06 Record: 25-8Home Record: 16-1Away: 5-5Neutral: 4-2Conference Record/Finish: 10-6 (Tie-4th)Final Ranking: 16-AP, 18-ESPNStarters Returning/Lost: 4/1Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/4

MEDIA INFORMATIONMen’s Basketball Contact: Greg HotchkissOffice Phone: (412) 648-8240Cell Phone: (412) 491-5296E-Mail: [email protected] Address: www.pittsburghpanthers.comMedia Relations Fax: (412) 648-8248Scoreline Phone: (412) 648-2318Media Relations Mailing Address: P.O. Box

7436, Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh,PA 15213

Overnight Address: Athletic Media Rela-tions, 3719 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA15213

PITT BASKETBALL

Date Opponent W/L TimeN19 SAINT PETER’S W 82-71N23 ROBERT MORRIS W 86-59N26 MAINE W 62-49N29 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) W 79-58D4 AUBURN W 78-41D7 at Duquesne (FSN) W 71-60D10 PENN STATE (FSN) W 91-54D17 VERMONT W 63-52D21 COPPIN STATE W 77-51D28 at South Carolina (CSS-TV) W 58-51D31 WISCONSIN (FSN) W 73-64J4 *NOTRE DAME (FSN)(2OT) W 100-97J12 *DePAUL (ESPN) W 73-65J15 at *Louisville (WTAE-TV) W 61-57J18 at *Rutgers (FSN) W 76-68J21 at *St. John’s (WTAE-TV) L 50-55J23 *SYRACUSE (ESPN) W 80-67J28 *MARQUETTE (WTAE-TV) W 77-71J31 at *Connecticut (FSN) L 76-80F5 at *Georgetown (FSN) L 58-61F9 *WEST VIRGINIA (ESPN) W 57-53F12 *CINCINNATI (FSN) W 89-69F15 at *Providence (FSN) W 85-77F18 at *Marquette (FSN) L 82-84F25 *PROVIDENCE (FSN) W 81-68F27 at *West Virginia (ESPN) L 62-67M3 *SETON HALL (FSN) L 61-65M 8 vs. %Louisville (ESPN) W 61-56M 9 vs. %West Virginia (ESPN) W 68-57M10 vs. %Villanova (ESPN) W 68-54M11 vs. %Syracuse (ESPN) L 61-65M17 vs. Kent State (CBS) W 79-64M19 vs. Bradley (CBS) L 66-72

All game times Eastern. All home games inBOLD CAPS. Television games in parenthesis;All game times are subject to change. %Big EastChampionship games; *Big East games.For ticket Information: (800) 643-PITT.

2006-07 PITT PANTHERS ROSTER NOTES

PITT BASKETBALL • PRESEASON PROSPECTUS 2

2006-07 PRESEASON ROSTER (as of July 1, 2006)

NUMERICALNo. Name POS H T WT CL EXP Hometown/Previous School0 Austin Wallace C 6-9 220 FR HS Bronx, N.Y./LaSalle Academy1 Keith Benjamin G 6-2 190 JR 2L Mount Vernon, N.Y./Mount Vernon2 Levance Fields G 5-10 190 SO 1L Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian4 Ronald Ramon G 6-1 180 JR 2L Bronx, N.Y./All Hallows5 Tyrell Biggs F 6-8 260 SO 1L Nanuet, N.Y./Don Bosco Prep (N.J.)11 Gilbert Brown G/F 6-6 190 FR HS Harrisburg, Pa./South Kent Prep (Conn.)14 Levon Kendall F 6-9 220 SR* 3L Vancouver, British Columbia/Kitsilano21 Doyle Hudson F/C 6-8 230 SR 1L Eleuthera, Bahamas/Roane State J.C./N. Eleuthera22 Antonio Graves G 6-3 190 SR 3L Mansfield, Ohio/Mansfield Senior23 Sam Young F 6-6 210 SO 1L Clinton, Md./Hargrave Military Academy/Friendly31 #Mike Cook G/F 6-4 230 JR* TR Philadelphia, Pa./East Carolina/Friends Central33 Aaron Gray C 7-0 270 SR 3L Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus40 Maurice Polen F 6-5 245 JR HS Philadelphia, Pa./West Philadelphia

* By class denotes redshirt year#Transfer who sat out the 2005-06 season

ALPHABETICALNo. Name POS H T WT CL EXP Hometown/Previous School1 Keith Benjamin G 6-2 190 JR 2L Mount Vernon, N.Y./Mount Vernon5 Tyrell Biggs F 6-8 260 SO 1L Nanuet, N.Y./Don Bosco Prep (N.J.)11 Gilbert Brown G/F 6-6 190 FR HS Harrisburg, Pa./South Kent Prep (Conn.)31 #Mike Cook G/F 6-4 230 JR TR Philadelphia, Pa./East Carolina/Friends Central2 Levance Fields G 5-10 190 SO 1L Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian22 Antonio Graves G 6-3 190 SR 3L Mansfield, Ohio/Mansfield Senior33 Aaron Gray C 7-0 270 SR 3L Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus21 Doyle Hudson F/C 6-8 230 SR 1L Eleuthera, Bahamas/Roane State J.C./N. Eleuthera14 Levon Kendall F 6-9 220 SR* 3L Vancouver, British Columbia/Kitsilano40 Maurice Polen F 6-5 245 JR HS Philadelphia, Pa./West Philadelphia4 Ronald Ramon G 6-1 180 JR 2L Bronx, N.Y./All Hallows0 Austin Wallace C 6-9 220 FR HS Bronx, N.Y./LaSalle Academy23 Sam Young F 6-6 210 SO 1L Clinton, Md./Hargrave Military Academy/Friendly

* By class denotes redshirt year#Transfer who sat out the 2005-06 season

COACHING/ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFHead Coach: Jamie Dixon (TCU, 1987), Fourth Year, 76-22 overall; Assistant Coach: Pat Sandle (San FranciscoState, 1987); Assistant Coach: Mike Rice (Fordham, 1991); Assistant Coach: Orlando Antigua (Pittsburgh, 1995);Director of Operations: David Cox (William & Mary, 1995); Basketball Video Coordinator: TBA; AthleticTrainer: Tony Salesi; Strength & Conditioning Coach: Tim Beltz; Academic Coordinator: Mike Farabaugh;Equipment Manager: Dan Trbovich; Team Managers: Ryan Arnot, Menachem Brodie, Jared Friedman, JeremyGrubbs, Jordan Marks; Student Trainers: TBA; Administrative Assistant: Beth Schoedel; Media Relations: GregHotchkiss.

PRONUNCIATION GUIDELevon Kendall .............. LEE-vonMaurice Polen ............... Poe-lynnRonald Ramon ........... Ra-MONE

CLASS BREAKDOWNTotal Players: 13Seniors: 4 (Antonio Graves,

Aaron Gray, Doyle Hudson,Levon Kendall)

Juniors: 4 (Mike Cook, KeithBenjamin, Maurice Polen,Ronald Ramon)

Sophomores: 3 (Tyrell Biggs,Levance Fields, Sam Young)

Freshmen: 2 (Gilbert Brown,Austin Wallace)

GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWNBahamas: 1 (Doyle Hudson,

Eleuthera)British Columbia, Canada: 1

(Levon Kendall, Vancouver)Maryland: 1 (Sam Young,

Clinton)Ohio: 1 (Antonio Graves)Pennsylvania: 4 (Gilbert Brown,

Harrisburg; Mike Cook,Philadelphia; Aaron Gray,Emmaus; Maurice Polen,Philadelphia)

New York: 5 (Keith Benjamin,Mount Vernon; Tyrell Biggs,Nanuet; Levance Fields,Brooklyn; Ronald Ramon,Bronx; Austin Wallace, Bronx)

2006-07 PITT BASKETBALL KEY DATESAll practices are closed. For more information on coverage of Pittsburgh men’s basketball, contact Greg Hotchkiss at (412) 648-8240

MARCHMid-late March

BigEastTourneyMarch 7-10NCAA Tourney1st/2nd: M 15-18Reg: M 22-25FF: M 31-Ap. 2

AUGUSTAugust 28

First Day ofClasses; Allplayers report

NOVEMBERFirst week, Nov.

ExhibitionGamesRegular seasonbegins, mid-November

OCTOBERMid-October

First Day ofPractice (mid-October)Big East MediaDay

SEPTEMBERMonth of Sept.

Preseasonconditioningbegins

JANUARYFirst Week

Big Eastcompetitionbegins

PITT BASKETBALL • PRESEASON PROSPECTUS 3

PANTHERS BASKETBALL PERSONALITY PROFILESKEITH BENJAMIN• Nickname is “K-Ruck” because

he first started playing basketballat New York City’s Rucker Parkat the young age of 14.

• 2004 graduate of Mount VernonHigh School where he helped leadhis team to the 2004 state title.Sports a red #1 championship ringon his finger.

• Mount Vernon has produced sev-eral college/NBA standouts in-cluding Scooter McCray, RodneyMcCray, Gus Williams, Ray Will-iams and former Connecticutguard Ben Gordon.

• Best friend on another collegeteam is St. John’s sophomore for-ward Dexter Gray, a teammateof his at Mount Vernon.

• Finished his four-year varsity ca-reer at Mount Vernon with a 98-13 overall record.

TYRELL BIGGS• Has drawn comparisons to Bos-

ton College power forward CraigSmith because of his size and play-ing style.

• Became the third consecutive Pittplayer to earn Windy City ClassicAll-Star MVP honors last sum-mer in the Chicago All-Star Game.Chris Taft and Ronald Ramonwere the previous MVP winners.

• Nickname is T.J. or TBiggs.• Stood 6-5 inches tall and weighed

230 pounds as an eighth grader.• Played with Pitt guard Keith Ben-

jamin on the MetroHawks/Riv-erside Church AAU team.

• Has taken up golf, played the pi-ano and bowls.

• Named a McDonalds Top-100 All-America Team finalist.

MIKE COOK• Junior transfer from East Caro-

lina University who will be eli-gible for competition in 2006-07.

• Led ECU in scoring (15.0 ppg in2004-05) and averaged 12.8points per game and registered 41double-figure scoring games intwo years with the Pirates.

• A Philadelphia native who playedhigh school basketball with cur-rent Memphis Grizzlies playerHakim Warrick and MustafaShakur (Arizona).

• Chose Pitt for its style of basket-ball, location and league.

LEVANCE FIELDS• Played at the same high school

(Xaverian) attended by formerPitt player and current GoldenState Warrior Chris Taft, associ-ate head coach Barry Rohrssenand basketball video coordinatorJohn Alesi. Several other Big Eastplayers attended Xaverian includ-ing Chris Mullin.

• Nickname is the “General” and/or “Lele.”

• Played in the Jordan Classic All-Star game at Madison Square Gar-

den on April 16, 2005 and fin-ished with 18 points, all in thesecond half.

• Committed to Pitt on Dec. 6,2004, a day prior to Pitt’s appear-ance in the Jimmy V. Classic atMadison Square Garden.

• As a high school senior, ledXaverian to eight consecutivewins en route to a state title gameappearance.

• Named New York’s Player of theYear by the New York Daily Newsand Newsday.

• Named a McDonalds Top-100 All-America Team finalist.

ANTONIO GRAVES• Signed scholarship papers to at-

tend Pittsburgh in late August ofhis senior year in high school. Wasalready set to attend a prep schoolbut decided to attend Pitt after ascholarship opened.

• Has an intriguing basketball fam-ily background as his uncle AhmedKent ranks second on his almamater Mansfield Senior’s careerscoring list, while several cousinsplayed NCAA Division I basket-ball including Dapreis Davis (Ne-braska, 1989-92) and MarquisSykes (Morehead State, 1999-2003).

• Happiest and most gratifying mo-ment in sports was signing schol-arship papers with Pitt.

• Became the fifth player in sevenseasons to earn a NCAA DivisionI basketball scholarship out ofMansfield Senior High School.

• Favorite sports figure is Washing-ton Wizards guard and formerMaryland standout Juan Dixon.

AARON GRAY• Shattered a backboard in high

school. He missed 13 games dueto a broken ankle as a result ofthe play.

• Lost 30 pounds over the summerafter working out and playingpickup basketball in Philadelphiaagainst NBA and local collegeplayers.

• At 7-0 tall, Gray is just the sec-ond seven-footer to play for Pitt.Mark Blount (1995-97), who cur-rently plays with NBA’s BostonCeltics, was Pitt’s first seven-footer.

• Named Pennsylvania’s 2003Gatorade State Player of the Year.

• Uncle Steve Gray, played basket-ball at Duke from 1975-79. SteveGray played in 88 career gamesand, along with teammates MikeGminski, Jim Spanarkel and GeneBanks, led Duke to the 1978 Fi-nal Four.

• Another uncle played linebackerat UCLA.

• Trained with former Pitt footballplayer John Graham (lettered in1983).

• Nickame is “A.G.”• Favorite movie is “Men of

Honor.”

DOYLE HUDSON• Native of the Bahamas.• Arrived in the United States in

January, 2003.• Played on the Bahamian National

Team during the summer of 2004.• Favorite all-time Christmas gift

was his first bicycle.• Favorite sports figure is San An-

tonio Spurs and Virgin Islandsnative Tim Duncan.

• Junior college coach Randy Nesbitdreamed of playing for Pitt as ayoungster and is from nearbyYough, Pa.

• One of two international playerson Pitt’s roster (Levon Kendall,Canada).

• Nickname is “D-Nice.”• Aspires to get involved with com-

puters and computer science.

LEVON KENDALL• Outstanding student who is a

GTE Academic All-America/All-District candidate.

• Promoted to play on the Cana-dian Senior National Team in2005.

• Played on Canada’s Junior Na-tional Basketball Team over thepast four summers.

• Helped lead Canada to its first-ever basketball medal, a BronzeMedal at the FIBA World Basket-ball Championships this past sum-mer. His most outstanding per-formance came against Team USAwhere he scored 40 points (16-22FG) and pulled down 12 re-bounds in a 93-90 overtime vic-tory.

• One of two international playerson Pitt’s roster (Doyle Hudson,Bahamas).

• Interests include the drums, pi-ano, hiking, camping, cliff div-ing, Buddhism, meditation, rac-ing mountain bikes, cliff diving,white water rafting andsnowboarding.

• Once played the drums in a coverband called “The Unknowns.”

• Led his high school team to threeProvincial titles and an 84-4record in three-year varsity career.

• Played high school soccer (a six-foot-nine-inch goalkeeper) andplayed on several select soccerteams.

• Native of Vancouver, British Co-lumbia who can speak both En-glish and French.

• Father composes and writes mu-sic and plays.

• One of several Pittsburgh sportspersonalities who hail fromCanada: Jason Bay (Pittsburgh Pi-rates) and Sidney Crosby (Pitts-burgh Penguins).

• Majors in anthropology and hasalways had an interest in teach-ing.

MAURICE POLEN• A sophomore walk-on in his first

season with Pitt.• High school coach at West Phila-

delphia High School was formerPitt basketball player Gerald Jor-dan (1995-97).

• Other notable players who at-tended his high school include:Gene Banks, Jordan, RicardoLovelace and Clarence Tillman.

RONALD RAMON• Nickname is “Double-R” for

Ronald Ramon. Krauser nabbedhim “Double-R with the Radar.”

• Hails from a basketball family ashis father Ricardo Ramon playedprofessional basketball in the Do-minican Republic, Brazil and Ar-gentina. His role model is his fa-ther because he “showed him ev-erything.”

• Played for one of the nation’s topAAU basketball programs, theNew York Gauchos. Other Pittbasketball players who played forthe Gauchos include JerryMcCullough, Eric Mobley andcurrent Director of BasketballOperations Orlando Antigua.

• Native Dominican who followsin the footsteps of several formerPittsburgh Dominican players in-cluding Ricardo Greer, JaimePeterson and Orlando Antigua.

• Invited to play on the DominicanRepublic basketball team thissummer but his schedule wouldnot allow it.

• Fluent in Spanish.• All Hallows High School retired

his jersey No. 14 at the conclu-sion of his career.

• Named Most Valuable Player atthe Wendy’s All-Star Shootout inChicago after scoring 23 points,hitting five 3-pointers (includingthree in the final five minutes)and registering three assists.

SAM YOUNG• Named the 2004-05 National

Prep School Player of the Yearby Scout.com.

• Has drawn comparisons toVillanova forward Curtis Sumpterbecause of his size and playingstyle.

• Favorite sports figure is MichaelJordan and also sports his number23.

• Interested in gymnastics becauseof his natural ability. When Youngwas visiting Pitt on his recruitingtrip, the coaches took him on atour of the athletic facilities.When he saw the gymnasticsequipment, he started doing sev-eral tricks and backflips.

• Prior to his senior season atFriendly H.S., promised to doback flips if his team won thestate title, then held true on hispromise after he led the team tothe championship.

• Owns a 35-inch vertical leap.

PITT BASKETBALL • COACHING STAFF 4

FOURTH SEASON AS HEAD COACH/8TH YEAR AT PITT • TCU ‘87 • 76-22 OVERALL RECORD

JAMIE DIXON • HEAD COACH

Overall Big East BET NCAAYear W-L Pct. W-L Pct. W-L Pct. W-L Pct.2003-04 31-5 .861 13-3 .813 2-1 .667 2-1 .6672004-05 20-9 .689 10-6 .625 0-1 .000 0-1 .0002005-06 25-8 .758 10-6 .625 3-1 .750 1-1 .500Career 76-22 .776 33-15 .688 5-3 .625 3-3 .500

YEAR-BY-YEAR WITH JAMIE DIXON

In his fourth season as the Universityof Pittsburgh’s head men’s basketballcoach, Jamie Dixon has certainly madehis mark on the Pitt program. Dixon,who has spent a total of eight years atPitt, has compiled several coaching mile-stones:• He became the first head coach in

school history to guide Pitt to threeconsecutive 20-win seasons and threestraight 10-plus win Big East regu-lar seasons.

• Became the second head coach at Pittto lead the school to three straightNCAA Tournaments. Paul Evansguided Pitt to three straight appear-ances from 1987-89.

• Ranks tied for fourth among the all-time best starts to an NCAA Divi-sion I coaching career with 76 careerwins.

• Compiled the school’s best record fora head coach after only three years ofservice (76-22) and reached 70 ca-reer victories faster than any othercoach in school history.

• Amassed a three-year 33-15 BigEast regular-season record.

• Recorded the best current career win-ning percentage among Big Eastcoaches (.679).

• Tallied a 48-6 home record in hisfirst three seasons.

• Advanced to the Big East Champi-onship final in two of his three sea-sons as head coach at Pitt.

In 2003-04, Dixon became the firstrookie head coach in Big East history toboth guide his team to the league’s regu-lar-season title and earn Big East Coachof the Year honors. Dixon earned thoseaccolades after leading the Panthers totheir third consecutive Big East regular-

season title and second all-time overallBig East title, third straight NCAATournament “Sweet Sixteen” appearanceand to a school-record 31 wins. In addi-tion, the 31 victories rank as the thirdall-time highest total in NCAA Divi-sion I history for a first-year head coach.Dixon also led Pitt on an 18-game winstreak to begin the 2003-04 season, astreak which ranks as the third-best startfor a rookie head coach in NCAA Divi-sion I history.

An outstanding talent evaluatorwho is nationally recognized for hiscoaching know-how, unquestionedcharacter and integrity, recruitingskills, rapport with players and workethic, Jamie Dixon was introducedas the University of Pittsburgh’s 14th

head basketball coach on April 15,2003.

Dixon, who has spent eight sea-sons as both the head coach and as-sistant at Pitt, is a basketball coachwho is smart, intelligent, honest,confident, well-spoken, geniune andtrue to his word. He is a family manand complete coach who cares forhis players and program to the high-est degree. For Dixon, basketball isa lifestyle, not a job. He believesteamwork, defense, rebounding andtaking good shots are the key ingre-dients to winning championships.That philosophy has paid off as Pittconsistently ranks among the nation’stop defensive and reboundingsquads.

Dixon’s three-year head coachingtenure at Pitt has seen the Pantherscompile a 76-22 record, accumulatea 33-15 Big East regular seasonrecord and earn three NCAA Tour-nament berths, including a SweetSixteen appearance in 2003-04. His

76-22 slate set a school record forthe best three-year start to a Pittcoaching career. His .776 winningpercentage currently stands as thebest career winning percentageamong active Big East coaches. The2003-04 squad won the Big Eastregular-season title with a school-record 31 wins.

Over the past eight seasons, Dixonhas been an essential figure in thePanthers’ dramatic rise to nationalprominence. The three-year period

from 2001-04 produced thewinningest four-year period in schoolhistory (107-30 record) and wit-nessed Pitt achieve three consecu-tive Big East regular-season titles,advance to three straight NCAASweet Sixteen appearances, capturethe program’s first-ever Big EastTournament title in 2003, and com-pile one of the nation’s three bestwinning percentages (.846 with an88-16 record) from 2001-04 includ-ing a 51-2 home record over the last


THE JAMIE DIXON FILE

Birthdate: November 10, 1965 in Burbank, Calif.Hometown: North Hollywood, Calif.Education: Notre Dame High School graduate, Sherman Oaks, Calif.,

1983; Bachelor of Business Administration- Finance, TexasChristian University, 1987; Masters of Science- Economics-California-Santa Barbara, 1992.

Date announced as Pittsburgh head coach: Tuesday, April 15,2003.

Family: Wife, Jacqueline, son Jack Connor (born June 2, 2002) anddaughter Shannon (born Feb. 25, 2004); son of Jim & MargeDixon who reside in Los Angeles; has two sisters: Julie, who is anattorney in Los Angeles County and the late Maggie Dixon, whoserved as head women’s basketball coach at the United StatesMilitary Academy (2005-06) and as an assistant at DePaul.

Coaching CareerHead Coach, University of Pittsburgh, 2003-present; Associate HeadCoach, University of Pittsburgh, 1999-2003; Assistant Coach,University of Hawaii, 1998-99; Assistant Coach, Northern ArizonaUniversity, 1994-98; Assistant Coach, University of Hawaii, 1992-94; Assistant Coach, University of California-Santa Barbara, 1991-92; Assistant Coach, Los Angeles Valley Junior College, 1989-91; HeadCoach, TeAute College, 1989.

Playing CareerNotre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks, Calif.Texas Christian University, 1984-87 (Named All-SWC in 1987 and

SWC All Academic honoree), led SWC in assists as a seniorPlayed professionally in Continental Basketball Association (Lacrosse

Catbirds) and overseas (New Zealand).

three years. In addition, the programopened its sparkling, 12,508-seatPetersen Events Center, the nation’sbest on-campus basketball venue.

Dixon owns 15 years of majorNCAA Division I coaching experi-ence, including stints at Pitt (sevenyears), Northern Arizona (fouryears), Hawaii (three total years) andat UC-Santa Barbara (one year). Ad-ditionally, he has served as an assis-tant under a school’s winningestcoach in four different stints (win-ning percentage). His teams havewon nine conference titles, ad-vanced to the postseason in 10 dif-ferent seasons and his student-ath-letes have earned four league playerof the year awards. He helped turndestitute programs at Pitt, Hawaiiand Northern Arizona into winners,has been a winner everywhere andhas been a success at several differ-ent levels.

Facing a major rebuilding project,he joined the Pitt staff in 1999 asassociate head coach and recruitingcoordinator. And in four short years,he helped turn the Pitt basketballprogram into a consistent nationalpower. In 2000-01, the Pantherssurged through the conference tour-

nament, earning a surprising Big EastChampionship title game berthwhile winning five of their last sevencontests. It was that year in Madi-son Square Garden that the collegebasketball world first took noticeof the emerging Pitt program as thePanthers upset nationally rankedSyracuse, Notre Dame and a surgingMiami team to earn the school’s first-ever championship game berth. Thatstrong finish concluded with a Na-tional Invitation Tournament berth,the school’s first postseason appear-ance in four years.

The 2001-02 Pitt team built uponthat momentum as it finished 29-6and surpassed the school-record of25 victories set in 1973-74. Pitt wonthe Big East West championship, theschool’s first league title of any kindsince the 1987-88 campaign, andmade its first NCAA Tournamentappearance in nine seasons (1992-93). The squad also became the firstPitt team to advance to an NCAASweet Sixteen since 1973-74 withtwo NCAA tournament wins overCentral Connecticut State and Cali-fornia.

With all five starters and nineletterwinners back, the 2002-03 Pitt


DIXON’S RECORD VS. ALL OPPONENTSOpponent W-LAlabama .......................................... 1-0Albany ............................................ 1-0Auburn ........................................... 1-0Boston College ............................ 3-0Bradley ........................................... 0-1Bucknell ......................................... 0-1Central Florida ............................. 1-0Chicago State ................................ 1-0Cincinnati ...................................... 1-0Connecticut .................................. 2-4Coppin State ................................. 2-0DePaul ............................................ 1-0Duquesne ...................................... 3-0Florida State .................................. 1-0Georgetown .................................. 1-2Georgetown (Ky.) ........................ 1-0Georgia ........................................... 1-0Howard .......................................... 1-0Louisville ....................................... 2-0Loyola (Md.) .................................. 1-0Kent State ...................................... 1-0Maine .............................................. 1-0Marquette ....................................... 1-1Memphis ........................................ 1-0Miami, Fla. ..................................... 1-0

Opponent W-LMurray State .................................. 1-0New Hampshire .......................... 1-0Notre Dame .................................. 5-0Oklahoma State ............................ 0-1Pacific ............................................. 0-1Penn State ...................................... 3-0Providence .................................... 4-0Richmond ..................................... 1-0Robert Morris .............................. 3-0Rutgers ........................................... 3-0St. Francis (NY) ............................ 1-0St. Francis (Pa.) ............................. 2-0St. John’s ......................................... 2-2Saint Peters .................................... 1-0Seton Hall ...................................... 1-2South Carolina ............................. 2-0Syracuse ......................................... 4-2West Virginia ................................ 3-3William & Mary ........................... 1-0Wisconsin ...................................... 2-0Vermont ......................................... 1-0Villanova ........................................ 2-2Virginia Tech ................................ 2-0Youngstown State ........................ 1-0Career ................................. 76-22

squad captured the school’s first-everBig East Tournament championshipwhile making its third straight ap-pearance in the title game. It fin-ished 28-5 on the year and advancedto its second consecutive NCAASweet Sixteen. The Panthers alsowon their second straight Big EastWest title and co-Big East regular-season title with a second consecu-tive 13-3 league record. In addition,the Panthers concluded the inaugu-ral season of the Petersen Events

Center with a perfect 16-0 homerecord and ended the season on a22-game home win streak.

In his first season as head coach atPitt (2003-04), Dixon guided thePanthers to a school-record 31-5slate which included the Big Eastregular season championship, a thirdconsecutive “NCAA “Sweet Sixteen”appearance and the program’s fourthstraight Big East Tournament titlegame appearance. He became thefirst rookie head coach in league his-tory to both earn Big East Coach ofthe Year honors and guide his teamto the regular season title. He ledPitt to a school record 27-3 regularseason and its first Big East Tourna-ment No. 1 seed in 16 years. Dixonalso won the first 18 contests of hiscoaching career, a mark that ranksthird in NCAA Division I historyfor most wins to begin a coachingcareer.

His second season at Pitt sawDixon guide the Panthers to aschool-record fourth straight NCAATournament appearance and theprogram’s fourth consecutive 20-plus win season (20-9).

In 2005-06, Dixon guided Pitt toa fifth straight NCAA Tournamentappearance, 25-8 record and fifthberth in the Big East Championshipfinal over the last six seasons. Theyear marked Dixon’s third straight20-win season since taking over thecoaching helm.

Prior to Pittsburgh, Dixon servedas an assistant coach at the Univer-

sity of Hawaii under legendary headcoach Riley Wallace for the 1998-99 season and previously was an as-sistant under Ben Howland at North-ern Arizona University (1994-98).He also coached as an assistant withHowland at the University of Cali-fornia-Santa Barbara (1991-92) un-der Jerry Pimm before moving on tothe University of Hawaii for twoseasons (1992-94).

While at Northern Arizona, Dixonhelped lead the Lumberjacks to a42-17 record over his last two years,including back-to-back 21-win sea-sons and a pair of Big Sky regular-season championships. NorthernArizona led the nation for three con-secutive seasons (1997-99) in 3-point field goal percentage andranked among the nation’s top twoschools in overall field goal percent-age during that span. In addition,Northern Arizona won 20-plusgames in three consecutive seasonsand advanced to postseason play twotimes, including the 1997 NationalInvitation Tournament and theschool’s first-ever NCAA Tourna-ment appearance in 1998. The 1998Lumberjack squad was one of twoteams to reach the NCAA Tourna-ment and carry a team grade pointaverage of 3.0 or better.

Howland and Dixon arrived atNorthern Arizona for the 1994-95season. After suffering through back-to-back 9-17 and 7-19 seasons, thestaff guided Northern Arizona tothe 10th-best one-year turnaround inNCAA basketball history, improv-ing the Lumberjacks from a 7-19record in 1995-96 to a 21-7 recordin 1996-97.

Dixon completed his first stint asan assistant coach at the Universityof Hawaii from 1992-94 under headcoach Riley Wallace. In 1993-94, hehelped lead the Rainbows to theirfirst-ever WAC championship andfirst NCAA Tournament appearancein nearly 30 years. Dixon was alsoinstrumental in developing the Rain-bows’ perimeter players, includingformer Phoenix Suns guard and Buf-falo, N.Y. native Trevor Ruffin. Inhis second stint at Hawaii (1998-99), he worked with the perimeterplayers including Denver NuggetPredrag Savovic and concentratedon recruiting both nationally andabroad. At UC-Santa Barbara, Dixonhelped lead the Gauchos to an NITappearance in 1992.

Dixon began his coaching careerin 1989 as the head coach at TeAuteCollege in New Zealand before serv-ing as an assistant coach from 1989-

91 at Los Angeles Valley Junior Col-lege where he helped head coach JimStephens lead the school to a West-ern States Conference Champion-ship.

A North Hollywood, Calif. na-tive, Dixon attended Notre DameHigh School in Sherman Oaks, Ca-lif., where he earned All-Del ReyLeague and All-California Interscho-lastic Federation honors. Dixon en-joyed a successful four-year careerat Texas Christian University in FortWorth, Texas where he played forJim Killingsworth and led theHorned Frogs to two SouthwestConference titles both as a juniorand senior. He earned All-SWC hon-ors in 1987 and was an All-SWCAcademic performer. Additionally,he led the SWC in assists as a senior,earned the Henry Iba Award as MVPof the All-College Tournament andwas voted TCU’s Senior MaleScholar-Athlete Award recipient.

Dixon received his bachelor’s de-gree in finance from TCU in 1987and earned a master’s degree in eco-nomics from UC-Santa Barbara in1992.

Dixon was selected in the 1987NBA draft by the Washington Bul-lets. He went on to play profession-ally with the Lacrosse Catbirds ofthe Continental Basketball Associa-tion and also in New Zealand be-fore getting involved with collegiatecoaching.

Dixon is extremely active in thePittsburgh community. His manycharitable events and affiliations in-clude the Caring Place, HOPE Net-work Hoops Classic, St. Anthony’sHoly Name Father-Child Breakfast,Juvenile Diabetes Research Foun-dation and BoyScouts of America.Dixon has also served as a featuredspeaker at a variety of community-related functions and non-profit or-ganizations. He was honored as theYMCA’s “Person of the Year” at itsannual awards banquet in June, 2004.

Dixon is married to the formerJacqueline Corteway. The couple hasone son, Jack Connor, born June 2,2002, and a daughter, ShannonIwalini, born Feb. 25, 2004. His wifeearned a Masters Degree in speechlanguage pathology at the Univer-sity of Pittsburgh in 2003.

The son of New York City na-tives Jim and Marge, Dixon spentmuch of his childhood in the Bronx.He has two sisters: the late MaggieDixon, who served as head women’sbasketball coach at the United StatesMilitary Academy, and Julie Dixon,who is a Los Angeles attorney.


SAN FRANCISCO STATE ‘87 • FOURTH SEASON AT PITT

PAT SANDLE • ASSISTANT COACH

THE PAT SANDLE FILE

Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.Education: Bachelor of Arts- Communications, San Francisco State,

1987; Los Angeles Crenshaw High School, 1980.

Coaching CareerAssistant Coach, University of Pittsburgh, 2003-current; AssistantCoach, UCLA, 2001-03; Assistant Coach, University of Pittsburgh,1999-01; Assistant Coach, Northern Arizona University, 1996-99;Assistant Coach, Sonoma State University, 1994-96; Assistant Coach,San Rafael High School, 1992-94; Assistant Coach, Fresno StateUniversity, 1991-92; Assistant Coach, St. Mary’s College, 1989-90;Assistant Coach, Santa Barbara City College, 1989-90; Assistant Coach,San Rafael High School, 1988-89; Assistant Coach, Skyline JuniorCollege, 1987-88; Assistant Coach, Cuesta Junior College, 1986-87.

Playing CareerSan Francisco State, 1980-82Member of SFSU Athletic Hall of Fame.

Cuesta College, 1980-82All-California Junior College and All-North Coast California honoree.

Known for scouting ability,work ethic, defense, intensity andsuccessful guard play, Pat Sandlebegins the fourth year of hissecond stint as an assistant coachat Pitt. Along with head coachJamie Dixon, Sandle came to theUniversity of Pittsburgh in 1999.Sandle’s primary responsibilities areoverseeing guard play and scoutingopponents.

Sandle has played a key role inhelping lead Panthers basketballback to national prominence. SinceSandle arrived back at Pitt in2003, the Panthers own a 76-22record, .776 winning percentageand have advanced to three NCAATournaments. In 2003-04, thePanthers set a school record with a31-5 mark, captured the Big Eastregular-season title and advancedto NCAA Sweet Sixteen play forthe third straight year. Last year,Pitt advanced to its fourth straightNCAA Tournament. Pitt finished25-8, earned a berth to the BigEast Championship final andadvanced to its fifth straightNCAA Tournament in 2005-06.

Sandle came back to Pitt fromUCLA, where he served as anassistant basketball coach from2001-03. At UCLA, Sandle helpedlead the Bruins to an NCAA SweetSixteen appearance and 20-pluswin season under Steve Lavin in2001-02. During his tenure atUCLA, he helped coach NBAplayers Dan Gadzuric, Matt Barnesand Jason Kapono.

“We’re fortunate to have PatSandle at the University ofPittsburgh,” Head Coach JamieDixon said. “Pat and I haveknown each other for a number ofyears. From the start, he wasinstrumental in building thisprogram.”

During a five-year coachingtenure with Dixon on BenHowland’s staffs at both Pitt andNorthern Arizona (1996-99),Sandle was responsible for guardplay, scouting, conditioning andplayer development, on-campusrecruiting and academic progress.He also served as director of theschool’s summer basketball camps.During Sandle’s 2000-01 season onPitt’s staff, the Panthers advancedto the National InvitationTournament, their first postseasonappearance in four years. While atNorthern Arizona, theLumberjacks enjoyed their mostsuccessful three-year period inschool history (63-23, .733), wonback-to-back Big SkyChampionships and advanced tothe 1997 NIT and 1998 NCAATournament.

Sandle has 20 years of coachingexperience, including 10 seasons atthe NCAA Division I level. He hasserved NCAA Division I stints atPitt (1999-2001, 2003-current),UCLA (2001-03), NorthernArizona (1996-99), Fresno State(1991-92) and Saint Mary’sCollege, Calif. (1990-91).Additionally, Sandle has coached atSonoma State (1994-96), SantaBarbara City College (1989-90),

Skyline (Calif.) Junior College(1987-88) and Cuesta College(1986-87). He also coached twostints at San Rafael (Calif.) HighSchool in 1988-89 and from 1992-94.

A standout at San FranciscoState University (1982-84), Sandleis a member of the school’sathletic hall of fame. A two-timeAll-California North Conferenceselection, Sandle is the school’s all-time career assist leader (268) andranks third in career steals (120).He also held the single-seasonassists record for seven years with138 in 1983-84.

Sandle began his basketballcareer at Los Angeles CrenshawHigh School under legendary prepcoach Willie West. As a 6-foot-1-inch senior guard, Sandle helpedlead Crenshaw to back-to-backLos Angeles city championships.Sandle was a standout juniorcollege performer at Cuesta College(1980-82), earning All-Californiaand All-North Coast Conferencehonors. He played his final twoseasons at San Francisco State(1982-84), where he earned hisundergraduate degree incommunications in 1987.


FORDHAM ‘91 • FIRST SEASON AT PITT

MIKE RICE • ASSISTANT COACH

Mike Rice, a WesternPennsylvania native, begins hisfirst season at the University ofPittsburgh as an assistantbasketball coach on Head CoachJamie Dixon’s staff. Rice’s mainresponsibilities include recruitingstudent-athletes, game preparationand on-floor coaching.

A Pittsburgh native, Ricearrives at Pitt with 12 years ofNCAA Division I coachingexperience, the last two as anassistant at Saint Joseph’s underhead coach Phil Martelli. Rice,who has extensive East Coastrecruiting ties, was raised in abasketball family as his father,Mike Rice, Sr., served as headcoach at both Duquesne (1979-82)and Youngstown State (1982-87).The elder Rice currently serves asthe Portland Trailblazers’television color commentator.

“We are extremely excitedabout Mike becoming a memberof the university community and Iknow he is thrilled to be cominghome to Pittsburgh,” Dixon said.

“For the past two seasons,Mike has worked for one of thebest coaches in the country in PhilMartelli. He also has theexperience of coaching in severaldifferent environments and isfamiliar with the Big East region.”

Rice’s widespread collegiatecoaching experience includes stintsat Fordham (1991-94), Marquette(1994-97), Niagara (1997-98),Chicago State (1998-2001) andSaint Joseph’s (2004-06). In twoyears at Saint Joseph’s, Rice helped

guide the Hawks to a 43-26 record(.623 winning percentage) and apair of NIT bids. The 2004-05squad finished 24-12 and advancedto the 2004-05 NIT final. Hisprimary responsibility includedworking with the Hawks’ postplayers. As an assistant coach atMarquette, Rice helped lead theGolden Eagles to consecutiveNCAA Tournament appearances inboth 1996 and 1997. In addition,Marquette claimed the 1997Conference USA Tournamentchampionship and finished as theNIT runner-up in 1995. His oneseason at Niagara saw his squadplace third in the Metro AtlanticAthletic Conference.

Prior to joining the SaintJoseph’s staff in 2004, Rice spentthree years as director of the HoopGroup Eastern InvitationalBasketball Camp. As the director,he oversaw all camp activitieswhile recruiting student-athletesfor participation in the camps andalso developed the prestigiousEastern Invitational Team Camp,which grew from 12 to 64 teamsover a three-year period.

A three-year starter atFordham from 1988-91, Rice ledthe Rams to three 20-win seasonswhile seeing action in 117 careergames. As a senior in 1990-91,Rice served as team captain for asquad that finished 25-8 overall,11-1 in the Patriot League andearned a postseason appearance inthe NIT. His 152 assists in 1990-91 still ranks as the third highesttotal in Fordham’s all-time seasonrecords. Rice earned a bachelor’sdegree in communication from

Fordham in 1991 and began hiscoaching career there as anassistant. In 1992, the Ramscaptured the Patriot Leaguetournament title and earned aberth in the NCAA Tournament.

Rice attended Boardman HighSchool in Youngstown, Ohiowhere he earned three letters inbasketball. A three-year starter atguard, Rice was a two-time All-Northeast Ohio honoree and two-time Steel Valley All-Conferencepick.

THE MIKE RICE FILE

Birthdate: February 13, 1969

Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Education: Bachelor of Arts- Communications, Fordham University,1991; Boardman High School (Youngstown, Ohio), 1986.

Family: Wife Kerry, son Michael (8), daughter Katie (6); son ofMike, Sr. and Kathy Rice; father coached at Duquesne (1979-82) andYoungstown State (1982-87) and currently serves as PortlandTrailblazers’ radio color commentator; sisters Susan and Stephanieboth played tennis at Syracuse.

Coaching CareerAssistant Coach, University of Pittsburgh, 2006-current; AssistantCoach, Saint Joseph’s University, 2004-06; Director, Hoop GroupEastern Invitational Basketball Camp; Assistant Coach, Chicago StateUniversity, 1998-2001; Assistant Coach, Niagara University, 1997-98; Assistant Coach, Marquette University, 1994-97; Assistant Coach,Fordham University, 1991-94.

Playing CareerFordham University, 1988-91Led the Rams to three 20-win seasons and an NIT appearance in1991; three year starter and four-year letterwinner; led Fordham to25-8 overall record and 11-1 Patriot League season in 1990-91.

Rice resides in Pittsburgh withhis wife, Kerry and their children,Michael (8) and Katie (6). He hailsfrom an athletic family whichincludes his father, Mike Rice, Sr.,who served as a coach at both thecollegiate and high school levels,his mother Kathy, who playedbasketball at Duquesne, and hissisters Susan and Stephanie bothplayed collegiate tennis atSyracuse.


PITTSBURGH ‘95 • FOURTH SEASON AT PITT

ORLANDO ANTIGUA • ASSISTANT COACH

THE ORLANDO ANTIGUA FILE

Hometown: Bronx, N.Y.Education: Bachelor of Arts- Social Sciences, University of

Pittsburgh, 1995; St. Raymond’s High School, Bronx, N.Y.

Family: Wife Dana, son Orlando Anthony and daughter Olivia.

Coaching CareerAssistant Coach, University of Pittsburgh, 2006-current; Director ofBasketball Operations, University of Pittsburgh, 2003-2006; AssistantBasketball Coach, Mt. Lebanon High School, 2002-03.

Playing CareerUniversity of Pittsburgh, 1991-95Named the United States Basketball Writers’ Association MostCourageous Athlete award recipient in 1994 and was presented theaward at the NCAA Final Four; two-year team captain; named to BigEast All-Rookie Team after the 1991-92 season; started in 78 games,averaged 8.0 points and 3.5 rebounds in 116 career games from 1991-95; concluded career as one of Pittsburgh’s best all-time three-pointshooters (.386- 117-303).

Dominican Republic National Team, 1994-95, 1997-98

Harlem Globetrotters, 1995-2002Became the player of Latin American descent to join the Globetrotters;served as an ambassador for the Globetrotters.

Former University ofPittsburgh basketball standoutOrlando Antigua begins his fourthyear on Head Coach Jamie Dixon’sstaff and first season as anassistant coach. Named an assistantcoach on June 7, 2006, Antigua isresponsible for recruiting student-athletes, game preparation and on-floor coaching. He served theprevious three seasons as Pitt’sdirector of men’s basketballoperations.

“Orlando has played a key rolein our recruiting since he joinedour staff four years ago,” Dixonsaid. “He understands what typeof players we look for and whattype of student-athletes we wantto represent the university.”

A four-year basketballletterwinner and two-year teamcaptain at Pitt from 1991-95,Antigua ranks 11th all-time incareer 3-pointers made (117) andsixth in career 3-point field goalpercentage (.386). He also ranksamong the school’s career leadersin blocked shots with 78, the 12th

best total in Panthers history. Overhis four-year career, Antiguascored 930 points and grabbed 409rebounds. He averaged 8.0 pointsand 3.5 rebounds per game whilestarting 78 of his 116 careercontests played. A 1992 Big EastConference All-Rookie teammember, Antigua helped lead thePanthers to an 18-16 record andberth in the National InvitationTournament as a freshman. As asophomore in 1992-93, Antiguahelped lead Pittsburgh to a 17-11record and NCAA tournamentberth under Head Coach PaulEvans. He was named the UnitedStates Basketball Writers’Association (USBWA) MostCourageous Athlete in 1994, anhonor presented annually to the

college basketball player whodisplays exceptional courage bothon and off the floor. Antiguaaveraged over 10.0 points pergame in each of his last twoseasons. He graduated from Pittwith a degree in social sciences inDecember 1995.

Upon his graduation from theUniversity of Pittsburgh, Antiguawas selected to play for the world-renowned Harlem Globetrotters,becoming the first player of LatinAmerican descent to play for thesquad. Nicknamed “Hurricane” forhis dazzling moves and quickness,Antigua played with theGlobetrotters for seven years until2002. He represented the squad in49 different countries and on toursto South America, South Africaand on the acclaimed “Youth inOur Lives Tour.”

Antigua also played in thePuerto Rico Superior BasketballLeague for eight years andrepresented the DominicanRepublic national team in both1994-95 and 1997-98. Because ofhis dedication to the community,Antigua was named one of thenation’s top-100 most influentialHispanic Americans by HispanicBusiness magazine.

In 2002-03, Antigua served asan assistant basketball coach atnearby Mt. Lebanon High Schoolunder former Panthers player JoeyDavid (1983-86) and worked as asales representative for CavanaughPromotions in the North Hills.

“I am extremely excited to be apart of this staff,” Antigua said. “Ilook forward to continuing thegreat tradition that has beenestablished over the past few yearsat the University of Pittsburgh.This is a great opportunity for meto be involved in coaching at myalma mater.”

A Dominican Republic nativewho was raised in Bronx, N.Y.,

Antigua recovered from a 1988Halloween incident where he wasshot in the head near his left eye.Nevertheless, Antigua was backplaying basketball just two weeksafter the incident and played histhree seasons at Pittsburgh withthe slug in his head. Doctorsinitially ruled out removing thebullet as being too risky, butAntigua began suffering severeheadaches. Antigua’s family alsowent through a period ofhomelessness. The oldest of threebrothers, Antigua was creditedwith keeping the family togetherwhile housing was secured.

He overcame these difficultiesand went on to serve as studentcouncil president at St. Raymond’sHigh School and played a major

role in the program’s New YorkCatholic League Championship rununder head coach Gary DeCaesare.As a senior, he earned McDonald’sAll America, All-New York Cityand Parade All America SecondTeam honors after averaging 15points and eight rebounds. He alsobecame the school’s second all-time leading scorer with over1,000 career points. In addition,Antigua played on the Gauchosyouth basketball team along withhis Panthers teammates JerryMcCullough and Eric Mobley.

Fluent in Spanish, Antigua hasresided in Pittsburgh sincegraduation. He lives with his wifeDana, son Orlando Anthony anddaughter Olivia.


WILLIAM & MARY ‘95 • FIRST SEASON AT PITT

DAVID COX • DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

David Cox begins his first yearon Head Coach Jamie Dixon’sstaff as director of basketballoperations. Cox is responsible forthe day-to-day operations of themen’s basketball program, serve asa liaison to athletic departmentofficials and coordinate thestudent-athletes’ practice, game-day and daily schedules.

“David is a tremendous rolemodel for our student-athletes,”Dixon said. “He has anoutstanding administrative andbasketball background and is anindividual who will benefit ourprogram in many facets. He is aformer NCAA Division I playerwho is familiar with the kind ofstudent-athletes that we have andwill continue to have representingthe University of Pittsburgh.”

Cox arrives at Pitt after servingseven years as an AssistantPrincipal at his alma mater St.John’s Preparatory High School inWashington, D.C. His many dutiesat St. John’s Prep from 1999-2006included oversight of the school’sathletic department, supervisionof all extracurricular activities andserving as school disciplinarian.Prior to his tenure at St. John’s,Cox also coached at Archbishop

Carroll High School in WashingtonD.C. from 1996-99. One of hisformer players was ex-Georgetownstar Ruben Boumjte-Boumjte.

He served seven years as anassistant coach with theWashington D.C. Assault AAUprogram where he helped guide theteam to the 2004 Under-16national championship. In assistingD.C. Assault head coach CurtisMalone, several of his playersearned college scholarshipsincluding Tre Kelley (SouthCarolina), Chris McCray(Maryland), James White (Florida,Cincinnati), Tony Bethel(Georgetown, N.C. State) andAmari Israel (Notre Dame).

As a collegiate basketballplayer, Cox lettered four seasons atWilliam & Mary for head coachesChuck Swenson and CharlieWoollum. A three-year starter atpoint guard from 1992-95, Coxconcluded his career with 670points (6.1 ppg), 216 rebounds,336 assists and a .352 3-point fieldgoal percentage (139-395). Heremains ranked among schoolleaders in several statisticalcategories including career assists(eighth, 336), career assist average(ninth, 3.08 apg.), career 3-pointfield goal percentage (ninth, .352),career 3-point field goals made(sixth, 137), season 3-point field

goals made (sixth, 57) and ownstwo of the school’s top-10 bestseason assists totals. His career-high 12 assists against GeorgeMason in 1995 still ranks thirdamong all-time game performancesin William & Mary basketballhistory.

Birthdate: October 17, 1973

Hometown: Washington, D.C.

Education: Bachelor of Arts—William & Mary, 1995; Masters ofEducation—William & Mary, 1996.

Family: Wife Tasha, daughter Leila and son Jacob.

Coaching CareerAssistant Basketball Coach, D.C. Assault, 1999-2006; BasketballCoach, Archbishop Carroll High School, Washington, D.C., 1996-99.

Playing CareerWilliam & Mary, 1992-95Four-year letterwinner from 1992-95; two-year starter at pointguard; scored 670 points, grabbed 216 rebounds, dished out 336assists and shot .352 from 3-point range in four-year career; ranksamong William & Mary all-time leaders in several statisticalcategories.

Cox graduated from William &Mary in 1995 with a sociologydegree and later earned his Master’sin Education in 1996.

Cox resides in Pittsburgh withhis wife Tasha, daughter Leila andnewborn son Jacob.

THE DAVID COX FILE

PITT BASKETBALL • PLAYER BIOS 11

FORWARD • 6-9 • 220 • SR* • 3L • VANCOUVER, B.C./KITSILANO H.S.

CAREER HIGHSPoints: 15, Seton Hall, 3/3/06.FG made: 7, two times- Seton

Hall, 3/3/06; Rutgers, 1/18/06.FG attempts: 13, Rutgers, 1/18/

06.3FG made: 3, Syracuse, 1/29/05.3FG attempts: 7, Syracuse, 1/29/

05.FT made: 6, two times- vs.

Villanova, 3/10/06; Provi-dence, 2/25/06.

FT attempts: 8, Providence, 2/25/06.

Rebounds: 13, Rutgers, 1/18/06.Off. Reb.: 7, Rutgers, 1/18/06.Def. Rebs.: 6, three times-

Rutgers, 1/18/06; Providence,2/25/06; Villanova, 3/10.

Assists: 4, five times- at WestVirginia, 2/27/06; atDuquesne, 12/7/05; RobertMorris, 11/23/05; St. Francis(N.Y.), 11/29/05; DePaul, 1/12/06.

Steals: 3, three times- vs.Syracuse, 3/11/06; atConnecticut, 1/31/06; Maine,11/26/05.

Blocks: 4, vs. Louisville, 3/8/06.Minutes: 32, Syracuse, 1/23/06.

2005-06 SEASON HIGHSPoints: 15, Seton Hall, 3/3.Rebounds: 13, Rutgers, 1/18.Assists: 4, five times.Steals: 3, three times- at

Conecticut, 1/31; Maine, 11/26; Syracuse, 3/11.

Blocks: 4, vs. Louisville, 3/8/06.Minutes: 32, Syracuse, 1/23.

2005-06Started 32 of Pitt’s 33 contests

played on year...Reached doublefigure scoring in seven games anddouble figure rebounding in twogames (13-Rutgers, 10-Auburn)...Ranked second on theteam in rebounding (5.4 rpg) andblocked shots (34)...Averaged 7.0points, 23.8 minutes per game, shot.494 (82-166) from the floor and.718 (56-78) from the free throwline...Grabbed six rebounds in 26minutes of NCAA TournamentSecond Round game vs. Bradley, 3/19...Scored 10 points (5-6 FG)with five rebounds in 20 minutesof NCAA Tournament First Roundgame vs. Kent State, 3/17...Tied aseason-high with three steals andscored three points in 22 minutesvs. Syracuse in the Big EastChampionship Final, 3/11...Scoredsix points (6-6 FT) with seven

14 • LEVON KENDALL

OVERALL STATISTICST O T A L 3-POINTERS R E B O U N D S

SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT-AVG PF-FO A TO BLK ST PTS-AVG2003-04 Pitt 14-0 79 6 22 .273 1 8 .125 2 4 .500 4 8 12 0.9 11 0 7 7 2 2 15 1.12004-05 Pitt 22-8 305 27 59 .458 10 28 .357 12 18 .667 27 29 56 2.5 39 1 9 14 10 9 76 3.52005-06 Pitt 32-30 763 82 166 .494 4 26 .154 56 78 .718 72 101 173 5.4 96 3 50 36 34 24 224 7.0

Career 68-38 1147 115 247 .466 15 62 .242 70 100 .700 103 138 241 3.5 146 4 66 57 46 35 315 4.6

BIG EAST STATISTICST O T A L 3-POINTERS R E B O U N D S


Career 33-24 666 64 137 .467 8 40 .200 32 47 .681 55 66 121 3.7 87 3 34 26 26 18 168 5.1

LEVON KENDALL’S CAREER STATISTICS

rebounds and played 23 minutes vs.Villanova in Big East Champion-ship semifinal, 3/10, after missingthe West Virginia game with lowerback spasms...Missed Big EastChampionship quarterfinal WestVirginia game due to lower backspasms, 3/9...Notched a career-high 15 points (7-11 FG) witheight rebounds and a career-hightying three blocks vs. Seton Hall,3/3...Scored six points, grabbedseven rebounds and dished out acareer-high tying four assists in 26minutes at West Virginia, 2/27...Scored five points in 19minutes at Marquette, 2/18...Pulled down six rebounds forthe second consecutive game andscored seven points (3-4 FG) in 22minutes vs. Cincinnati, 2/12...Scored nine points (3-5 FG)with a career-high tying three stealswhile battling foul trouble atConnecticut, 1/31...Grabbed ninerebounds including five offensive,scored six points in 24 minutes vs.Marquette, 1/28...Scored sixpoints, blocked a career-high threeshots in a career-high 32 minutesvs. Syracuse, 1/23...Registered hisfirst career double-double andsurpassed career highs for points(14), rebounds (13), minutes played(30), field goals made (seven) andfield goals attempted (13) vs.Rutgers, 1/18...Grabbed sixrebounds at Louisville, 1/15...Scored eight points and

grabbed six rebounds in 26 minutesvs. Notre Dame, 1/4...Tied acareer-high with 11 points andgrabbed five rebounds vs. CoppinState, 12/21...Scored 10 points (4-7 FG) with eight rebounds andthree assists in a career-high tying29 minutes vs. Vermont, 12/17...Scored a season-high 10 points(3-4 FG), recorded two blocks andseven rebounds vs. Penn State, 12/10...Finished with seven points,four assists and five rebounds atDuquesne, 12/7...Scored ninepoints, grabbed a career-high 10rebounds vs. Auburn, 12/4...Scored nine points, finishedwith four rebounds and four assistsvs. St. Francis (N.Y.), 11/29...Grabbed nine rebounds andfinished with four assists vs. RobertMorris, 11/23...Scored nine points(4-8 FG), grabbed five rebounds inthe season opener vs. Saint Peter’s,11/19.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONPlayed the last four summers

with the Canadian Nationalprogram...Promoted to play on theCanada Senior National Team in2005...Helped Canada place fifth atthe FIBA America’s WorldChampionship qualifier...Named tothe five-member World BasketballChampionships All-TournamentTeam, after leading Canada’s JuniorNational Team to its first-everBronze Medal in August,

CAREER NUMBERSDouble-Doubles: .......................... 1

Points-Rebounds: ..................... 1Points-Assists: ............................ 0

20+ point games: .......................... 010+ point games: .......................... 810+ assist games: ........................... 010+ rebound games: .................... 25+ rebound games: .................... 245+ assist games: ............................. 030+ minute games: ....................... 440+ minute games: ....................... 0

PITT BASKETBALL • PLAYER BIOS 122005...Scored 40 points (16-22FG) and pulled down 12 reboundsin a 93-90 overtime victory overTeam USA...Scored 16 points andadded nine rebounds in the BronzeMedal win vs. Australia...Averaged11.4 points and shot .556 (20-36)from the floor in Canada’sTournament of the Americas inJuly, 2004...Led team with 12.5points and 8.5 rebounds per game,shot 50.0 percent (21-42) from thefloor and ranked second on team inassists per game (2.3) for theUnder-21 Canadian National Teamin four Global Games contests inJune, 2004...Scored 18 points (9-14) in a win over Croatia...Scored12 points and grabbed 12 reboundsvs. United States...Averaged 7.8points and 4.8 rebounds for Canadain five Global Games contests in2003...Averaged 14.0 points and9.6 rebounds in five internationalcontests for Canada with theCanadian Junior National Team in2002.

2004-05Earned the team’s Most

Improved Player Award at theteam’s annual awardsbanquet...Named a Big EastAcademic All-Star...Played in 22games with eight starts on season(Syracuse, Providence, at WestVirginia, St. John’s, Notre Dame, atSyracuse, at Villanova, WestVirginia)...Started eight of the last13 games...Played 305 minutes andaveraged 13.9 minutes pergame...Threw down two dunks(four points) at Boston College, 2/28...Played 18 minutes atVillanova, 2/20...Played 25minutes with five points and fourrebounds at Syracuse, 2/14...Started and played a career-high tying 29 minutes, scored eightpoints (3-4 FG) and pulled down acareer-high six rebounds includingfour offensive at West Virginia, 2/5...Started and played 25 minutes,pulled down four rebounds vs.Providence, 1/31...Started firstcareer game, played a career-high29 minutes, hit a career-high three3-pointers (3-7), scored nine pointsand grabbed a career-high fiverebounds vs. Syracuse, 1/29...Madetwo blocks down the stretch, oneof which made the ESPN “Playsof the Day,” finished with twosteals and two rebounds and playeda career-high 20 minutes atConnecticut, 1/22...Scored sixpoints and grabbed four reboundsat St. John’s, 1/18...Hit two 3-

pointers, scored six points vs.Duquesne, 12/4...Scored sevenpoints, grabbed three rebounds in acareer-high 18 minutes vs. CoppinState, 12/18...Scored eight pointsvs. Howard on 3-5 shooting, 11/20.

2003-04Saw action in 14 games and in

79 minutes on season with nostarts...Played in four Big Eastgames (St. John’s, Virginia Tech,Providence and Villanova)...Played12 minutes off the bench vs. NewHampshire, 12/27...Scored career-high 11 points (4-8 FG) with hisfirst career 3-pointer, threerebounds and two assists in 16minutes vs. Murray State, 12/20...Played a career-high 17minutes and grabbed a career-highfour rebounds vs. Chicago State,12/17...Saw first career gameaction with one minute off thebench vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 11/22.

2002-03Redshirted season.

HIGH SCHOOLA 2002 graduate of Kitsilano

High School in Vancouver, BritishColumbia, where he lettered threeyears on the varsity team for HeadCoach Simon Dykstra...NamedFirst Team All-Canada in 2001 andplayed on Canadian JuniorNational Team during the summerof 2002...Averaged 23.2 points, 13rebounds and 3.2 assists per gameas a senior at Kitsilano...LedKitsilano to a record of 84-4 andthree Provincial championships(sophomore, junior and seniorseasons)...Scored 31 points,connecting on 15-of-19 field goals,grabbed 11 rebounds and blockedeight shots in 2002 ProvincialAAA title game...Provincial firstteam all-star selection...VancouverSun and Province Newspaperspreseason first-teamselection...Named BritishColumbia Athlete of the Year in2002...Averaged 18.7 points and10 rebounds per game as ajunior...Provincial All-Starselection as a junior...named toBasketball Canada’s RegionalTraining team...averaged 20.2points, 11.4 rebounds per gameand helped lead Kitsilano to 34-1record, grade 10 championship as asophomore...Named MVP of theBritish Columbia Summer Gamesas a sophomore...Earned silvermedal in Under-15 soccer

nationals in 1998...Led soccersquad to three Provincialtitles...Played goalkeeper on bothhis high school squad andVancouver International selectteam.

PERSONALBorn Levon Maxwell Simon

Kendall on July 4, 1984...Son ofPauline and Simon Kendall...Hastwo older sisters, Erin andAlison...Father composes music,plays and writes music...Bilingual,speaks both English and

French...Favorite TV show: TheSimpsons...Favorite food issushi...Interests include playing thedrums, biking, soccer, piano, cliffdiving, meditation, racingmountain bikes, white waterrafting and snowboarding...Onceplayed the drums in a band called“The Unknowns”...Alsoconsidered Utah State, UC-SantaBarbara and Oregon State...Onetwo interantional players on Pitt’sroster (Doyle Hudson)...First nameis pronounced LEE-von...Majorsin anthropology.


GUARD • 6-3 • 190 • SR • 3L • MANSFIELD, OHIO/MANSFIELD SENIOR H.S.

22 • ANTONIO GRAVES

CAREER HIGHSPoints: 19, Marquette, 1/28/06.FG made: 7, vs. Villanova, 3/10/

06.FG attempts: 13, at Boston

College, 2/28/05.3FG made: 4, vs. Syracuse, 3/11/

06.3FG attempts: 7, vs. Syracuse, 3/

11/06.FT made: 6, at Penn State, 12/

11/04.FT attempts: 8, two times- Saint

Peter’s, 11/19; at Penn State,12/11/04.

Rebounds: 8, Maine, 11/26/05.Off. Rebs.: 3, vs. Villanova, 3/

10/06.Def. Rebs.: 8, Maine, 11/26/05.Assists: 7, Notre Dame, 1/4/06.Steals: 2, three times.Blocks: 2, vs. Syracuse, 3/11/06.Minutes: 38, two times- at

Rutgers, 1/8/05; Georgetown,1/5/05.

2005-06 SEASON HIGHSPoints: 19, Marquette, 1/28.Rebounds: 8, Maine, 11/26.Assists: 7, Notre Dame, 1/4.Steals: 2, two times.Blocks: 2, vs. Syracuse, 3/11.Minutes: 33, two times- vs. Kent

State, 3/17/06; Notre Dame, 1/4.

CAREERPlayed in 93 career games with

31 starts...Has helped lead Pitt tothree NCAA Tournament appear-ances and three 20-win seasons ineach of his three seasons...Has 18career double-figure scoring games.

2005-06Played in 33 games with two

starts (vs. Kent State, vs.Bradley)...Reached double figuresin six games on season (15-SaintPeter’s, 12-Maine, 19-Marquette,18-Providence, 18-vs. Villanova,14-vs. Syracuse)...Averaged 10.8points per game, shot 48.3 percent(48.3) from the floor and hit eight3-pointers in four Big EastChampionship games...Hit a career-high four 3-point field goals, scored14 points and blocked a career-hightwo shots in 30 minutes vs.



Career 93-31 1692 154 395 .390 72 197 .365 64 95 .674 23 128 151 1.6 144 2 132 93 13 33 444 4.8



Career 36-17 831 68 191 .356 32 92 .348 31 42 .738 13 67 80 2.2 75 1 71 52 4 17 199 5.5

ANTONIO GRAVES’ CAREER STATISTICS



20+ point games: .......................... 010+ point games: ........................ 1810+ assist games: ........................... 010+ rebound games: .................... 05+ rebound games: ...................... 65+ assist games: ............................. 630+ minute games: ..................... 1840+ minute games: ....................... 0

Syracuse in the Big East Champion-ship final, 3/11...Scored a team-high 18 points (7-12 FG) with 3-63FG and grabbed five rebounds inBig East Championship semifinalvs. Villanova, 3/10...Hit a career-tying six shots from the floor,scored 18 points (6-10) and shot aperfect 4-4 from the free throwline vs. Providence, 2/25...Pro-vided a spark off the bench, scorednine points (3-4 FG) in 25 minutesat Marquette, 2/18...Hit 3-5 fieldgoals, scored seven points in 18minutes vs. Cincinnati, 2/12...Scored a career-high 19 points,hit 3-4 3-pointers and set a career-high with six field goals made in 24minutes vs. Marquette, 1/28...Played a season-high 33minutes and dished out a career-high seven assists vs. Notre Dame,1/4...Scored six points, hit two 3-pointers in a season-high 26minutes off the bench vs. Vermont,12/17...Scored nine points (4-8FG) in 16 minutes vs. Penn State,12/10...Grabbed five rebounds vs.Auburn, 12/4...Scored 12 points(5-6 FT) with a career-high eightrebounds vs. Maine, 11/26/05...Scored 15 points (4-7 FG) andhit two 3-pointers in 27 minutes ofseason opener vs. Saint Peter’s, 11/19.

2004-05Earned the Best Defensive

Player at the annual awards

banquet...Started 25 of his 27games played...Led Pitt in 3-pointshooting percentage (.462, 36-78)...Registered nine double-figurescoring contests on season includingthree straight from Dec. 4-Dec.11...Sat out two games (Howardand Richmond) with a left ankleinjury...Reached double-figurescoring in three of his last fourgames...Finished with 12 points (5-11 FG) in 33 minutes in the NCAATournament First Round vs.Pacific, 3/17...Scored 11 points (4-6 FG) with five assists at NotreDame, 3/5...Led team with 13points (career-high 5-13 FG, 3-63FG), pulled down five reboundsin 26 minutes at Boston College, 2/28...Finished with eight points in30 minutes at Villanova, 2/20...Finished with 14 points (4-9FG) with five rebounds vs. WestVirginia, 2/23...Scored nine points(3-5 3FG) in 30 minutes atSyracuse, 2/14...Finished with 10points (4-8 FG), played 35 minutesand hit two 3-pointers vs. NotreDame, 2/12...Scored 11 points (23-pointers), grabbed a career-highseven rebounds in 32 minutes atWest Virginia, 2/5...Hit game-winning shot on a driving layup inovertime, played career-high tying38 minutes at Rutgers, 1/8...Playeda career-high 38 minutes vs.Bucknell, 1/2...Scored a career-high 18 points (2 3FG) on 5-7shooting and 6-8 free throw

PITT BASKETBALL • PLAYER BIOS 14shooting at Penn State, 12/11...Scored 10 points (4-5 FG) vs.Memphis in the Jimmy V. Classic,12/7...Finished with 12 points (5-8FG) and a career-high six assists vs.Duquesne, 12/4...Scored a then-career-high 12 points (4-8 FG) vs.Loyola, 11/27...Sat out seasonopener vs. Howard with an ankleinjury.

2003-04Played in 33 games with four

starts (New Hampshire, Georgia,William & Mary, VirginiaTech)...Played in 356 minutes andaveraged 10.8 minutes pergame...Saw action in all threeNCAA Tournament games (vs.Oklahoma State, vs. UCF, vs.Wisconsin)...Started four gamesfrom 12/27-1/6 (New Hampshire,Georgia, William & Mary andVirginia Tech)...Played fourminutes in NCAA Sweet Sixteencontest vs. Oklahoma State, 3/25...Hit 3-pointer in six minutes ofplay in the Big East ChampionshipGame vs. Connecticut, 3/13...Contributed two points,grabbed three rebounds and twoassists in 18 minutes at Providence,3/2...Played 16 minutes vs. St.John’s, 2/4...Played 21 minutes inplace of Carl Krauser (foultrouble), dished out career-hightying five assists and scored fourpoints vs. Boston College, 1/28...Dished out career-high fiveassists, scored five points in BigEast opener vs. Virginia Tech, 1/6...Scored 10 points (3-4 3FG)with three assists vs. William &Mary, 1/3....Reached double figuresfor the second time in his careerwith 10 points (4-7 FG) in a 31-minute start vs. Georgia, 12/30...Made first career start, finishedwith five points and two assists vs.New Hampshire, 12/27...Scoredseven points in 22 minutes vs.Chicago State, 12/17...Scored firstcareer points and finished with acareer-high 11 points (4-7 FG)along with 3-5 3-point shooting in14 minutes vs. Albany, 11/28...Sawfirst career action in season openerand Coaches vs. Cancer Classic vs.Alabama, 11/14.

HIGH SCHOOLA 2003 graduate of Mansfield

Senior High School where heplayed for Head Coach GreggCollins…Earned Ohio Division IFirst Team All-State honors, thefirst Mansfield Senior player togarner that distinction since 1967(36 years)…Named Co-NorthwestDistrict Player of theYear…Averaged 19.2 points, 3.5rebounds and 3.1 assists per gameas a senior…Led Mansfield SeniorTygers to a 19-4 record and stateplayoff appearance as asenior…Selected to play for theNorth squad in the Mansfield News-Classic All-Star Game and earnedMost Valuable Player honors in thegame…Nominated for McDonaldsAll-America game…Named MostOutstanding Player at the FiveStar Basketball Camp in2002…Played on Cleveland AAUteam, one of the top teamsnationwide…Earned MVP honorsat the summer Eastern Invitationalin 2003…Named a “StandoutPlayer” at the Five Star Camp inBryn Mawr, Pa., 2002.

PERSONALBorn Antonio Dapreis Graves

on April 17, 1985 in Mansfield,Ohio…Son of Taymarra Gravesand Michael Davis…Has fourbrothers—Terry, Miles, Michael,Mikel—and one sister—Tasha…Hails from an intriguingbasketball family background asuncle Ahmed Kent ranks secondon Mansfield Senior’s careerscoring list, while several cousinsplayed NCAA Division Ibasketball, including Dapreis Davis(Nebraska, 1989-92) and MarquisSykes (Morehead State, 1999-03)…Spent days after high schoolworking out with personal trainerand former San Diego Padresstrength and conditioning coachBenji Bethea…Happiest and mostgratifying moment in sports:signing with Pittsburgh…Becamethe fifth player in seven years toearn a basketball scholarship outof Mansfield Senior…Favoritesports figure is Michael Jordan andWashington Wizards guard andformer Maryland standout JuanDixon...Majors in communication& rhetoric.


CENTER • 7-0 • 270 • SR • 3L • EMMAUS, PA./EMMAUS H.S.

33 • AARON GRAY

CAREER HIGHSPoints: 25, Notre Dame, 1/4/06.FG made: 11, Notre Dame, 1/4/

06.FG attempts: 18, Notre Dame, 1/

4/06.3FG made: None.3FG attempts: None.FT made: 10, Rutgers, 1/18/06.FT attempts: 15, Rutgers, 1/18/

06.Rebounds: 20, Marquette, 1/28/

06.Off. Rebs.: 9, two times- vs. West

Virginia, 3/9/06; Marquette, 1/28/06.

Def. Rebs.: 12, at Duquesne, 12/7/05.

Assists: 4, two times-WestVirginia, 2/23/05; CoppinState, 12/21/05.

Steals: 2, six times.Blocks: 5, two times-vs. Bradley,

3/19/06; DePaul, 1/12/06.Minutes: 36, at St. John’s, 1/21/

06.

2005-06 SEASON HIGHSPoints: 25, Notre Dame, 1/4.Rebounds: 20, Marquette, 1/28/

06.Assists: 4, Coppin State, 12/21.Steals: 2, five times.Blocks: 5, two times- vs. Bradley,

3/19; DePaul, 1/12.Minutes: 36, at St. John’s, 1/21.

2005-06Named Big East Most

Improved Player at the league’sawards banquet, Pitt’s fourth playerto earn that award over the lastseven years...Earned All-Big EastFirst Team honors, the sixth playerin school history to achieve thatdistinction...First player at Pitt toaverage a double-double (13.9ppg./10.5 rpg) since Jerome Laneaccomplished the feat in 1987-88.Also became the 10th player inschool history to average a double-double for a season...Big EastRebounding Champion (10.5 rpg),the first Pitt player to lead theleague in rebounds since IsaacHawkins (9.7 in 1997-98)...Firstplayer to average double figurerebounds since Jerome Laneaveraged 12.2 rpg. in 1987-88...BigEast All-Tournament selection afterregistering double-doubles in threeof four games and averaging 13.0points and 11.8 rebounds per game



Career 77-33 1344 230 428 .537 0 0 .000 150 239 .628 166 283 449 5.8 147 2 86 121 68 26 610 7.9


SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT-AVG PF-FO A TO BLK ST PTS-AVG2003-04 Pitt 5-0 12 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 0.6 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1.22004-05 Pitt 16-0 170 24 46 .522 0 0 .000 17 29 .586 15 23 38 2.4 25 0 11 22 8 2 65 4.12005-06 Pitt 16-16 473 95 166 .572 0 0 .000 59 99 .596 56 113 169 10.6 41 1 37 44 22 12 249 15.6

Career 37-16 655 121 216 .560 0 0 .000 78 130 .600 73 137 210 5.7 66 1 49 66 30 14 320 8.6

AARON GRAY’S CAREER STATISTICS

CAREER NUMBERSDouble-Doubles: ........................ 18

Points-Rebounds: ................... 18Points-Assists: ............................ 0

20+ point games: .......................... 610+ point games: ........................ 2910+ assist games: ........................... 010+ rebound games: .................. 205+ rebound games: .................... 385+ assist games: ............................. 030+ minute games: ..................... 1740+ minute games: ....................... 0

in four contests. Also set the BigEast’s record for most rebounds ina tourney with 47...Started all 33contests at center...Registereddouble-doubles in 18 of 33contests on year...His 18 double-doubles and 10.5 rebounds pergame led the Big East...Scored 20-plus points in six games...Reacheddouble figure scoring in 27 of 33games on year...Reached doublefigure rebounding in 20 of 33games on year...Scored 12 points(5-11 FG) in NCAA TournamentSecond Round vs. Bradley, 3/19...Recorded his 18th double-double with 17 points (6-6 FG)and 13 rebounds and blocked acareer-high tying five shots inNCAA Tournament First Round vs.Kent State, 3/17...Scored 14points and grabbed 12 rebounds forhis 17th double-double in the BigEast Championship Final vs.Syracuse, 3/11...Registered 16thdouble-double with 19 points and15 rebounds including nineoffensive in Big East Championshipquarterfinal vs. West Virginia, 3/9...Scored 14 points and grabbed13 rebounds in Big East FirstRound vs. Louisville, 3/8...Notched 14th double-doublewith 17 points (7-11 FG) and 12rebounds in 35 minutes vs. SetonHall, 3/3...Scored 17 points (7-10FG), pulled down nine reboundsand registered two blocks vs.Providence, 2/25...Scored 10points (4-5 FG) pulled down seven

rebounds and handed out threeassists at Marquette, 2/18...Scored22 points on a perfect 9-9 fieldgoals, grabbed nine rebounds in 30minutes at Providence, 2/15...Registered his 13th double-double on the season with 15points (6-7 FG), 10 defensiverebounds and had a career-tyingtwo steals vs. Cincinnati, 2/12...Hit 6-9 field goals, scored 16points and pulled down eightrebounds in 30 minutes vs. WestVirginia, 2/9...Notched 12thseason and third consecutivedouble-double with 15 points and11 rebounds at Georgetown, 2/5...Finished with his 11th double-double of the year with a game-high 23 points (7-10 FG, 9-10 FT)and 12 rebounds in 33 minutes atConnecticut, 1/31...Notched his10th double-double on the season,scored 13 points and grabbed acareer-high 20 rebounds including acareer-high nine offensive reboundsin 31 minutes vs. Marquette, 1/28...Led Pitt with 14 points (7-11FG) with nine rebounds in acareer-high 36 minutes at St.John’s, 1/21...Scored 20 points andsurpassed career-highs for freethrows made (10) and free throwattempts (15) and grabbed ninerebounds at Rutgers, 1/18...Re-corded third consecutive and ninthdouble-double on year with 10points and 12 rebounds atLouisville, 1/15...Blocked a career-high five shots and registered eighth

career double-double with 20points and 12 rebounds vs. DePaul,1/12...Registered his seventhdouble-double, surpassed career-highs for points (25), minutes (34),

PITT BASKETBALL • PLAYER BIOS 16field goals made (11), field goalattempts (18) and pulled down 11rebounds vs. Notre Dame, 1/4...Pulled down a team-high 13rebounds, scored six points in acareer-high 33 minutes of action atSouth Carolina, 12/28...Scored ateam-high 14 points (5-8 FG) withseven rebounds along with a career-high tying four assists vs. CoppinState, 12/21...Scored 11 points (3-5 FG) and pulled down 12rebounds and blocked two shotsfor his third consecutive and sixthdouble-double of the year vs.Vermont, 12/17...Scored 10 pointsand grabbed 12 rebounds for hisfifth double-dobule of the year vs.Penn State, 12/10...Registered hisfourth double-double of the seasonwith 14 points and a career-high 17rebounds (12 defensive) atDuquesne, 12/7...Scored 10 points,had one block and two assists vs.Auburn, 12/4...Registered thirddouble-double of career with acareer-high 22 points (7-10 FG)and 11 rebounds. Also hit 8-10 freethrows, blocked four shots andplayed in a career-high 30 minutesvs. St. Francis (N.Y.), 11/29...Scored 15 points (6-10 FG),grabbed 13 rebounds and blockedfour shots vs. Maine, 11/26...Madefirst career start vs. St. Peter’s, 11/19 and notched his first careerdouble-double. He also registeredthen career-highs for points (17),rebounds (11), field goal attempts(15) and minutes (28).

2004-05Played in all 29 games and

averaged 11.6 minutes per gameoff the bench...Named a Big EastAcademic All-Star for the secondstraight season...Earned the team’sAcademic Excellence Award forthe second straight year...Rankedsecond on squad in field goalpercentage (.576, 49-85)...Dishedout a career-high four assists,scored five points and pulled downfour rebounds vs. West Virginia, 2/23...Scored a career-high 15 pointson a career-high 7-8 field goalswith two assists at Villanova, 2/20...Finished with nine points (3-5FG), grabbed five rebounds in 15minutes vs. Notre Dame, 2/12...Scored nine points (3-3 FG),connected on 3-4 free throws in 13minutes vs. Providence, 1/31...Contributed six points, fourrebounds, blocked three shots inonly 13 minutes, Syracuse, 1/29...

Scored seven points (3-4 FG),grabbed three rebounds in 12minutes at Connecticut, 1/22...Scored six points vs. SouthCarolina, 12/29...Scored ninepoints and grabbed six rebounds vs.Coppin State, 12/18...Scored sevenpoints, contributed five reboundsvs. Duquesne, 12/4...Added eightpoints and five rebounds vs. St.Francis (Pa.), 12/1...Scored ninepoints and grabbed a career-highseven rebounds vs. Loyola, 11/27.

2003-04Played in 15 games and 88

minutes on season...Named a BigEast Academic All-Star...Earnedteam’s Academic Excellence Awardat team banquet...Scored twopoints on a layup over EmekaOkafor in the home win againstConnecticut, 2/15...Played sixminutes vs. St. John’s, 2/4...Grabbed three rebounds in aseason-high 13 minutes vs. Georgia,12/30...Played 10 minutes vs. NewHampshire, 12/27...Played acareer-high 13 minutes, contributedfour points and five rebounds vs.Chicago State, 12/17/03...Sawfirst career game action with eightminutes and scored seven pointswith three rebounds vs. St. Francis(Pa.), 11/22.

HIGH SCHOOLA 2003 graduate of Emmaus

High School in Emmaus, Pa.(pronounced E-may-es), where helettered three seasons for HeadCoach Tony Semler…NamedPennsylvania’s Gatorade StatePlayer of the Year as asenior…Selected First Team Class4A All-State as asenior…McDonald’s All-Americanominee…Totaled 975 careerpoints in his varsitycareer…Averaged 20 points, 15rebounds, four assists and fourblocked shots as a senior…ledEmmaus Green Hornets to a 21-3regular-season record and LehighValley Conference title as asenior…Two-time Lehigh ValleyAll- Conference and All-Areaselection…Named TournamentMVP at the Western LehighExchange Club ChristmasTournament…Third team All-State selection after he averaged18 points, 12 rebounds and fourblocked shots and led Emmaus tothe PIAA Class 3A quarterfinals asa junior…Played in the Pittsburgh

Hoops Classic held at the PetersenEvents Center…Rated amongAthlon Sports’ top-20 senior centers(No. 15) and among nation’s top-100 recruits…Listed as the No. 99senior recruit byRivals.com…Ranked No. 93among top-100 rising seniors byPrepStars magazine…Standout atthe Lehigh Valley HoopGroupBasketball Tournament when heled his team to victory overdefending state champion and No.1-ranked Harrisburg H.S.…Playedin summer league competitionswith the New Jersey All-Stars,Philly Hoops, Keystone Blazers,Sonny Hill All-Stars and LehighValley All-Stars…Also playedfootball and was a pitcher on thebaseball team.

PERSONALBorn Aaron Michael Gray on

December 7, 1984 in Tarzana,Calif….Son of Michael and SandyGray…Brother Matthew playedbaseball at Bloomsburg…Uncle,Steve Gray, played basketball atDuke (1975-79)…Steve Grayplayed in 88 career games and,along with teammates MikeGminski and Gene Banks, ledDuke to the 1978 Final Four…Anuncle also played linebacker atUCLA…Trains with formerPittsburgh football player JohnGraham (lettered in1983)…Nickname is“A.G.”…Favorite movie is “Menof Honor”…Selected Pitt for itsstyle of play…Majors incommunication & rhetoric.


GUARD • 6-2 • 190 • JR • 2L • MOUNT VERNON, N.Y./MOUNT VERNON H.S.

CAREER HIGHSPoints: 16, vs. Cincinnati, 2/12/

06.FG made: 6, at Providence, 2/

15/06.FG attempts: 10, at Rutgers, 1/

18/06.3FG Made: 3, vs. Cincinnati, 2/

12/06.3FG attempts: 4, at Duquesne,

12/7/05.FT made: 3, two times- at St.

John’s 1/21/06; Cincinnati, 2/12/06.

FT attempts: 4, two times- at St.John’s, 1/21/06; DePaul, 1/12/06.

Rebounds: 6, Syracuse, 1/23/06.Off. Rebs.: 2, 10 times.Def. Rebs.: 5, Syracuse, 1/23/06.Assists: 4, Maine 11/26/05.Steals: 2, four times- at

Providence, 2/15/06;Wisconsin, 12/31/05;Providence, 1/31/05; Syracuse,1/29/05.

Blocks: 1, four times- atDuquesne, 12/7/05; St. Francis(N.Y.), 11/29/05; at Villanova,2/20/05.

Minutes: 28, Rutgers, 1/18/06.

2005-06 SEASON HIGHSPoints: 16, vs. Cincinnati, 2/12.Rebounds: 6, Syracuse, 1/23.Assists: 4, Maine, 11/26.Steals: 2, four times- at

Providence, 2/15/06;Wisconsin, 12/31/05;Providence, 1/13/05; Syracuse,1/29/05.

Blocks: 1, four times.Minutes: 28, at Rutgers, 1/18/06.

2005-06Played in 31 of 33 games on

season with starts in each of thefour Big East Championshipgames...Hit double figure scoring infive games on the year...Missed thetwo NCAA Tournament games (vs.Kent State and vs. Bradley) due toillness...Made first career start vs.Louisville in the Big East Champi-onship First Round, 3/8...Over atwo-game stretch vs. bothCincinnati and Providence,averaged 15.5 points, 2.5 3-pointers and hit 11-15 field goals(.733) in 20.5 minutes...Scored 15points on a career-high six fieldgoals made (6-8 FG), hit 2-2 3-point shots and grabbed fourrebounds in 23 minutes atProvidence, 2/15...Caught an alley-oop pass for a slam dunk in the firsthalf, scored a career-high 16 points(5-7 FG) and drained a career-highthree 3-pointers vs. Cincinnati, 2/12...Scored eight points (4-8 FG)

1 • KEITH BENJAMIN


SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT-AVG PF-FO A TO BLK ST PTS-AVG2004-05 Pitt 18-0 182 17 47 .362 4 15 .267 2 5 .400 8 25 33 1.8 14 0 9 16 1 7 40 2.22005-06 Pitt 31-4 469 55 128 .430 14 36 .389 19 32 .594 30 59 89 2.9 33 0 30 19 4 10 143 4.6

Career 49-4 651 72 175 .411 18 51 .353 21 37 .568 38 84 122 2.5 47 0 39 35 5 17 183 3.7BIG EAST STATISTICS

T O T A L 3-POINTERS R E B O U N D SSEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT-AVG PF-FO A TO BLK ST PTS-AVG2004-05 Pitt 9-0 91 6 18 .333 3 9 .333 2 5 .400 3 11 14 1.6 7 0 6 10 1 4 17 1.92005-06 Pitt 16-0 241 33 66 .500 8 17 .471 13 22 .591 14 31 45 2.8 16 0 15 8 1 5 87 5.4

Career 25-0 332 39 84 .464 11 26 .423 15 27 556 17 42 59 2.4 23 0 21 18 2 9 104 4.2

KEITH BENJAMIN’S CAREER STATISTICS

in 23 minutes at Connecticut, 1/31...Scored 11 points (5-7 FG),pulled down a career-high sixrebounds in 24 minutes vs.Syracuse, 1/23...Came off thebench and registered then-careerhigh’s of points (12), field goalsmade (5), field goals attempted(10) and minutes played (28) vs.Rutgers, 1/18...Provided spark offthe bench with six points (3-4 FG)and two rebounds in 14 minutes atSouth Carolina, 12/28...Hit two 3-pointers, finished with six points,five rebounds at Duquesne, 12/7...Played 16 minutes, scored sevenpoints including a fast break dunk,had one steal, two rebounds andtwo assists vs. Auburn, 12/4...Played 24 minutes off thebench and contributed five pointsand four rebounds vs. St. Francis(N.Y.), 11/29...Scored 10 points(4-5 FG) with a career-high fourassists vs. Maine, 11/26...Played 16minutes in season opener vs. SaintPeter’s, 11/19.

2004-05Earned the Coaches Award at

the annual team banquet...Played in18 games and 182 minutes onyear...Averaged 10.1 minutes pergame...Scored seven points (3-5FG), pulled down four reboundsand registered two steals in 22minutes of the NCAA TournamentFirst Round game vs. Pacific, 3/17...Scored six points, grabbedthree rebounds in 15 minutes in BigEast Championship vs. Villanova,

3/10...Played a then career-high 27minutes at West Virginia, 2/5...Played in 16 minutes with threepoints and three rebounds vs.Providence, 1/31...Played 21minutes, finished with a career-high10 points (3-5 FG), hit 2-3 3-pointers, grabbed five rebounds vs.Syracuse, 1/29...Played 13 minutesvs. Coppin State, 12/18...Scoredsix points (3-8 FG), grabbed tworebounds and registered a steal infirst career action in debut vs.Howard, 11/20.

HIGH SCHOOLA 2004 graduate of Mount

Vernon High School where helettered four years for Head CoachBob Cimmino…Led MountVernon to a 27-3 record, No. 7national ranking by USA Today and2004 Class AA state title as asenior…Averaged 14.6 points, 6.3rebounds and 3.3 assists as asenior…Led Mount Vernon with15 points in its 56-46 win overNiagara Falls and won its 15th

consecutive contest in the 2004Class AA state championshipgame…In four-year varsity career,scored 995 points, grabbed 250rebounds and dished out 139assists while leading MountVernon to a 98-13 record…Three-year All-Tri-State and All-Countyselection…Averaged 18.4 points,5.3 rebounds and 4.4 assists whileleading Mount Vernon to a 26-1record as a junior…Shot 44percent from 3-point



20+ point games: .......................... 010+ point games: .......................... 610+ assist games: ........................... 010+ rebound games: .................... 05+ rebound games: ...................... 45+ assist games: ............................. 030+ minute games: ....................... 040+ minute games: ....................... 0

PITT BASKETBALL • PLAYER BIOS 18range…Guided Mount Vernon tothe 2003 New York Class A statefinal and earned Class A All-Tournament honors after scoring10 points in the season finalagainst McQuaid Jesuit…Scored8.2 points and finished with 6.3assists as a sophomore andaveraged 6.6 points as afreshman…Rated the No. 58player nationally by HoopScooponlineand the No. 19 shooting guard byAthlon…Won dunk contests atFive-Star and at an event inCanada…Played for the nationallyrenowned AAU team RiversideChurch…Riverside Churchreached No. 1 in the AAU nationalrankings…Standout at ABCDCamp…Hit game-winning 3-pointer with 5.5 seconds to go andscored 13 points in the Wendy’sAll-Star Shootout inChicago…Scored 11 points in thePittsburgh World Hoops ClassicAll-Star Game at the PetersenEvents Center.

PERSONALBorn Keith Benjamin on

October 23, 1986 in Valhalla,N.Y.…Son of VickieBenjamin…Has two brothers,Kevin Mitchell and ErichWilliams, along with a sisterChantel Marrow…First player tomake a verbal commitment toHead Coach Jamie Dixon…MountVernon High School has producedseveral college/NBA basketballstandouts including ScooterMcCray, Rodney McCray, GusWilliams, Ray Williams andcurrent Chicago Bulls guard BenGordon…Happiest and mostgratifying moment in sports waswinning the New York state titleas he sports a red ring with a No. 1engraving…Role model is MichaelJordan...Chose Pitt because of itsgreat campus, great people andgreat team…Favorite food is mac& cheese…Best friend on anothercollege team is former high schoolteammate Dexter Gray (St.John’s)…Nickname is “K-Rucka”because he first started playing atRucker Park in New York City atthe young age of 14…Majors incommunication & rhetoric.


GUARD • 6-1 • 180 • JR • 2L • BRONX, N.Y./ALL HALLOWS

CAREER HIGHSPoints: 21, at Rutgers, 1/8/05.FG made: 7, at Rutgers, 1/8/05.FG attempts: 11, at Rutgers, 1/8/

05.3FG Made: 5, at Rutgers, 1/8/05.3FG attempts: 9, at Rutgers, 1/8/

05.FT made: 7, Rutgers, 1/18/06.FT attempts: 7, Rutgers, 1/18/06.Rebounds: 5, Howard, 11/20/04.Off. Rebs.: 2, Howard, 11/20/04.Def. Rebs.: 4, West Virginia, 2/9/

06.Assists: 8, Auburn, 12/4.Steals: 5, at St. John’s, 1/18/05.Blocks: None.Minutes: 35, five times- at

Connecticut, 1/22/05; atRutgers, 1/8/05; Richmond,12/23/04; Notre Dame, 1/4/06; West Virginia, 2/9/06.

2005-06 SEASON HIGHSPoints: 16, two times- vs. Kent

State, 3/17; West Virginia, 2/9.Rebounds: 4, West Virginia, 2/9.Assists: 8, Auburn, 12/4.Steals: 2, four times.Blocks: 1, vs. Villanova, 3/10.Minutes: 35, two times- Notre

Dame, 1/4; West Virginia, 2/9.

2005-06Played in all 33 games including

starts in each of the last 29contests...Led team with a .831free throw percentage (54-65) andassist:turnover ratio (2.14) andranked third on squad in scoring(8.0 ppg.)...Recorded a Big Eastleading .508 percentage (32-63) on3-point field goals in leagueplay...Hit double figure scoring in13 games on the year...Hit doublefigures in 10 of the last 18 gamesand in seven of his last 10contests...Finished with eightpoints in NCAA TournamentSecond Round vs. Bradley, 3/19...Shot a perfect 6-6 with two 3-pointers and scored a season-hightying 16 points (10 in first half) inNCAA Tournament First Round vs.Kent State, 3/17...Played 21minutes vs. Syracuse in the Big EastChampionship final, 3/11...Scored

4 • RONALD RAMON



Career 61-33 1554 143 346 .413 92 246 .374 78 96 .813 18 75 93 1.5 118 1 125 57 1 46 456 7.5



Career 31-16 835 81 182 .445 55 129 .426 43 56 .768 9 45 54 1.7 61 0 65 36 0 25 260 8.4

RONALD RAMON’S CAREER STATISTICS

10 points (3-8 FG) in Big EastChampionship quaterfinal vs. WestVirginia, 3/9...Scored 12 points (5-6 FG), hit two 3-pointers in 34minutes at West Virginia, 2/27...Hit three 3-pointers and scorednine points in 27 minutes atMarquette, 2/18...Scored 11points, hit two 3-pointers in 33minutes at Providence, 2/15...Scored 14 points (4-5 FG, 3-43FG) and handed out six assists vs.Cincinnati, 2/12...Scored a season-high 16 points (5-9 FG, 4-63FG)and grabbed a season-highfour rebounds in a 35-minuteperformance vs. West Virginia, 2/9...Scored 11 points (4-8 FG), hit3-6 3-pointers in 27 minutes atGeorgetown, 2/5...Scored ninepoints (4-6 FG) with five assists in24 minutes at Connecticut, 1/31...Scored a then-season-tying 13points, dished out four assists andshot 4-7 from the field in 27minutes vs. Marquette, 1/28...Scored 11 points (4-6 FG), hitthree 3-pointers, dished out fourassists vs. Syracuse, 1/23...Had 10points and a career-high seven-for-seven free throws vs. Rutgers, 1/18...Played 26 minutes, scoredeight points including two 3-pointers at Louisville, 1/15...Hitgame winning 3-pointer from thecorner in double overtime, madeeighth consecutive start, tied acareer-high 35 minutes and scored12 points vs. Notre Dame, 1/4...Dished out six assists in 20

minutes vs. Wisconsin, 12/31...Scored 10 points, hit 5-5 freethrows in 23 minutes vs. CoppinState, 12/21...Started first game ofthe season, played 26 minutes,scored eight points, had two stealsand dished out a career-high eightassists vs. Auburn, 12/4...Played 26minutes off the bench, scoredseven points and limited ChristianBrown to two second half pointsafter he scored 18 in the first halfvs. St. Francis (N.Y.), 11/29...Scored 13 points (4-7 FG), hittwo 3-pointers and dished out fourassists vs. Robert Morris, 11/23.

2004-05Earned Big East All-Rookie

Team honors...Earned the team’sFree Throw ShootingAward...Ranked among school’s all-time freshman leaders in three 3-point catgories (3FG made, 3FGattempts, 3FG pct.)...Led squadand ranked among the school’s top-10 in assist:turnover ratio(2.26)...Led Panthers in free throwshooting percentage (.774, 24-31)...Played in 28 total games withfour starts (Howard, RobertMorris, Loyola,Richmond)...Missed the road WestVirginia game with a right shoulderinjury...Over a five-game span (12/29-1/15), hit 14-of-25 3-pointattempts (.560)...Finished withseven points (3-5 FG) with twoassists in 32 minutes at NotreDame, 3/5...Finished with five



20+ point games: .......................... 110+ point games: ........................ 1910+ assist games: ........................... 010+ rebound games: .................... 05+ rebound games: ...................... 25+ assist games: ............................. 630+ minute games: ..................... 1840+ minute games: ....................... 0

PITT BASKETBALL • PLAYER BIOS 20assists at Syracuse, 2/14...Con-verted 3-8 3-pointers, scored 13points, grabbed four rebounds vs.Notre Dame, 2/12...Scored ninepoints (6-6 FT) in 26 minutes vs.Providence, 1/31...Registered acareer-high five steals, scored sixpoints in 32 minutes at St. John’s,1/18...Scored a career-high 21points on a career-high five 3-pointers (5-9) and hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with eight seconds to helpPitt win at Rutgers, 1/8...Con-verted 3-6 3FG, finished with 11points in 21 minutes vs. SouthCarolina, 12/29...Scored 10 pointsin a 35-minute starting assignmentvs. Richmond, 12/23...Scored sixpoints on two 3-pointers vs.Duquesne,12/4...Scored 10 points on 4-7shooting vs. Loyola, 11/27...In hisfreshman debut game, scored 12points, dished out six assists,finished with five rebounds and hit4-6 3-pointers vs. Howard, 11/20...Became the first freshman tostart a season opener since RicardoGreer on Nov. 17, 1997.

HIGH SCHOOLA 2004 graduate of All Hallows

High School in Bronx, N.Y.,where he played for Head CoachEdwin Gonzalez…Previouslyplayed for Coach JohnCarey…Averaged 24.0 points and8.0 assists per game and hit 97 3-pointers in 27 games as asenior…High school jersey No. 14was retired at the conclusion of hiscareer…Named to the New YorkDaily News and New York NewsdayAll-City First Teams and receivednomination for city player of theyear as a senior…Led team with19.2 points and five assists pergame average as a junior…SelectedNew York Daily News All-City andSecond Team All-City by New YorkNewsday as both a junior andsophomore…Averaged 15 pointsand six assists while leading AllHallows to the CHSAAchampionship game as asophomore…Rated as the No. 117player nationally byHoopScooponline…Played fiveseasons for one of the nation’smost prestigious AAU programs,the New York Gauchos…Led theGauchos to two national titles andone national runner-up finish(since the age of 13)…LedGauchos to the nation’s No. 1ranking during the summer of2003 while showcasing his talentat both the Peach Jam Classic in

Augusta, Ga. and Super Showcasein Orlando, Fla.…Named MostValuable Player, scored 23 points,hit five 3-pointers including threein the final five minutes, registeredsix assists and four steals in theWendy’s All-Star Shootout inChicago…Scored nine points inthe Pittsburgh World HoopsClassic All-Star Game at thePetersen Events Center in April,2004.

PERSONALBorn Ronald Ramon on January

14, 1986…Son of Ricardo and

Josephina and stepmother MariaRamon…Has four sisters—Mayara, Kimberly, Michelle andLaura…Father Ricardo Ramonplayed professional basketball inthe Dominican Republic, Braziland Argentina…Other New YorkGauchos players who also playedat Pitt include Jerry McCullough,Eric Mobley and current Directorof Basketball Operations OrlandoAntigua…Native Dominican whowill follow in the footsteps ofseveral former Pitt Dominicanplayers, including Ricardo Greer,Jaime Peterson and

Antigua…Fluent inSpanish…Nickname is “DoubleR,” for Ronald Ramon…Favoritefood is rice and beans withchicken…His role model is hisfather because he showed himeverything…Played on same AAUteam as Russel Robinson (Kansas)and Sundiata Gaines(Georgia)…Made the Universityof Pittsburgh his first officialcollege visit…Enrolled in thecolllege of arts & sciences.


FORWARD • 6-8 • 260 • SO • 1L • NANUET, N.Y./DON BOSCO PREP (N.J.)

CAREER HIGHSPoints: 8, two times-Wisconsin,

12/31/05; Robert Moris, 11/23/05.

FG made: 4, two times-Wisconsin, 12/31/05; RobertMorris, 11/23/05.

FG attempts: 5, Wisconsin, 12/31/05.

3FG Made: None.3FG attempts: None.FT made: 3, Syracuse, 1/23/06.FT attempts: 4, Syracuse, 1/23/

06.Rebounds: 6, Marquette, 2/18/

06.Off. Rebs.: 3, two times- Penn

State, 12/10/05; Marquette, 2/18/06.

Def. Rebs.: 3, Marquette, 2/18/06.

Assists: 1, two times- RobertMorris, 11/23/05; CoppinState, 12/21/05.

Steals: 1, three times- atDuquesne, 12/7/05; SaintPeter’s, 11/19/05; RobertMorris, 11/23/05.

Blocks: 2, Wisconsin, 12/31/05.Minutes: 20, Robert Morris 11/

23/05.

2005-06Played in 31 of 33 games off

the bench...Missed Pitt’s twoNCAA Tournament games with aright calf injury...Pulled down acareer-high six rebounds atMarquette, 2/18...Played nineminutes, scored five points (3-4FT) vs. Syracuse, 1/23...Played 11minutes off the bench with fourrebounds at Louisville, 1/15...Played 19 minutes, scored acareer-high tying eight points (4-5FG) vs. Wisconsin, 12/31...Hittwo jumpers, scored four points in12 minutes vs. Vermont, 12/17...Scored six points, grabbed athen- career-high four rebounds(three offensive)and contributed 15minutes off the bench vs. PennState, 12/10...Played 16 minutesvs. Auburn, 12/4...Scored a career-high tying eight points (4-4 FG),recorded two blocked shots in acareer-high 20 minutes vs. RobertMorris, 11/23.

HIGH SCHOOLA 2005 graduate of Don Bosco

Prep in Ramsey, N.J., where helettered the last three years forHead Coach Kevin Diverio…Named a Top-100 McDonalds All-America Team Finalist as asenior…Led Don Bosco Prep tothe North Non-PublicChampionship Game, 21-4 overallrecord and 13-1 league record as asenior in 2004-05…Named MVPof the Windy City Classic All-Stargame in Chicago after he scored 12points and grabbed eight rebounds

5 • TYRELL BIGGS

for Team New York…He becamethe third straight Pitt player (ChrisTaft and Ronald Ramon) to earnMVP honors in the game…Playedfor Team America in the CapitalClassic in Fairfax, Va., finishingwith 20 points (8-11 FG) andthree rebounds…Named FirstTeam Associated Press All-Stateafter averaging 25.0 points pergame as a senior…Scored 20points (13 second half points) andgrabbed 12 rebounds to lead DonBosco Ironmen to the BergenCounty title with a 49-45 victoryover No. 1 ranked St.Joseph’s…Named Second TeamA.P. All-State after averaging 18.0points and 8.0 rebounds as ajunior…Led the Don Bosco to a25-4 record and North JerseyParochial Class A Final as ajunior…Led team to the BergenCounty title…Scored 39 points ina contest vs. Eastside…NamedMVP of the 2003 RotaryRoundball Classic…Won MostOutstanding Player Award at theFive-Star Basketball Camp inHonesdale, Pa….Two-yearparticipant in the Eddie GriffinChallenge (Philadelphia vs. NewJersey All-Star Game)…Listed bythe New York Daily News as a“player you just have tosee”…Scored eight points for theWest Squad in the ABCD All-StarGame as a junior…Averaged 15.5points per game as a sophomorewhile helping win league andBergen County titles…Averaged11.5 points per game as afreshman…Played for thenationally renowned Metro Hawks

AAU team (formerly namedRiverside Church) and coached byDermon Player, a former assistantat St. John’s… Named the No. 3recruit in New Jersey by severalrecruiting services…Invited to theAlbert Switzer Junior Olympics inGermany and competed for theTeam America Junior NationalTeam in France…Ranked the No.35 player nationally by USAToday…Rated the No. 33 recruitnationally by The SportingNews…Ranked by Rivals.com asthe No. 78 player overall, No. 19forward and one of the top-3players in New Jersey…Rankedthe No. 47 recruit byYouthPrepstar…Ranked the No.46 player nationally byTheInsiders.com…Rated the No.63 recruit nationally byEliteSportsUSA…Ranked the No.22 power forward in the nation bySchool Sports Magazine.

PERSONALBorn Tyrell Joseph Biggs on

August 7, 1986…Son of BennyEverheart and CherieBiggs…grandson of AnneBiggs…Nickname is “BabyShaq”…Has drawn comparisons toBoston College forward CraigSmith…Stood six-foot-five-inchestall and weighed 230 pounds as aneighth grader…Played with Pittsophomore Keith Benjamin on theMetro Hawks/Riverside ChurchAAU team…Committed to Pitt onOct. 15, 2004…Also used to golf,bowl and play the piano…If hecould play another sport at Pitt, hewould play football…If he could

describe himself in one word, itwould be “fun”…When he was akid, he pretended to be BruceLee…Best friend on another teamis Rutgers’ J.R. Inman…If hecould travel back in time, hewould spend more time with hisgrandfather…Favorite home-cooked meal is carribean rice, meatand potatoes…Five-time All-Starand three-time Little LeagueBaseball MVP…Nickname is“T.J.” and “TBiggs”…Enrolled inthe college of arts & sciences.


SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT-AVG PF-FO A TO BLK ST PTS-AVG2005-06 Pitt 31-0 254 23 59 .390 0 0 .000 10 13 .769 15 20 35 1.1 29 0 4 13 8 3 56 1.8

Career 31-0 254 23 59 .390 0 0 .000 10 13 .769 15 20 35 1.1 29 0 4 13 8 3 56 1.8



Career 16-0 96 7 26 .269 0 0 .000 8 10 .800 8 10 18 1.1 12 0 2 4 1 0 22 1.4

TYRELL BIGGS’ CAREER STATISTICS


GUARD • 5-10 • 190 • SO • 1L • BROOKLYN, N.Y./XAVERIAN

CAREER HIGHSPoints: 18, vs. Bradley, 3/19/06.FG made: 6, two times- vs.

Bradley, 3/19/06; vs. Villanova,3/10/06.

FG attempts: 13, vs. Villanova, 3/10/06.

3FG Made: 3, two times- vs.Bradley, 3/19/06; at Louisville,1/15/06.

3FG attempts: 6, two times- vs.Villanova, 3/10/06; atLouisville, 1/15/06.

FT made: 8, vs. Notre Dame, 1/4/06.

FT attempts: 14, vs. Notre Dame,1/4/06.

Rebounds: 6, vs. West Virginia,3/9/06.

Off. Rebs.: 3, two times- vs.Bradley, 3/19/06; vs.Cincinnati, 2/12/06.

Def. Rebs.: 5, vs. West Virginia,3/9/06.

Assists: 5, three times-SaintPeter’s 11/19/05; RobertMorris 11/23/05; Notre Dame,1/4/06.

Blocks: 1, vs. Kent State, 3/17/06.

Minutes: 35, vs. Bradley, 3/19/06.

2005-06Started four of 33

games...Reached double figurescoring in 11 games on yearincluding four of the season’s lastfive contests...Averaged 6.8 pointsand 2.2 assists per game...Led teamwith .432 3-point field goalpercentage (32-74) and rankedsecond on squad in assist:turnoverratio (1.97)...Ranked second onsquad in scoring (14.0 ppg.), shot.625 from the floor (10-16), hit 5-83-pointers and averaged 3.5rebounds per game in Pitt’s twoNCAA Tournament games...Ledteam with a career-high 18 points(6-10 FG), hit 3-4 3-pointers andgrabbed five rebounds in a career-high 35 minutes of NCAATournament Second Round gamevs. Bradley, 3/19...Scored 10 points(4-6 FG) including two 3-pointersin 24 minutes of NCAA Tourna-

2 • LEVANCE FIELDS

ment First Round game vs. KentState, 3/17. ..Averaged 8.3 pointsand 2.0 assists in Pitt’s four BigEast Championship games...Played25 minutes in the Big EastChampionship final vs. Syracuse, 3/11...Scored 14 points (6-13 FG),hit two 3-pointers in 29 minutes inBig East Championship semifinalvs. Villanova, 3/10...Scored 10points (4-7 FG) with a career-highsix rebounds and three assists in BigEast quarterfinal vs. West Virginia,3/9...Scored nine points with sixrebounds and three assists in 30minutes in Big East ChampionshipFirst Round game vs. Louisville, 3/8...Scored 10 points (4-9 FG), hit2-3 3-pointers in 29 minutes atWest Virginia, 2/29...Hit a perfect4-4 from the floor, scored ninepoints and dished out four assistsand no turnovers vs. Providence,2/25...Scored 14 points (5-7 FG),had three assists and one turnoverto provide a spark off the bench atMarquette, 2/18...Set then-career-highs for points (13), field goals (5-8), 3-point field goals (3-6) andminutes played (29) at Louisville,1/15...Played 21 minutes off thebench at Rutgers, 1/18...Played 21minutes off the bench, scored sixof his 10 points at a critical time inthe second half vs. DePaul, 1/12...Scored 11 points, hit 8-14 freethrows, played a career-high 27minutes, and tied a career-highwith five assists vs. Notre Dame,1/4...Finished with nine points and

three assists vs. Wisconsin, 12/31...Scored eight points and hittwo 3-pointers vs. Coppin State,12/21...Played 26 minutes, scoredfive points, dished out three assistsvs. Vermont, 12/17...Played 19minutes off the bench, scored 10points (2-2 3FG), dished out threeassists and grabbed three reboundsvs. Auburn, 12/4...Finished withfive assists vs. Robert Morris, 11/23...Scored a career-high 12 points,finished with five assists and played26 mnutes during his career debutvs. Saint Peter’s, 11/19. Becamejust third freshman to start a seasonopener since 1997 (Ricardo Greer,1997 and Ronald Ramon, 2004were the other two players).

HIGH SCHOOLA 2005 graduate of Xaverian

High School in Brooklyn, N.Y.where he lettered three seasons forHead Coach Jack Alesi…Named aTop-100 McDonalds All-AmericaTeam Finalist…Scored 18 points(7-16 FG) in 25 minutes, all in thesecond half, at the Jordan ClassicHigh School All-Star Game onApril 16, 2005 at Madison SquareGarden…Was the only player fromNew York State selected tocompete in the JordanClassic…Compiled a 63-28 recordand averaged 18.0 points and 7.0assists over his three-year varsitycareer…Two-time All-Stateselection (2004 and 2005) andtwo-time All-CHSAA

honoree…Named New York’sPlayer of the Year in 2005 by theNew York Daily News andNewsday…Averaged 27 points, fiverebounds and six assists per gameas a senior…Led Xaverian to a 20-11 record, CHSAA Championshipand state title game appearancewith eight straight wins leading up



Career 33-4 715 77 157 .490 32 74 .432 38 57 .667 15 53 68 2.1 27 0 73 37 1 26 224 6.8



Career 16-0 331 33 72 .458 12 36 .333 18 28 .643 5 23 28 1.8 17 0 34 19 0 14 96 6.0

LEVANCE FIELDS’ CAREER STATISTICS



20+ point games: .......................... 010+ point games: ........................ 1110+ assist games: ........................... 010+ rebound games: .................... 05+ rebound games: ...................... 25+ assist games: ............................. 330+ minute games: ....................... 240+ minute games: ....................... 0

PITT BASKETBALL • PLAYER BIOS 23to the championship game…TheClippers won the CHSAA title andadvanced to the state title gameafter defeating three consecutiveranked teams: No. 2 Christ theKing, No. 2 Rice and No. 1 St.Mary’s…Scored 21 points in theNew York State Class 2A statetitle game in a 68-65 loss to No. 4nationally ranked NiagaraFalls…Scored 20 points in thefourth quarter alone and finishedwith 36 against No. 10 ranked andundefeated Christ the King inJanuary, 2005…Averaged 15.4points and eight assists per gamewhile leading Xaverian to theBrooklyn-Queens title and a citytitle game appearance as ajunior…Averaged 9.8 points and8.7 assists as asophomore…Concluded his seniorseason ranked as the No. 88 playernationally by Rivals.com…Rankedthe No. 64 player nationally byScout Hoops.com…Rated the No.93 player nationally byHoopScooponline.com…Rankedthe No. 83 recruit nationally byEliteSportsUSA…Rated the No.73 recruit nationally byTheInsiders.com…Ranked the No.47 recruit nationally byHoopAlliance…Ranked the No.78 player nationally byPrepBasketball Magazine…Rankedthe No. 7 recruit in New York byNew York Insider.com…Ratedthe No. 16 point guard and No. 93recruit nationally byRivals.com…Ranked No. 7 amongthe New York Insiders.com topplayers in the state of NewYork…Played for one of thenation’s most prestigious AAUprograms, the New YorkGauchos…Named MVP of theUnder-17 Playaz Spring Fling afterleading the New York Gauchos tothe title with 23 points.

PERSONALBorn Levance E. Fields on June

14, 1987…Son of Koreen Thomasand Leon Fields…Has one sister,Nataisia Fields…Played at samehigh school (Xaverian) as formerPitt center Chris Taft and PittAssociate Head Coach BarryRohrssen…Xaverian has producedmany Big East Conference playersincluding Fields and Taft, ChrisMullin (St. John’s), RogerMcCready (Boston College),

Carlton Screen (Providence) andTerence Mullin (St.John’s)…Nickname is the“General”…Favorite food iscrown fried and favorite meal issteak, rice and macaroni…Favoritemovie is “He GotGame”…Favorite sports figure isAllen Iverson…Role model is hismother because she’s “been behindhim from day one”…When he was

kid, he pretended to beSpiderman…If he could travelback in time, he would havestarted playing basketballsooner…Played on same NewYork Gauchos AAU team as Pittplayer RonaldRamon…Committed to Pitt onDec. 6, 2004, just minutes afterscoring 20 points and pulling down11 assists in a win against St.

Agnes (N.Y.)…The announcementcame a day prior to Pitt’sappearance in the Jimmy V. Classicat Madison Square Garden…ChosePitt because it made him “feel athome”…Also considered St.John’s, Ohio State, Villanova,South Florida, Kentucky, Miamiand Mississippi State in therecruiting process...Enrolled in thecollege of arts & sciences.


FORWARD/CENTER • 6-8 • 230 • SR • 1L • ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS/ROANE STATE J.C./NORTH ELEUTHERA H.S.

CAREER HIGHSPoints: 3, two times-Robert

Morris, 11/23/05; Auburn, 12/4/05..

FG made: 1, six times- RobertMorris, 11/23/05; Auburn, 12/4/05; Penn State, 12/10/05;Coppin State; Cincinnati, 2/12/06; Providence, 2/25/06.

FG attempts: 4, Penn State, 12/10/05.

3FG Made: None.3FG attempts: None.FT made: 1, two times-Robert

Morris, 11/23/05; Auburn, 12/4/05.

FT attempts: 2, two times-Robert Morris, 11/23/05;Auburn, 12/4/05.

Rebounds: 4, two times- vs.Bradley, 3/19/06; Penn State,12/10/05.

Off. Rebs.: 3, Penn State, 12/10/05.

Def. Rebs.: 3, vs. Bradley, 3/19/06.

Assists: None.Steals: 1, Robert Morris 11/23/

05.Blocks: None.Minutes: 6, two times-Auburn,

12/4/05; Penn State, 12/10/05.

2005-06Played in 12 games off the

bench...Played in five of Pitt’s last10 games including five minutes vs.Bradley, 3/19...Grabbed a career-high tying four rebounds in NCAATournament Second Round gamevs. Bradley, 3/19...Played twominutes and hit a field goal vs.Providence, 2/25...Grabbed tworebounds in three minuts vs.Marquette, 2/18...Grabbed acareer-high four rebounds vs. PennState, 12/10...Played six minutes,scored three points and grabbedtwo rebounds vs. Auburn, 12/4...Missed the St. Francis (N.Y.)due to a right ankle sprain...Playeda career-high five minutes, scoredthree points, registered one stealand one rebound vs. Robert Morris11/23...Made his career debut vs.Saint Peter’s playing two minutes,11/19.

JUNIOR COLLEGEPlayed two years at Roane

State Junior College in Harriman,Tenn. for Head Coach RandyNesbit…Earned an associatedegree from Roane State…Namedto the All-TJCAA and All-EasternJunior College basketball teams as

21 • DOYLE HUDSON

a sophomore…Averaged 16.2points and 7.9 rebounds per gameas a sophomore…Also shot 70.4percent (150-213) from the floorand blocked 53 shots…Led leaguein field goal percentage (.704) andranked among league leaders inrebounding (third), blocked shots(2.3 bpg/third) and scoring(ninth)…Finished with 26 points,10 rebounds, four assists and fourblocks in Roane State’s playoffwin over Volunteer State…As afreshman at Roane State in 2003-04, led team in scoring (14.0 ppg)and rebounding (7.8 rpg), averaged1.5 blocks and shot 65 percentfrom the floor…The Raidersfinished 19-9 and advanced to theregional semifinals of the TJCCAATournament.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCEHas international experience as

he spent the summer of 2004 onthe Bahamas Junior NationalTeam…Averaged 8.0 points, shot53.1 percent from the floor (17-32) and grabbed 5.8 rebounds pergame in the Bahamas’ five games inthe 2004 Tournament of theAmericas, held in Halifax, NovaScotia…Ranked 10th amongtournament leaders in rebounding(5.8 rpg)…Scored 14 points andpulled down eight rebounds for

the Bahamas against current Pittplayer Levon Kendall’s Canadiansquad…Played in the CentrobasketTournament in Puerto Rico,helping the Bahamas place second.

HIGH SCHOOLA graduate of Lower Bogue

High School in Eleuthera,Bahamas…Lower Bogue did notsponsor high school basketball.

PERSONALBorn Doyle Theodore Hudson

on January 27, 1984 in Nassau,Bahamas…Son of Derek andLillian Hudson…Junior collegecoach Randy Nesbit dreamed ofplaying for Pitt as a youngster andis originally from nearby Yough,Pa….Arrived in the United Statesin January, 2003…One of twointernational players on Pitt’sroster, Levon Kendall (Canada) isthe other…Nickname is “D-Nice”…Favorite food is seafoodand Chinese…Favorite class/subject is economics…Favoritesports figure is Tim Duncanbecause he “gets the job donewithout all the hype andtalking”…Person in history he’dmost like to meet: NelsonMandela…Best friends on anotherteam: Mitchell Johnson (Idaho)and Jamaal Douglas (EasternKentucky)…Favorite all-time gift



Career 12-0 37 6 12 .500 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 7 8 15 1.3 8 0 0 3 0 1 14 1.2



Career 4-0 8 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 0.8 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.0

DOYLE HUDSON’S CAREER STATISTICS

was his first bicycle…Also wasrecruited by SEC schoolsTennessee, Georgia and SouthCarolina…Enrolled in the collegeof arts & sciences.


FORWARD • 6-6 • 210 • SO • 1L • CLINTON, MD./HARGRAVE MILITARY ACADEMY/FRIENDLY H.S.

CAREER HIGHSPoints: 16, two times- Wisconsin,

12/31/05; at South Carolina,12/28/05.

FG made: 7, two times- vs. WestVirginia, 3/9/06; Wisconsin,12/31/05.

FG attempts: 11, two times-Wisconsin, 12/31/05; NotreDame, 1/4/06.

3FG Made: 1, four times- atRutgers, 1/18/06; at SouthCarolina, 12/28/05; RobertMorris, 11/23/05; Penn State,12/10/05.

3FG attempts: 3, at Rutgers, 1/18/06.

FT made: 5, two times- at SouthCarolina, 12/28/05; Rutgers,1/18/06.

FT attempts: 6, five times- atSouth Carolina, 12/28/05;DePaul, 1/12/06; Rutgers, 1/18/06; vs. West Virginia, 2/9; atMarquette, 2/18/06.

Rebounds: 12, vs. Notre Dame,1/4/06.

Off. Rebs.: 6, at South Carolina,12/28/05.

Def. Rebs.: 9, vs. Notre Dame, 1/4/06.

Assists: 2, six times.Steals: 2, four times.Blocks: 2, five times- DePaul, 1/

12/06; at Rutgers, 1/18/06; atProvidence, 2/25/06; vs. WestVirginia, 3/9/06; vs. Syracuse,3/11/06.

Minutes: 32, vs. West Virginia, 3/9/06.

2005-06Named to the Big East All-

Rookie Team...Earned Big EastRookie of the Week Award for theweek of Dec. 26, 2005 afteraveraging 16.0 points, 6.0 reboundsand shooting 63.2 percent from thefloor (12-19)...Played in all 33games with three starts...Rankedsecond on team in field goalpercentage (.521/98-188), third inrebounding (4.4 rpg.) and averaged7.9 points per game...Reacheddouble figure scoring in 12 gameson year...Scored 12 points (5-7 FG)off the bench in NCAA Tourna-ment First Round vs. Kent State,3/17...Started three of Pitt’s fourBig East Tournament games...Scored nine points (4-9 FG) in 26minutes in the Big East Champion-ship final vs. Syracuse, 3/11...Notched second career double-double with 14 points (7-8 FG)and 11 rebounds in 32 minutes offirst career start in Big East

23 • SAM YOUNG

quarterfinal vs. West Virginia, 3/9...Led Pitt with 12 points, hit 6-6field goals and grabbed sixrebounds in 23 minutes at WestVirginia, 2/29...Scored nine pointsand grabbed five rebounds atMarquette, 2/18...Scored sevenpoints (3-5 FT), grabbed sevenrebounds in 24 minutes atProvidence, 2/15...Scored 10points (3-6 FG), hit 4-6 freethrows in 24 minutes vs. WestVirginia, 2/9...Scored 10 points (4-9 FG) in 19 minutes at Connecti-cut, 1/31..Played 19 minutes andscored 6 points vs. Marquette, 1/28...Scored eight points (3-6 FG),grabbed four rebounds in 14minutes vs. Syracuse, 1/23...Scored12 points, tied career whileconverting 5-6 free throws in 22minutes vs. Rutgers, 1/18...Scorednine points, grabbed six reboundsat Louisville, 1/15...Registeredfourth straight double figurescoring game with 10 points,grabbed four rebounds vs. DePaul,1/12...Registered first careerdouble-double with 15 points, acareer-high 12 rebounds and playedin a career-high 30 minutes vs.Notre Dame, 1/4...Scored a career-high tying 16 points (7-11 FG)with five rebounds vs. Wisconsin,12/31...Scored a career-high tying16 points and grabbed a career-highseven rebounds (six offensive), hit5-8 shots and 5-6 free throws in 22minutes at South Carolina, 12/28...Finished with three dunks andscored nine points (3-4 FG) vs.Coppin State, 12/21...Scored 11

points (5-9 FG), drove to thebasket and scored on a reversedunk vs. Penn State, 12/10...Scored eight points (3-4 FG)including an alley-oop dunk in 13minutes off the bench atDuquesne, 12/7...Played 25minutes off the bench, scored eightpoints (4-5 FG), grabbed fiverebounds, had one block and oneassist vs. Auburn, 12/4...Played 20minutes, scored 14 points andregistered one steal vs. RobertMorris, 11/23...Recorded fiverebounds and one assist during hiscareer debut vs. Saint Peter’s, 11/19.

PRIOR TO PITTSBURGHPlayed the 2004-05 season at

Hargrave Military Academy inChatham, Va., for Head CoachKevin Keatts…Named theNational Prep School Player of theYear by Scout.com…Earned FirstTeam Prep School All-Americahonors by Scout.com…Averaged23 points and 11 rebounds pergame for Hargrave…Led Hargraveto a No. 2 national ranking with a28-1 overall record, the lone losscoming to No. 1 rankedLaurinburg Prep…Scored 19points vs. No. 1 ranked LaurinburgPrep…Ranked the nation’s No. 71recruit by Rivals.com…Namedone of the nation’s five best fifth-year players byHoopScoop.com…One of sevenHargrave players to sign an NCAADivision I national-letter-of-intentin 2004-05…Hargrave has

produced a number of NBA andNCAA Division I basketballplayers, including at least 30



Career 33-3 672 98 188 .521 4 21 .190 61 88 .693 59 85 144 4.4 45 0 28 50 20 22 261 7.9



Career 16-0 322 43 91 .473 1 10 .100 36 54 .667 30 45 75 4.7 15 0 10 21 9 6 123 7.7

SAM YOUNG’S CAREER STATISTICS



20+ point games: .......................... 010+ point games: ........................ 1210+ assist games: ........................... 010+ rebound games: .................... 25+ rebound games: .................... 165+ assist games: ............................. 030+ minute games: ....................... 240+ minute games: ....................... 0

PITT BASKETBALL • PLAYER BIOS 26players currently competing atNCAA Division I and Division II.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Friendly High School

in Fort Washington, Md., wherehe lettered three seasons for HeadCoach Gerald Moore, Jr.…LedFriendly to two state titles (2003-Class 2A and 2004-Class3A)…Averaged 24.6 points, 14.0rebounds, six blocks per game andscored at least 16 points in all butone game for the Patriots as asenior…Named First Team All-MET by the Washington Post…Alsonamed all-county as a senior…LedPatriots to a 25-2 record and Class3A state title with an 84-58 winover Chopticon H.S. as asenior…Scored game-winningbasket off an offensive rebound todefeat Oxon Hill 78-76 in theclosing seconds of the PrinceGeorges County title game…LedFriendly to a 25-1 record and Class2A state title as a junior…Namedto the Washington Post All-Metteam and all county squad as ajunior…Voted one of the top-10most outstanding players at the LasVegas Showcase during thesummer of 2004…Ranked the No.39 recruit nationally by PrepStarsduring fall, 2004…Ranked the No.72 recruit nationally in theHoopAlliance Top-200…Ratedthe No. 81 player nationally byEliteSportsUSA…Ranked the No.94 player overall in CNNSI.com’stop-100 recruits…Ranked as theNo. 22 small forward nationally bySchoolSports Magazine.

PERSONALBorn Samuel David Young on

June 1, 1985 in Washington,D.C.…Son of MarguetCraig…Prior to his senior season atFriendly High School, promised todo back flips if his team won thestate title, then held true on hispromise after he led the team tothe championship…Became thefirst player of Pittsburgh’s 2005class to commit to the Panthers(Sept. 25, 2005)…Wears jerseyNo. 23…Favorite sports figure isMichael Jordan…Chose Pittbecause of its basketball programand city…Favorite home-cookedmeal is sweet potatoes…What helikes most about the city ofPittsburgh: the energy of thepeople…Best friend on anotherteam is South Florida’s ChrisHoward…Chose Pitt over

Georgia, Maryland, Georgetown,Virginia Tech andMiami...Enrolled in the college ofarts & sciences.


GUARD/FORWARD • 6-4 • 230 • JR • TR • PHILADELPHIA, PA./EAST CAROLINA/FRIENDS CENTRAL H.S.

31 • MIKE COOK

THE STORYLINEMike Cook is a junior transfer

from East Carolina who is eligiblefor competition in 2006-07. Dueto NCAA transfer rules, Cook satout the 2005-06 season. Describedas a talented, strong, creativescorer, solid rebounder and toughphysical defender, Cook averaged12.8 points per game andregistered 41 double-figure scoringgames in two seasons at ECU. As asophomore in 2004-05, he led thePirates in scoring (15.0 ppg) andnotched six 20-point scoringcontests. In his first collegiateseason, he was named to theConference USA All-FreshmanTeam after averaging 10.4 pointsper game.

2004-05 AT EAST CAROLINAPlayed his sophomore season at

East Carolina for Head Coach BillHerrion…Led the Pirates inscoring (15.0 ppg) and averaged4.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists pergame…Scored 20-plus points sixtimes and registered 25 double-figure scoring games during theseason…Registered 20 points inseason final vs. Tulane…Scored 21points in a career-high 43 minutesvs. Marquette…Scored 15 points,grabbed nine rebounds vs. St.Louis…Finished with 22 points

(10-16 FG) vs. Charlotte…Scoreda career-high 24 points (8-15) withfour rebounds vs. SouthCarolina…Missed a near triple-double with 11 points, a career-high 12 assists and a career-highnine rebounds vs. BelmontAbbey…Scored 22 points (9-16FG) with seven rebounds vs.Oregon State…Scored 21 points,hit 10-14 free throws in seasonopener vs. Pepperdine.

2003-04 AT EAST CAROLINANamed to the Conference USA

All-Freshman Team…Rankedsecond on the team in scoring(10.4 ppg) and posted the league’shighest scoring average for afreshman…Also averaged 3.5rebounds and 3.1 assists pergame…Scored in double figures 16times on the year including 11 ofthe final 12 games…Started 14contests…Moved into the startinglineup permanently againstUAB…Dished out seven assists vs.TCU…Scored a season-high 18points vs. Charlotte…Poured in 17points against DePaul, along withsix assists…Netted 17 points atMarquette...Made first career startvs. Virginia Tech as he scored 14points…Scored seven points andgrabbed five rebounds in 21minutes of his career debut againstCampbell.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended New Hampton Prep

in New Hampton, N.H. where heaveraged 26 points, 12 reboundsand five assists…Ranked as thenation’s No. 30 prospect byHoopScoop…A 2003 graduate ofFriends Central High School inWynnewood, Pa., where helettered four years for Head CoachKeino Terrell…Named HonorableMention All-State and All-Area asa senior…Graduated as FriendsCentral’s all-time leading scorer ashe tallied over 1,800 career pointsas a four-year starter…Led FriendsCentral to two conferencetitles…Averaged 22 points, sevenrebounds and three assists as asenior…Earned conference Playerof the Year honors as asenior…Named team MVPfollowing his junior and seniorseasons…Played for thePhiladelphia AAU team PositiveImage for coach Larry Waiters.

PERSONALBorn Michael Cook on March

17, 1984…Son of Michael andDawn Cook…Oldest of fourbrothers: Sean (19), Kenny (17)and Will (13)…Played high schoolbasketball at Friends Central withcurrent Memphis Grizzlies playerHakim Warrick and MustafaShakur (Arizona)…Favorite sportsfigure is the Miami Heat’s DwyaneWade…Happiest and most

CAREER HIGHSPoints: 24, vs. South Carolina,

12/20/04.FG made: 10, at Charlotte, 1/8/

05.FG attempts: 25, at Western

Carolina, 12/7/04.3FG Made: 3, vs. South Carolina,

12/20/04.3FG attempts: 9, at Western

Carolina, 12/7/04.FT made: 10, vs. Pepperdine, 11/

17/04.FT attempts: 14, vs. Pepperdine,

11/17/04.Rebounds: 9, vs. Belmont-Abbey,

11/28/04.Off. Rebs.: 5, at Cincinnati, 1/

28/04.Def. Rebs.: 8, vs. Belmont-Abbey,

11/28/04.Assists: 12, vs. Belmont-Abbey,

11/28/04.Steals: 3, vs. Charlotte, 2/7/04.Blocks: 1, six times.Minutes: 43, vs. Marquette, 2/12/

05.


SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT-AVG PF-FO A TO BLK ST PTS-AVG2003-04 East Carolina 27-14 700 106 252 .421 8 41 .195 62 95 .653 29 65 94 3.5 55 3 85 80 2 18 282 10.42004-05 East Carolina 28-25 925 157 424 .370 30 95 .316 77 106 .726 29 83 112 4.0 59 1 84 111 5 24 421 15.0

Career 55-39 1625 263 676 .389 38 136 .279 139 201 .692 58 148 206 3.8 114 4 169 191 7 42 703 12.8

MIKE COOK’S CAREER STATISTICS

gratifying moment in sports waswinning his first high schoolchampionship…Favorite home-cooked meal is friedchicken…Most admired athlete isMichael Jordan…Most admiredperson is his father…Chose Pittfor its style of basketball, locationand Big EastConference…Transferred to Pittafter considering Georgia Tech,Charlotte and LaSalle…Majors inmedia communications.


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40 • MAURICE POLEN

THE STORYLINEMaurice Polen is a sophomore

walk-on who begins his secondseason at Pitt after redshirting the2005-06 year.

HIGH SCHOOLA 2005 graduate of West

Philadelphia High School inPhiladelphia for Head Coach EdWright and former Pitt playerGerald Jordan…Averaged 17points per game and earned thePublic School League’sMarksmanship Award as a seniorin 2003-04…Named All-City as asenior…Career-high scoring gamewas 27 points…Set WestPhiladelphia’s career reboundingrecord formerly held by formerPanther Gerald Jordan…Jordanplayed for the Panthers from1995-97…Two-time league and

team MVP in the Harold O. DavisChristian League…Four-yearvarsity baseballletterwinner…Three-time All-Public School League baseballselection as a pitcher and thirdbaseman…Involved in NationalHonor Society.

PERSONALBorn Maurice Terrell Polen on

March 16, 1986…Son of Warrenand Linda Polen…Has foursiblings: Stephon (30), Kim (29),Warren, Jr. (26) and Marcus(22)…Nickname is“Reese”…Related to Eric

Williams, who plays football forthe Dallas Cowboys…Hobbies andinterests include singing, drawing,baseball, basketball andbowling…Role model is his uncleHaston Lewis III, who is a secondfather to Maurice and inspired himto attend college…Favorite food isa Philly Cheesesteak…Person inhistory he’d most like to meet:Martin Luther King…Othernotable players who attended hishigh school: Gerald Jordan,Ricardo Lovelace, Gene Banks,Clarence Tillman…Enrolled in thecollege of arts & sciences.


GILBERT BROWN • AUSTIN WALLACE

2006-07 NEWCOMERS

According to NCAA rules, the athletic media relations office cannot release additional information other than what has already been released onprospective student-athletes until the signees enter fall classes in August. The following information is what was released in November on signing day.

11 • GILBERT BROWN • FRESHMANGuard/Forward, 6-6, 190, Harrsiburg, Pa./South Kent Prep (N.J.)

Described as a super athletic and talented small forward who has been labeled an “amazing” dunker. Brown is a tremendous athlete who owns animpressive mid-range game.

HIGH SCHOOLEnters his senior season at South Kent Prep in South Kent, Conn. where he is coached by Raphael Chillious...Will serve as team captain in 2005-06...Preseason McDonalds All-America candidate...South Kent begins its season on Saturday, Nov. 12 at home against Redemption ChristianAcademy...Averaged 17.0 points, six rebounds and three assists per game as a junior...Led South Kent to a 32-9 record and a No. 4 nationalranking...Helped lead team to the New England Prep School Athletic Council finals in 2004-05 where it dropped the championship game to BridgtonAcademy (Mass.)...Scored a career-high 28 points vs. New Hampton...Also attended West Nottingham Academy in Colora, Md....Consensus top-100recruit by the national recruiting services...Ranked the No. 62 recruit nationally by scout.com...Rated the nation’s No. 87 recruit byYouthPrepStar...Rated as the nation’s No. 100 recruit by Rivals.com...Ranked as the No. 10 fifth-year recruit nationally byhoopscooponline.com...Rated the nation’s No. 19 shooting guard by scout.com...Invited to play in the 2005 All-America Camp and was selected to thecamp’s All-Star team...Played for the New Jersey All-Stars AAU program...Named a camp All-Star at the Five-Star Basketball Camp in Honesdale,Pa....Impressed at Peach Jam Classic this summer in Atlanta, Ga....Solid student who has qualified academically...South Kent is one of the top-rankedprep school programs in America as two players were drafted by the NBA and over 15 players signed with NCAA Division I programs over the lastthree years.

PERSONALBorn Gilbert Dawson Brown on September 5, 1987...Son of Gilbert and Camilla Brown of Harrisburg, Pa....Played on same South Kent team asNBA Draft picks Andray Blatche and Dorell Wright along with NCAA Division I recruits Mike Evanovich (Iowa State) and A.J. Hawkins (St.Bonaventure)...Chose Pitt because of its blend of academics and athletics...Owns a 38-inch vertical leap...Plans to major in business.

0 • AUSTIN WALLACE • FRESHMANCenter, 6-9, 220, Bronx, N.Y./LaSalle Academy

Described as an extremely coachable and excellent team player who has a bright future. Wallace is an excellent rebounder and shot blocker who hasproven to effectively score around the basket. He is also a bright and articulate student.

HIGH SCHOOLEnters his senior season at LaSalle Academy in Bronx, N.Y. where he is coached by Bill Aberer...Averaged 17.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 6.0 blockedshots per game as a junior...Due to his transfer to LaSalle Academy, sat out his sophomore season (2003-04) in accordance with New York City PSALrules...Attended South Bronx High School as a freshman...Made a solid showing at the ABCD Camp during the summer of 2005... Plays AAUbasketball with the New York Gauchos for coach Emanuel “Booker” Richardson...Also played for the New Heights AAU team.

PERSONALBorn Austin Wallace on October 19, 1988...Son of Tyrone A. Wallace...LaSalle Academy has produced several notable athletes including IndianaPacers forward Ron Artest, former Milwaukee Bucks guard Shamgod Wells and former Pirates pitcher John Candelaria, who is the school’s all-timeleading basketball scorer...Joins fellow New York Catholic High School Athletic Association Pitt players Ronald Ramon (All Hallows) and LevanceFields (Xaverian)...Played on New York Gauchos squad with current Pitt players Levance Fields and Ronald Ramon...Chose Pitt because he feltcomfortable, proximity to home and opportunity to play in the Big East...Is only 17 years old...Committed to Pitt on October 15, 2005.

PITT BASKETBALL • GAME RECAPS 30

PITT 82, SAINT PETER’S 71

SAINT PETER’S 71 (0-3)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minORTA, Raul-f 4 9 2 6 2 6 2 3 5 4 12 4 1 1 0 35SOWELL, Todd-f 5 8 0 0 2 2 1 9 10 4 12 0 0 2 0 30BOZOVIC, Ivan-c 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 4 4 6 1 2 0 0 29CLARK, Keydren-g 12 28 4 14 2 2 1 4 5 2 30 4 1 0 4 38OWES, Kaimondre-g 1 7 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 13BROCK, Brandon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10SPANN, Kevin 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 12HOOKER, Derrick 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 3 1 0 0 9SPITLER, Tim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3TRAORE, Ismaila 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 10MARTIN, Quentin 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 11

TEAM 1 2 3Totals.............. 26 61 9 25 10 16 7 25 32 22 71 14 10 3 4 200

Percentages: FG%: 42.6%; 3FG%: 36.0%; FT%: 62.5%.

PITT 82 (1-0)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minDeGROAT, John-f 1 5 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 13KENDALL, Levon-f 4 8 0 2 1 1 3 2 5 1 9 0 1 2 0 25GRAY, Aaron-c 5 15 0 0 7 10 4 7 11 0 17 2 2 2 1 28FIELDS, Levance-g 4 5 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 12 5 2 0 0 26KRAUSER, Carl-g 4 10 4 7 1 2 0 6 6 2 13 5 1 0 3 29BENJAMIN, Keith 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 16RAMON, Ronald 2 4 1 3 0 0 1 2 3 3 5 1 0 0 0 15BIGGS, Tyrell 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 4 0 2 0 1 11HUDSON, Doyle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2GRAVES, Antonio 4 7 2 3 5 8 0 3 3 3 15 1 0 0 1 21YOUNG, Sam 0 2 0 1 2 4 1 4 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 14

TEAM 1 2 3Totals.............. 27 63 10 21 18 27 15 31 46 14 82 16 12 4 6 200


Officials: Bob Donato (R), John Hughes, Ron Tyburski; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 9040.

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalSaint Peter’s 29 42 71Pitt 42 40 82

1 November 19, 2005 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pitt went on an 11-0 run and held Saint Peter’s scoreless over the first half ’s final 4:11 in building a 42-29 halftime lead...Pitt led by as many as 28 points with 10:56 to go, but Saint Peter’s battled back...Aaron Gray registered his first career double-double and finished with career highs in points (17),rebounds (11), field goal attempts (15), free throws made (7), free throw attempts (10) and minutesplayed (28)...Saint Peter’s Keydren Clark set Petersen Events Center records for field goals (12), fieldgoal attempts (28) and 3-point field goal attempts (14) in his 30-point performance...Pitt won its ninthstraight season opener...Pitt improved to 29-1 vs. non-conference opponents at the Petersen EventsCenter...Three Panthers made their first career start: John DeGroat, Aaron Gray and LevanceFields...Fields became just the third freshman to start a season opener at Pitt since 1997...The othertwo players were Ronald Ramon (2004) and Ricardo Greer (1997).

PITT 86, ROBERT MORRIS 592 November 23, 2005 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

After leading just 41-40 with 18:13 to go, Pitt used an 11-0 run to take a 12-point lead (52-40) with 13:26left...Carl Krauser scored seven points in the rally...Pitt pushed its lead to as many as 30 points with45 seconds to go...Krauser registered his 17th consecutive double figure scoring contest...He also hitfive 3-pointers en route to his 27 points...Pitt improved to 25-0 all-time vs. RMU and 61-0 all-time vs.Northeast Conference opponents...Pitt won its 30th contest against non-conference foes in thePetersen Events Center.ROBERT MORRIS 59 (0-2)

tot-fg 3-pt reboundsPlayer fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minJACKSON, A.J.-f 4 13 2 2 3 3 2 3 5 1 13 2 2 0 1 33LEE, Tony-f 4 10 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 5 10 2 4 0 1 20HARRIS, Freddie-c 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 0 3 0 1 15COLEMAN, Derek-g 4 7 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 3 10 8 4 0 0 37CHAPPELL, Jeremy-g 3 9 2 5 1 2 3 1 4 5 9 0 3 2 1 36LANCASTER, Steve 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 17CLARK, Jonathan 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 9SENAT, Colson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1BOSTON, Cori 3 6 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 10 0 4 0 0 28PALMER, Donne 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

TEAM 2 1 3Totals.............. 20 51 10 19 9 16 12 13 25 23 59 13 21 2 4 200



Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minDeGROAT, John-f 3 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 6 1 0 0 0 14KENDALL, Levon-f 0 5 0 1 2 4 5 4 9 3 2 4 3 1 0 20GRAY, Aaron-c 1 3 0 0 2 4 3 4 7 4 4 0 2 2 0 13FIELDS, Levance-g 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 5 1 0 0 19KRAUSER, Carl-g 8 17 5 12 6 9 1 3 4 1 27 1 4 0 4 29BENJAMIN, Keith 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 18RAMON, Ronald 4 7 2 3 3 4 0 1 1 2 13 4 0 0 2 20BIGGS, Tyrell 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 1 3 2 1 20SMALL, Charles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1HUDSON, Doyle 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 5GRAVES, Antonio 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 20YOUNG, Sam 6 8 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 14 0 2 0 1 20BOWMAN, Marcus 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

TEAM 2 1 3Totals.............. 31 59 9 24 15 24 16 23 39 17 86 20 15 5 10 200


Officials: Bryan Kersey (R), Bill McCarthy, Earl Walton; Technical fouls: Robert Morris-BOSTON, Cori.PITT-None. Attendance: 6811.

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalRobert Morris 35 24 59Pitt 41 45 86

PITT 62, MAINE 493 November 26, 2005 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pitt built a 20-point lead (27-7) with 5:29 left in the first half...Maine battled back to within an eightpoint margin several times but could not overcome the deficit...Pitt began its season at 3-0 for theeighth consecutive season dating back to 1997-98...Aaron Gray registered his second career double-double and finished with a career-high 13 rebounds...Keith Benjamin tied a career-high with 10points...Pitt improved to 4-0 all-time vs. America East opponents...Pitt improved to 51-5 in thePetersen Events Center and 31-1 overall vs. non-conference opponents in the building.MAINE 49 (1-3)

tot-fg 3-pt reboundsPlayer fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minTURNER, Ernest-f 5 17 3 9 2 2 0 6 6 1 15 1 2 1 1 36BRUFF, Chris-f 1 2 0 0 1 2 4 7 11 2 3 0 4 1 1 32AHVENNIEMI, Olli-c 1 3 0 0 2 2 2 6 8 3 4 0 0 1 1 34TURNER, Rashad-g 3 10 0 4 1 5 0 2 2 2 7 6 6 0 0 32SHEETS, Jon-g 4 15 4 9 2 2 1 2 3 2 14 1 2 0 0 32HIGHT, Jason 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3PETKUS, Freddy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3CAVANAUGH, Christian 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 13BOFIA, Philippe 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 4 4 1 5 0 1 15

TEAM 2 2 4 1Totals.............. 17 54 7 22 8 13 10 32 42 15 49 10 20 3 4 200



Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minDeGROAT, John-f 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 12KENDALL, Levon-f 2 6 0 0 0 2 3 5 8 1 4 0 0 1 3 26GRAY, Aaron-c 6 10 0 0 3 5 3 10 13 3 15 2 4 4 1 29FIELDS, Levance-g 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 18KRAUSER, Carl-g 2 12 1 7 0 0 2 4 6 2 5 1 4 0 0 34BENJAMIN, Keith 4 5 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 10 4 0 0 1 17RAMON, Ronald 2 8 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 3 1 0 1 22BIGGS, Tyrell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 11GRAVES, Antonio 3 7 1 3 5 6 0 8 8 0 12 1 0 0 0 17YOUNG, Sam 0 3 0 1 3 4 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 14

TEAM 0 1 1Totals.............. 22 59 6 22 12 19 9 31 40 14 62 18 11 7 7 200


Officials: Jim Haney (R), Jeff Clark, Brian O’Connell; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 8310.

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalMaine 18 31 49Pitt 32 30 62

ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) 58 (2-2)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minPEKKOLA, Sami-f 2 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 3 0 0 19SHEPPARD, Allan-f 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 22JAMES, Lex-c 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 7WOMACK, Jamaal-g 2 4 2 3 0 0 0 4 4 0 6 1 3 0 0 12BROWN, Christian-g 5 9 3 6 7 7 0 4 4 4 20 2 2 0 1 35DANTZLER, Sean 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1SMITH, Tristan 4 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 0 1 0 1 14MELO, Ruandy 2 8 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 5 5 0 2 28NECKLES, Devon 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 13ST.ROBERT, James 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 5 4 0 2 0 0 11JONES, Nick 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 16GOODEN, John 1 5 0 0 3 4 0 1 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 22

TEAM 5 4 9Totals.............. 20 55 8 20 10 11 9 23 32 21 58 13 19 3 5 200



Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minDeGROAT, John-f 3 7 0 3 1 1 2 2 4 1 7 1 0 0 2 14KENDALL, Levon-f 2 4 0 0 5 6 2 2 4 1 9 4 0 0 1 29GRAY, Aaron-c 7 10 0 0 8 10 5 6 11 3 22 3 2 4 0 30FIELDS, Levance-g 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 0 1 0 0 16KRAUSER, Carl-g 8 17 1 7 1 4 1 5 6 2 18 5 4 0 6 35BENJAMIN, Keith 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 4 4 0 5 0 2 1 0 24RAMON, Ronald 2 4 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 7 2 0 0 1 26BIGGS, Tyrell 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 8SMALL, Charles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1GRAVES, Antonio 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4YOUNG, Sam 0 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 12BOWMAN, Marcus 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

TEAM 1 2 3Totals.............. 27 56 4 20 21 28 11 25 36 10 79 17 11 6 11 200


Officials: Pat Driscoll (R), Steve Olson, Wally Rutecki; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 7263.

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalSt. Francis (NY) 32 26 58Pitt 35 44 79

PITT 79, ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) 584 November 29, 2005 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

After leading just 49-44 with 11:39 left in the game, Pitt outscored St. Francis (N.Y.) 9-0 over a three-minute span...Levon Kendall hit a layup, John DeGroat converted a dunk and free throw and AaronGray hit two free throws in the run...The win gave Pitt its eighth consecutive 4-0 start to a season...AaronGray scored a career-high 22 points and finished with his third double-double over the season’s firstfour games...Carl Krauser registered a career-high six steals...Pitt held its third consecutive opponentunder 60 points...Pitt improved to 62-0 all-time vs. Northeast Conference opponents.


PITT 78, AUBURN 415 December 4, 2005 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pitt jumped out to a 26-4 lead with 7:05 left in the first half...Pitt held Auburn scoreless over a 10-minute first half span...Pitt led by as many as 49 points late in the game...The 37-point win was Pitt’slargest since a 45-point win over Norfolk State on Dec. 3, 2002...Auburn was held to its fewest pointssince it scored 38 points vs. Missisippi State in 1981-82...Pitt improved to 4-1 vs. SEC opponents since2002-03...Pitt held its fourth straight opponent to 60 points or less...Ronald Ramon finished with acareer-high eight assists and Levon Kendall pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds...Pitt’s 24-pointhalftime lead was its largest since it led by 26 vs. Loyola (Md.) last year...Pitt limited Auburn to 15 firsthalf points, the fewest points yielded in a first half since St. John’s scored 15 points on Feb. 8, 2005.AUBURN 41 (3-2)

tot-fg 3-pt reboundsPlayer fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minDOLLARD, Josh-f 2 7 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 2 4 1 1 2 1 23LeMELLE, Ronny-f 6 8 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 18 0 4 0 2 36BARBER, Korvotney-c 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 2 3 3 4 0 1 2 0 23BARRETT, Rasheem-g 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 17ROBERTSON, Quantez-g 0 6 0 2 1 4 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 0 2 35TOLBERT, Frank 2 6 1 2 0 5 1 3 4 2 5 1 6 0 1 18HAYLES, Daniel 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 16WOODARD, Michael 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 9EDUN, Moses 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 11CAMERON, Joey 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 12

TEAM 1 4 5Totals.............. 16 40 6 12 3 15 8 12 20 16 41 7 19 5 7 200



Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minDeGROAT, John-f 2 4 2 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 0 2 1 0 17KENDALL, Levon-f 3 4 1 1 2 2 5 5 10 3 9 2 1 1 0 15GRAY, Aaron-c 4 5 0 0 2 3 1 3 4 2 10 2 2 1 0 18RAMON, Ronald-g 2 7 2 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 8 8 0 0 2 26KRAUSER, Carl-g 5 8 3 4 1 2 0 2 2 3 14 0 1 0 2 20BENJAMIN, Keith 3 9 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 16FIELDS, Levance 4 6 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 10 3 1 0 0 19BIGGS, Tyrell 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 16SMALL, Charles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2HUDSON, Doyle 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 6GRAVES, Antonio 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 5 2 3 1 2 0 0 17YOUNG, Sam 4 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 2 8 1 2 1 2 25BOWMAN, Marcus 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3

TEAM 2 3 5Totals.............. 29 56 12 21 8 12 18 23 41 20 78 19 15 4 7 200


Officials: John Cahill (R), Ed Corbett, Mike Stuart; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 9527.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalAuburn 15 26 41Pitt 39 39 78

PITT 71, DUQUESNE 606 December 7, 2005 • A.J. Palumbo Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pitt used a 7-0 run to build a commanding 25-14 first half lead...Duquesne cut the deficit to six points(37-31) on a 3-point play by Bryant McAllister with 16:32 to go, but Pitt answered with a KeithBenjamin 3-pointer, an Aaron Gray 3-point play and Carl Krauser layup to push its lead back up to14 points (45-31)...The Panthers led by as many as 17 points several times late in the second half...Pittwon its fifth consecutive game against Duquesne, its 15th in the last 17 meetings and 24th of the twoschool’s last 27 matchups...Pitt improved to 43-31 in its 74-game series against Duquesne...Pitt im-proved to 2-1 all-time vs. Duquesne in the Palumbo Center...Pitt began its season at 6-0 for the fourthconsecutive year...Aaron Gray registered his fourth double-double of the season and pulled downa career-high 17 rebounds...Pitt held its fifth straight opponent to 60 or less points...Pitt won its thirdstraight road game dating back to the 2004-05 season.PITT 71 (6-0)

tot-fg 3-pt reboundsPlayer fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minDeGROAT, John-f 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 14KENDALL, Levon-f 2 5 0 0 3 5 1 4 5 2 7 4 1 0 2 28GRAY, Aaron-c 5 9 0 0 4 9 5 12 17 1 14 0 2 0 0 29RAMON, Ronald-g 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 0 1 0 1 17KRAUSER, Carl-g 7 14 2 6 7 8 0 4 4 3 23 8 3 0 1 33BENJAMIN, Keith 2 6 2 4 0 0 1 4 5 2 6 2 2 1 0 17FIELDS, Levance 1 3 0 2 3 3 2 2 4 0 5 1 2 0 0 18BIGGS, Tyrell 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 11SMALL, Charles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1HUDSON, Doyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1GRAVES, Antonio 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 17YOUNG, Sam 3 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 8 1 1 0 1 13BOWMAN, Marcus 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

TEAM 1 0 1Totals.............. 23 52 6 18 19 28 10 33 43 20 71 17 16 2 6 200


DUQUESNE 60 (1-4)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minDUKE, Chauncey-f 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 23HUDSON, DeVario-f 4 10 1 2 2 2 1 4 5 4 11 0 0 3 0 24LAMBERT, Ryan-c 3 9 1 2 1 2 0 4 4 3 8 0 1 0 0 32McALLISTER, Bryant-g 5 13 0 3 8 10 1 3 4 2 18 5 5 0 2 35HIGGINS, Jack-g 2 9 1 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 7 0 2 0 0 24JACKSON, Aaron 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 5 6 3 3 3 0 0 2 21KELLY, Brian 1 1 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 2 5 1 1 0 2 16McKEON, Sean 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 9GAYDEN, Keith 3 5 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 2 8 0 1 0 0 16

TEAM 2 3 5Totals.............. 19 55 4 15 18 25 7 26 33 21 60 9 12 4 6 200


Officials: Bob Donato, Les Jones, Jeff Clark; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 4546.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalPitt 32 39 71Duquesne 23 37 60

PITT 91, PENN STATE 547 December 10, 2005 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pitt scored the first seven points of the game and never looked back as it held leads of 16-5 and 26-9 en route to a 49-24 halftime lead...Pitt led by as many as 39 points late in the second half...The 37-point victory was Pitt’s largest in the 145-game series, besting a 30-point victory on Dec. 18, 2001...Pittimproved to 70-75 all-time vs. PSU...Pitt won its fifth consecutive game against PSU and its sixth in theteam’s last seven meetings...Pitt held its sixth consecutive opponent to 60 points or less...Pitt finishedwith 24 offensive rebounds, the last time it grabbed 24 offensive rebounds was against CarnegieMellon on Dec. 16, 1996...Aaron Gray finished with his fifth double-double in seven games.PENN STATE 54 (4-3)

tot-fg 3-pt reboundsPlayer fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minCLAXTON, Geary-f 4 12 0 2 3 7 3 2 5 2 11 1 5 0 0 31PARKER, Travis-f 2 5 1 2 1 2 0 3 3 4 6 0 0 0 0 25HASSELL, Brandon-c 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 16WALKER, Mike-g 2 8 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 1 5 6 4 0 2 35JACKSON, David-g 0 1 0 1 2 4 1 2 3 1 2 0 7 0 0 34CORNLEY, Jamelle 3 8 0 0 1 2 3 2 5 4 7 0 1 0 0 27OBRADOVIC, Nikola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3BOGETIC, Milos 3 6 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 8 0 2 0 0 12McSWEENEY, Cilk 4 5 4 4 3 5 0 4 4 2 15 2 1 0 0 17

TEAM 0 3 3 1Totals.............. 18 46 6 14 12 22 9 21 30 16 54 9 22 2 3 200



Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minDeGROAT, John-f 4 7 2 4 1 2 2 1 3 3 11 1 1 1 1 18KENDALL, Levon-f 3 4 0 0 4 4 5 2 7 3 10 1 1 2 0 21GRAY, Aaron-c 5 11 0 0 0 0 5 7 12 4 10 2 1 1 0 21RAMON, Ronald-g 2 7 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 1 21KRAUSER, Carl-g 8 10 4 5 0 0 1 4 5 2 20 6 2 0 0 25BENJAMIN, Keith 2 7 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 5 1 0 0 0 17FIELDS, Levance 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 3 1 0 2 19BIGGS, Tyrell 2 4 0 0 2 2 3 1 4 1 6 0 0 0 0 15SMALL, Charles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1HUDSON, Doyle 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 6GRAVES, Antonio 4 8 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 2 1 0 1 16YOUNG, Sam 5 9 1 2 0 1 2 1 3 0 11 1 0 0 2 17BOWMAN, Marcus 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

TEAM 1 2 3Totals.............. 37 79 8 24 9 15 24 25 49 21 91 18 10 4 7 200


Officials: Jim Burr (R), Curtis Shaw, Glenn Mayborg; Technical fouls: Penn State-CORNLEY, Jamelle; Pitt-None; Attendance: 10461.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalPenn State 24 30 54Pitt 49 42 91

VERMONT 52 (3-5)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minSCHNEIDER, Ryan-f 2 8 1 6 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 1 2 2 1 26HOLM, Chris-f 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 21KLIMES, Martin-c 4 9 0 0 4 5 2 4 6 3 12 0 1 0 0 35TRIMBOLI, Mike-g 2 8 1 7 0 0 2 5 7 3 5 7 7 0 0 29CIEPLICKI, Kyle-g 4 8 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 3 1 0 0 27SISCA, Rob 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8POWLOVICH, Chad 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 19GALLOWAY, Joey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1DEAN, Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1McINTOSH, Colin 3 6 0 0 2 5 2 0 2 2 8 0 1 0 1 15SHIELDS, Ryan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1DUELL, Josh 2 6 2 5 0 1 1 2 3 1 6 0 4 0 0 17

TEAM 0 3 3Totals.............. 18 53 8 27 8 13 11 21 32 17 52 13 17 2 4 200



Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minDeGROAT, John-f 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8KENDALL, Levon-f 4 7 0 2 2 2 2 6 8 3 10 3 2 0 2 29GRAY, Aaron-c 3 5 0 0 5 6 4 8 12 2 11 1 2 2 0 28RAMON, Ronald-g 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 14KRAUSER, Carl-g 7 14 2 5 5 8 0 1 1 3 21 5 6 0 1 34BENJAMIN, Keith 1 5 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 12FIELDS, Levance 1 5 0 2 3 4 1 3 4 1 5 3 1 0 3 26BIGGS, Tyrell 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 12GRAVES, Antonio 2 6 2 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 26YOUNG, Sam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 2 11

TEAM 3 1 4Totals.............. 21 52 5 18 16 22 11 27 38 17 63 15 13 2 8 200


Officials: Mike Kitts (R), Earl Walton, Gary Prager; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 8993Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalVermont 19 33 52Pitt 32 31 63

PITT 63, VERMONT 528 December 17, 2005 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pitt went on a 17-0 first half run to take control of the game after trailing by eight points (15-7) with11:20 to go in the first half...Vermont cut the deficit to as few as six points (44-38) with 11:11 left, butPitt outscored the Catamounts 12-0 to lead 56-38...Carl Krauser scored 20-plus points for the thirdconsecutive game...Aaron Gray registered his third straight double-double...Pitt held its seventhconsecutive opponent to 60 points or less...Pitt won its seventh straight home game.

PITT BASKETBALL • GAME RECAPS 32PITT 77, COPPIN STATE 519 December 21, 2005 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pitt built an early 10-point lead (16-6) after the game’s first 10 minutes and never looked back...CSUcut the lead to as few as seven points (42-35 with 12:01 to go) but could not get closer as Pitt scoredthe game’s next nine points for a 16-point lead (51-35) with 9:58 left...Levon Kendall scored on a dunk,Levance Fields hit a 3-pointer, Kendall converted a free throw and Aaron Gray contributed a 3-pointplay off an offensive rebound...Kendall scored a career-high tying 11 points...Jamie Dixon improvedto 25-0 in December games...Dixon improved to 33-1 vs. non-conference opponents...Pitt began itsseason at 9-0 for the fourth consecutive season...Pitt held its eighth consecutive opponent under 60points...Pitt improves to 3-0 vs. Coppin State all-time...Pitt won its eighth consecutive home game.

PITT 58, SOUTH CAROLINA 5110 December 28, 2005 • Colonial Center • Columbia, S.C.

Trailing by eight points (18-10) with 4:38 left in the first half, Pitt scored the next seven points on twoSam Young offensive rebound putbacks and a Levance Fields 3-pointer...Pitt claimed the lead forgood by scoring the second half ’s first six points and Pitt extended its lead to as many as 10 points (45-35) on an Antonio Graves jumper with 8:02 to go...South Carolina cut the margin several times, butPitt converted 16 of its 18 second half free throw attempts to seal the win...Young notched career-highs for points (16), rebounds (seven) and offensive rebounds (six)...Pitt’s 20 first half points wereits lowest scoring output in a first half since it scored just 19 vs. Villanova at the 2005 Big EastChampionship...Pitt won its fourth consecutive road game...Pitt begins a season at 10-0 for the thirdstraight year...Pitt became just the second non-conference team to defeat South Carolina at theColonial Center...Pitt held its ninth consecutive opponent to 60 points or less.PITT 58 (10-0)

tot-fg 3-pt reboundsPlayer fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minDeGROAT, John-f 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2KENDALL, Levon-f 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 5 5 3 4 1 5 1 1 21GRAY, Aaron-c 3 10 0 0 0 1 3 10 13 5 6 1 3 0 2 33RAMON, Ronald-g 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 1 23KRAUSER, Carl-g 3 11 2 9 7 8 0 3 3 2 15 4 4 0 0 37BENJAMIN, Keith 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 6 0 1 0 0 14FIELDS, Levance 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 21BIGGS, Tyrell 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4GRAVES, Antonio 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 23YOUNG, Sam 5 8 1 1 5 6 6 1 7 4 16 2 1 0 1 22

TEAM 2 3 5Totals.............. 18 47 5 18 17 21 13 25 38 19 58 10 17 2 6 200


SOUTH CAROLINA 51 (7-4)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minKINSEY, Tarence-f 2 9 1 5 1 2 0 2 2 4 6 3 2 1 1 37WALLACE, Brandon-f 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 4 4 3 7 3 1 0 1 33BALKMAN, Renaldo-f 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 3 1 1 17KELLEY, Tre-g 6 10 2 5 4 4 0 4 4 4 18 1 4 1 2 34TRICE, Rocky-g 2 6 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 5 0 0 0 1 37SHELDON, Bryce 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6TISBY, Antoine 4 9 0 0 4 7 1 3 4 3 12 0 1 0 1 27PALACIOS, Keving 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3DAY, Dwayne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6

TEAM 0 2 2Totals.............. 18 42 3 11 12 21 3 19 22 18 51 7 11 3 8 200

Percentages: FG%: 42.9%; 3FG%: 27.3%; FT%: 57.1%.Officials: Tony Greene, Doug Sirmons, John Cahill; Technical fouls: Pitt-TEAM. South Carolina-None;Attendance: 9579.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalPitt 20 38 58South Carolina 22 29 51

WISCONSIN 64 (10-2)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minNIXON, Ray-f 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 22CHAPPELL, Jason-f 3 4 0 0 0 1 3 4 7 4 6 4 1 0 0 23BUTCH, Brian-c 4 9 1 2 0 0 0 5 5 0 9 5 3 0 2 26TAYLOR, Kammron-g 2 9 1 5 0 0 2 1 3 2 5 1 4 0 0 33TUCKER, Alando-g 8 20 0 4 9 12 3 4 7 2 25 0 4 0 0 36LANDRY, Marcus 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 13FLOWERS, Michael 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 2 3 2 3 1 1 0 1 23STIEMSMA, Greg 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 3 6 2 0 1 0 15KRABBENHOFT, Joe 2 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 9

TEAM 0 1 1Totals.............. 24 57 3 15 13 20 11 21 32 20 64 15 14 1 3 200




TEAM 2 2 4Totals.............. 27 49 5 12 14 24 7 25 32 23 73 18 14 4 8 200

Percentages: FG%: 55.1%; 3FG%: 41.7%; FT%: 58.3%.Officials: Tim Higgins (R), Mike Roberts, Jim Burr; Technical fouls: Wisconsin-None. Pitt-KRAUSER, Carl;Attendance: 11580.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalWisconsin 28 36 64Pitt 35 38 73

PITT 73, No. 24 WISCONSIN 6411 December 31, 2005 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

In a physical game which saw 43 combined fouls, Pitt took control early in the contest with a 13-0 runto go up 18-10...Pitt led the rest of the way and held off several Wisconsin rallies...Pitt held a seven-point halftime lead and led by 11 points (62-51) with 5:49 to go on a Sam Young layup...Pitt’s threefreshmen combined for 33 points and 68.4 percent (13-19) shooting....Sam Young tied a career-highwith 16 points...Pitt’s 55.1 percent shooting was a season-high...At 11-0, Pitt completed only its secondundefeated non-conference slate in school history...Pitt won its 10th straight game vs. a Big Tenopponent...Pitt’s streak of holding nine consecutive opponents to 60 points or less came to anend...Head Coach Jamie Dixon improved to 27-0 in December games.

NOTRE DAME 97 (9-3, 0-1 Big East)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minFRANCIS, Torin-f 3 11 0 0 1 4 5 4 9 1 7 0 0 1 0 29ZELLER, Luke-c 4 12 3 10 0 0 0 5 5 3 11 3 1 1 0 38QUINN, Chris-g 13 23 6 9 5 5 0 6 6 5 37 9 3 0 2 49FALLS, Colin-g 3 13 3 10 0 0 0 5 5 5 9 2 1 0 0 39CARTER, Russell-g 4 12 1 5 7 10 4 2 6 4 16 3 0 0 2 41CORNETT, Rick 4 8 0 0 0 2 4 0 4 5 8 1 2 0 1 14McALARNEY, Kyle 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 5 3 1 3 0 0 18KURZ, Rob 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 15HILLESLAND, Zach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1AYERS, Ryan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6

TEAM 0 5 5Totals.............. 34 83 14 36 15 23 15 28 43 32 97 19 10 2 5 250


PITT 100 (12-0, 1-0 Big East)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minDeGROAT, John-f 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 16KENDALL, Levon-f 3 6 0 2 2 2 2 4 6 3 8 1 0 1 0 26GRAY, Aaron-c 11 18 0 0 3 5 6 5 11 2 25 3 4 4 2 34RAMON, Ronald-g 3 6 2 4 4 6 0 3 3 4 12 4 2 0 0 35KRAUSER, Carl-g 5 10 3 4 8 10 1 3 4 5 21 6 3 0 1 34BENJAMIN, Keith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5FIELDS, Levance 1 6 1 4 8 14 0 3 3 0 11 5 2 0 0 27BIGGS, Tyrell 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 9HUDSON, Doyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1GRAVES, Antonio 1 4 0 1 2 4 1 2 3 4 4 7 2 1 0 33YOUNG, Sam 6 11 0 0 3 5 3 9 12 0 15 0 2 0 1 30

TEAM 0 2 2Totals.............. 32 65 6 15 30 46 13 38 51 22 100 30 15 6 4 250

Percentages: FG%: 49.2%; 3FG%: 40.0%; FT%: 65.2%.Officials: Ed Corbett (R), J.D. Collins, Tony Greene; Technical fouls: Notre Dame-None. Pitt-None;Attendance: 12508.Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalNotre Dame 30 47 16 4 97Pitt 34 43 16 7 100

No. 22 PITT 100, NOTRE DAME 97 (2OT)12 January 4, 2006 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

One of the most thrilling games ever played in the Petersen Events Center...In double overtime, Pitt’sRonald Ramon nailed a 3-pointer from the corner to give Pitt a 99-97 lead...Pitt held a nine-pointadvantage (73-64) with 47 seconds in regulation, but four UND 3-pointers (two each by Chris Quinnand Colin Falls) sent the game into overtime...In overtime, Pitt built a seven point lead (90-83) with1:08 left, but Quinn scored eight points to send the contest into a second overtime at 93-93...Pittscored 100 points for the first time since it tallied 102 points vs. Norfolk State on Dec. 1, 1999...AaronGray scored a career-high 25 points and notched his seventh double-double on the season...SamYoung finished with a career-high 12 rebounds and notched his first career double-double...Pitt wonits fifth straight vs. Notre Dame...Krauser scored 20-plus points for the sixth time on theseason...Petersen Events Center records were set by UND’s Chris Quinn for points (37), field goals(13), field goal attempts (23)...PEC team marks were also set for assists (30, Pitt), points (100, Pitt), 3-point field goals made (14, UND), 3-point attempts (36, UND)...Pitt honored its three retired jerseyrecipients–Don Hennon, Billy Knight and Charles Smith–in a halftime ceremony.

COPPIN STATE 51 (0-9)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minWOODLIN, Augustine-f 2 7 1 5 0 0 0 3 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 31PROCTOR, Darryl-f 2 10 0 1 2 2 0 3 3 3 6 2 0 0 0 32CHESTNUT, Brian-c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 9ROBERTS, Darryl-g 7 14 3 4 0 0 1 2 3 2 17 1 0 0 1 30McKEE, Tywain-g 2 9 1 3 4 6 0 1 1 3 9 3 1 0 1 34IVEY, Chuckie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2OTIS, West 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 10BELL, Talmadge 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 11MILLER, Mike 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1NORWOOD, Michael 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 13HARRISON, Antwan 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 2 16PRESSEY, Robert 1 2 0 0 3 5 2 0 2 5 5 0 0 1 0 11

TEAM 1 1 2Totals.............. 18 50 6 14 9 13 5 15 20 21 51 9 7 1 6 200

Percentages: FG%: 36.0%; 3FG%: 42.9%; FT%:69.2%.



TEAM 1 1 2Totals.............. 24 48 9 20 20 24 11 28 39 13 77 21 13 6 4 200


Officials: Jim Haney (R), J.D. Collins, Les Jones; Technical fouls: Coppin State-McKEE, Tywain. PITT-None;Attendance: 8698.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalCoppin State 22 29 51Pitt 35 42 77


DePAUL 65 (8-6, 1-2 Big East)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minCLARKE, Karron-f 3 11 2 4 1 2 3 5 8 3 9 1 0 0 0 36CHANDLER, Wilson-f 7 12 1 3 0 0 2 5 7 5 15 0 2 0 2 35BRUMFIELD, Marlon-c 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 12CURRIE, Jabari-g 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 18MEJIA, Sammy-g 6 9 1 3 2 4 2 2 4 2 15 4 2 1 0 37BURNS, Draelon 5 8 1 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 13 1 4 0 1 22GREEN, Wesley 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 2 18CLINKSCALES, Cliff 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 11GLADSTONE, Drew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1HEARD, Marcus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2THOMPSON, Lorenzo 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 8

TEAM 5 2 7Totals.............. 27 61 6 16 5 8 15 20 35 20 65 13 13 2 5 200




TEAM 2 0 2Totals.............. 24 49 5 10 20 28 10 20 30 14 73 16 11 9 5 200


Officials: John Cahill (R), Michael Stephens, John Higgins; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 12168.

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalDePaul 32 33 65Pitt 29 44 73

No. 12 PITT 73, DePAUL 6513 January 12, 2006 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pitt trailed by its largest deficit of the season (13 points in the first half, 21-8), but cut the margin tothree points at halftime (32-29) with an 8-0 run...Pitt went up 54-44 in the second half as it used a 6-0 run keyed by baskets by Sam Young, Carl Krauser and Levance Fields...DePaul pulled to within fourpoints (69-65) with 58 seconds to go, but was held scoreless the rest of the way...At 13-0, Pitt con-cluded the evening as one of the nation’s three undefeated teams (Pitt, Duke and Florida)...Pitt wonits 11th consecutive home game...Aaron Gray registered his second consecutive and eighth double-double of the season with 20 points and 12 rebounds...Sam Young hit double figure scoring for thefourth straight game...Carl Krauser hit double figure scoring for the 10th straight game...The win wasPitt’s first Big East victory over DePaul.



TEAM 0 1 1 1Totals.............. 20 53 7 19 14 24 13 26 39 18 61 15 13 2 8 200


LOUISVILLE 57 (13-3, 1-2 Big East)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minWILLIAMS, Terrence-f 9 14 3 5 4 8 0 5 5 4 25 0 2 0 4 32PALACIOS, Juan-f 3 13 2 5 0 1 2 5 7 3 8 2 5 0 0 35PADGETT, David-c 4 11 0 0 1 2 2 5 7 3 9 0 4 2 0 36JENKINS, Brandon-g 1 5 1 1 4 5 0 1 1 4 7 2 2 1 0 29McGEE, Andre-g 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 3 4 2 0 2 30DEAN, Taquan 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 12GIANINY, Brad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 7CURRENT, Chris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1MILLARD, Chad 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 7HARVEY, Bryan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6FARLEY, Terrance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5

TEAM 1 1 2Totals.............. 19 48 8 14 11 18 8 26 34 20 57 10 17 4 6 200


Officials: Tom Lopes, Ed Hightower, Gary Prager; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 19947.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalPitt 25 36 61Louisville 26 31 57

No. 12 PITT 61, No. 10 LOUISVILLE 5714 January 15, 2006 • Freedom Hall • Louisville, Ky.

In a physical game, Pitt battled back from a seven point deficit (39-32) with 13:09 minutes left...Itscored on 10 of its next 11 possessions to grab a 56-51 advantage...Carl Krauser hit a 3-pointer for Pitt’s56-51 lead...Louisville’s Taquan Dean cut the lead to two points (59-57) when he hit a 3-pointer with1:03 left...After Pitt missed a 3-pointer and Louisville failed to convert two 3-point shots, Carl Krauserwas fouled but missed on two free throw attempts...UL’s Dean missed on a 3-pointer with fourseconds left...With two seconds left and a 59-57 lead, Pitt’s Aaron Gray hit two free throws to seal thewin...Pitt trailed by only one point at halftime (26-25) as UL hit all six of its 3-point attempts and afterPitt’s two leading scorers-Krauser and Gray-combined for two points apiece...For the fourth time infive years, Pitt began Big East play with a 3-0 record...Pitt won its fifth consecutive road game...Pittearned a win against its highest ranked opponent since it defeated No. 5 Boston College on Feb. 28,2005...Levance Fields set career-highs for points (13), 3-point field goals (3-6) and minutes played (29).

No. 9 PITT 76, RUTGERS 6815 January 18, 2006 • Louis Brown Athletic Center • New Brunswick, N.J.

After trailing by one point at halftime, Pitt used a 7-0 run to build a 49-43 lead with 12:27 left...Rutgerscut the margin several times, but Pitt outscored RU 8-1 over a three minute span to lead 65-53 with2:08 to go...Aaron Gray tallied nine of his 20 points in the game’s last four minutes including fivestraight free throws...Levon Kendall notched his first career double-double (14 points/13 reb.) andKeith Benjamin registered a career-high 12 points...Pitt won at Rutgers for the fourth consecutivetime. According to RU all-time records, that is the first time an opponent has accomplished thatfeat...With its 4-0 league record, Pitt begins Big East play at 4-0 for the just the third time in schoolhistory (5-0 in 2002-03, 4-0 in 2003-04)...Pitt won its sixth straight road game...Pitt won its eighthstraight contest vs. Rutgers and has claimed nine of the series’ last 10 games.PITT 76 (15-0, 4-0 Big East)


TEAM 0 4 4Totals.............. 24 61 4 14 24 32 15 28 43 18 76 14 7 3 5 200


RUTGERS 68 (12-5, 2-2 Big East)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minWEBB, Marquis-f 3 7 1 3 3 6 0 2 2 2 10 4 3 0 2 37INMAN, JR-f 4 8 3 4 1 2 0 5 5 5 12 0 1 1 0 18JOYNES, Byron-c 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 3 1 26FARMER, Anthony-g 0 7 0 1 3 4 2 3 5 2 3 5 3 0 0 36DOUBY, Quincy-g 11 21 4 9 1 2 1 2 3 4 27 1 0 0 0 34HILL, Adrian 2 5 0 0 1 2 4 5 9 3 5 0 1 0 0 21GRIFFIN, Jaron 2 6 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 14KEATING, Shayle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+BAILEY, Ollie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1INGLIS, Jimmie 0 2 0 0 6 6 1 2 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 13WATERSTRADT, Dan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+

TEAM 3 3 6Totals.............. 22 57 8 20 16 23 11 26 37 25 68 11 9 5 3 200


Officials: John Cahill, Reggie Greenwood, John Gaffney; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 8065.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalPitt 37 39 76Rutgers 38 30 68



TEAM 0 4 4Totals.............. 19 54 3 16 9 14 11 21 32 19 50 10 14 1 9 200


ST. JOHN’S 55 (10-6, 3-2 Big East)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minMASON, Anthony-f 1 7 0 3 0 0 1 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 28HAMILTON, Lamont-f 9 19 2 3 4 6 6 2 8 3 24 1 2 2 2 37SPEARS, Aaron-c 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 19HILL, Daryll-g 3 7 0 0 2 3 0 4 4 1 8 4 5 0 2 37LAWRENCE, Eugene-g 3 8 1 3 3 4 0 5 5 2 10 4 3 0 3 34JASIULIONIS, Tomas 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4JACKSON, Cedric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 10MISSERE, Phil 1 5 0 0 2 2 3 3 6 4 4 0 1 1 0 20WILLIAMS, Ryan 3 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 11

TEAM 1 3 4Totals.............. 20 53 3 9 12 17 14 22 36 20 55 12 15 4 10 200

Percentages: FG%: 37.7%; 3FG%: 33.3%; FT%: 70.6%.Officials: Mike Kitts, Bill McCarthy, Pat Driscoll; Technical fouls: PITT-KRAUSER, Carl. St. John’s-MISSERE, Phil; Attendance: 6942.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalPitt 19 31 50St. John’s 31 24 55

ST. JOHN’S 55, No. 9 PITT 5016 January 21, 2006 • Madison Square Garden • New York, N.Y.

St. John’s dealt Pitt its largest deficit of the season, a 14-0 lead to start the game....Pitt battled all theway back to cut the margin to three points at 37-34, but the Red Storm scored six straight points tolead by 11 points with 47-36 to go...Pitt then used a 9-0 run to grab a one-point lead (48-47) on a CarlKrauser layup...With the score tied at 48-48, Pitt missed two free throws and SJU’s Lamont Hamiltonconverted a layup for a 51-48 Red Storm lead with 32 seconds left...SJU scored the game’s final fourpoints to win...Pitt committed 12 first half turnovers and scored just 19 points, its lowest first halfscoring output since it scored 19 vs. Villanova in the Big East Championship last year...Pitt’s 12-pointhalftime deficit was its largest since it trailed by 12 vs. Villanova in the BEC...Pitt’s six-game road winstreak, 15-game win streak and four-game Big East win streak all came to an end.

PITT BASKETBALL • GAME RECAPS 34No. 12 PITT 80, No. 25 SYRACUSE 6717 January 23, 2006 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pitt held Syracuse scoreless and went on an 8-0 run over a four-minute first half span to lead 25-17lead with 6:36 left in the half...After Pitt went up by 12, SU cut the margin back to eight points at thehalf...Pitt outscored SU 9-2 to take an early 15-point second half lead, but once again SU battled backto trail 58-54 with 8:37 to go...A Keith Benjamin 3-pointer put Pitt up by nine points with 6:49 to go,then a Carl Krauser 3-pointer gave Pitt a 69-57 lead with 3:27 left...Pitt never trailed in thecontest....Krauser scored a career-high 32 points...Krauser scored 30-plus points for the fourth timein his career and 20-plus points for the 21st time...Keith Benjamin hit double figures (11 points) forthe second time on the year...Pitt won its 12th consecutive home game...Pitt defeated Syracuse forthe third consecutive game and eighth time in the last 10 meetings.SYRACUSE 67 (15-5, 3-3 Big East)

tot-fg 3-pt reboundsPlayer fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minROBERTS, Terrence-f 3 9 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 5 6 2 1 2 1 36NICHOLS, Demetris-f 5 13 1 6 2 2 3 2 5 4 13 1 5 1 1 38WATKINS, Darryl-c 1 3 0 0 1 3 3 2 5 5 3 0 0 5 1 19McNAMARA, Gerry-g 8 24 2 12 0 0 0 3 3 1 18 6 4 0 2 39DEVENDORF, Eric-g 8 17 2 6 0 0 1 3 4 4 18 3 1 1 0 38RAUTINS, Andy 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4ONUAKU, Arinze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4GORMAN, Matt 2 4 1 2 0 0 3 2 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 13WRIGHT, Josh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1McCROSKEY, Louie 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 8

TEAM 4 2 6 1Totals.............. 29 73 6 27 3 5 16 22 38 26 67 12 13 10 5 200




TEAM 2 3 5Totals.............. 25 56 7 16 23 35 16 29 45 13 80 19 15 3 6 200


Officials: Jim Burr (R), Curtis Shaw, Tom Lopes; Technical fouls: Syracuse-ROBERTS, Terrence. PITT-KENDALL, Levon; Attendance: 12508.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalSyracuse 31 36 67Pitt 39 41 80

No. 12 PITT 77, MARQUETTE 7118 January 28, 2006 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

After falling behind by as many as 12 points (19-7), Pitt battled back to within a seven-point halftimedeficit (40-33)...Pitt used an 8-2 run to tie the game at 47-47 when Carl Krauser banked in a 3-pointer...Krauser’s steal and layup gave Pitt its first lead of the game, 49-47 with 11:34...Five minuteslater, Marquette grabbed the lead again at 58-56 on Joe Chapman’s jumper with 6:32 left...But Pittwent on a 10-0 run over the game’s next two minutes to grab an eight-point lead (66-58) with 4:02left...Pitt improved to 13-0 at home on the year...Antonio Graves scored a career-high 19 points...AaronGray became the first Pitt player to register 20 rebounds in a game since Gerald Jordan grabbed 20rebounds on Jan. 6, 1996 at West Virginia...Gray also notched his 10th double-double of the year...CarlKrauser passed Brandin Knight for 13th place on Pitt’s all-time scoring list...Marquette scored themost points (40) vs. Pitt in a half on the year...Pitt pulled down a season-high 19 offensive rebounds.MARQUETTE 71 (15-6, 5-3 Big East)

tot-fg 3-pt reboundsPlayer fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minNOVAK, Steve-f 3 9 2 5 0 0 2 4 6 5 8 1 1 0 0 34CHAPMAN, Joe-f 2 6 0 4 0 0 1 3 4 0 4 1 0 0 2 31BARRO, Ousmane-c 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 9JAMES, Dominic-g 7 15 2 4 0 0 2 4 6 3 16 3 0 0 4 30McNEAL, Jerel-g 5 12 0 2 0 4 0 2 2 4 10 5 3 1 3 34FITZGERALD, Dan 2 4 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 4 8 1 5 2 2 25GRIMM, Chris 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5KINSELLA, Mike 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 7AMOROSO, Ryan 5 7 2 3 2 4 2 3 5 2 14 1 1 1 0 18LOTT, Jamil 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 7

TEAM 1 0 1Totals.............. 29 63 8 21 5 12 9 21 30 20 71 14 11 4 11 200




TEAM 0 0 0Totals.............. 28 65 9 20 12 18 19 26 45 16 77 20 17 3 8 200


Officials: Jamie Luckie (R), Glenn Mayborg, Tim Higgins; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 12508.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalMarquette 40 31 71Pitt 33 44 77

No. 1 CONNECTICUT 80, No. 9 PITT 7619 January 31, 2006 • Gampel Pavilion • Storrs, Conn.

Pitt battled back from an early nine-point second half deficit (45-36 with 19:04 left), Pitt scored ninestraight points to tie the contest at 45-45 with 15:04 to go...Pitt pulled to within one point on a KeithBenjamin jumper (72-71 with 1:45 to go), but UConn’s Rudy Gay converted a 3-point play off a stealand layup and Marcus Williams hit 5-6 free throws to hold off the Panthers...Pitt dropped to 0-13 all-time against the nation’s No. 1 ranked team and lost its first game against a nationally rankedopponent...Aaron Gray notched his 11th double-double of the year...UConn’s 43 first half pointswere the most scored against Pitt in a half...Pitt converted a season-low two 3-pointers and wasoutrebounded 40-29...Sam Young became the 19th player to score in double figures off Pitt’s bench.PITT 76 (17-2, 6-2 Big East)


TEAM 1 0 1Totals.............. 29 66 2 20 16 18 12 17 29 26 76 15 12 3 10 200


CONNECTICUT 80 (19-1, 7-1 Big East)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minBOONE, Josh-f 7 10 0 0 2 3 3 4 7 4 16 0 1 3 0 27GAY, Rudy-f 9 16 1 3 3 4 1 2 3 2 22 1 0 1 4 36ARMSTRONG, Hilton-c 1 4 0 0 3 4 1 6 7 5 5 0 2 3 0 26WILLIAMS, Marcus-g 2 6 0 2 7 8 0 3 3 0 11 11 7 0 0 37AUSTRIE, Craig-g 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5JOHNSON, Marcus 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1ADRIEN, Jeff 1 3 0 0 1 2 3 2 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 19GARRISON, Rob 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1ANDERSON, Rashad 3 8 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 21NELSON, Ed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7BROWN, Denham 4 6 0 1 3 4 3 3 6 3 11 0 3 1 2 20

TEAM 3 3 6 1Totals.............. 27 56 2 13 24 30 14 26 40 18 80 13 16 9 6 200


Officials: Ed Corbett, Curtis Shaw, Karl Hess; Technical fouls: Pitt-TEAM. UConn-TEAM; Attendance:10167.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalPitt 34 42 76Connecticut 43 37 80



TEAM 2 3 5Totals.............. 22 51 6 17 8 10 11 24 35 13 58 14 15 2 2 200


GEORGETOWN 61 (16-4, 7-2 Big East)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minBOWMAN, Brandon-f 4 10 2 4 5 5 2 2 4 2 15 4 1 2 2 33GREEN, Jeff-f 9 14 4 7 0 2 1 3 4 2 22 2 2 0 0 39HIBBERT, Roy-c 3 7 0 0 1 2 0 4 4 1 7 1 2 0 1 26COOK, Ashanti-g 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 1 8 2 2 0 1 37Wallace, Jonathan-g 3 6 1 3 0 1 0 2 2 2 7 4 1 0 2 36OWENS, Darrel 0 4 0 3 2 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 23SAPP, Jessie 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2EGERSON, Marc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4

TEAM 0 3 3Totals.............. 23 49 7 20 8 12 5 18 23 10 61 14 8 2 7 200


Officials: Tom Lopes, Steve Welmer, John Higgins; Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 13284.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalPitt 35 23 58Georgetown 28 33 61

No. 17 GEORGETOWN 61, No. 9 PITT 5820 February 5, 2006 • MCI Center • Washington, D.C.

Georgetown’s a 9-0 spurt gave the Hoyas a 10-point lead (59-49) with 38 seconds left...Using 3-pointers from Carl Krauser and Ronald Ramon, Pitt cut its deficit to one point (59-58) with sixseconds left...GU’s Darrel Owens hit two free throws to give GU a three point lead with threeseconds...Ramon’s 3-pointer at the buzzer missed for Pitt...Pitt built an early 15-point lead (33-18)with 3:32 left in the first half...Georgetown cut the lead to seven at halftime (35-28), then graduallyclosed the gap...GU tied the game at 45-45 on Brandon Bowman’s layup with 11:14 left...Aaron Grayposted his third consecutive double-double and 12th double-double of the season...Georgetownsnapped Pitt’s four-game win streak in series games played in Washington, D.C....Georgetown wasPitt’s second of three consecutive contests against nationally ranked teams...Pitt fell to 3-2 vs. nation-ally ranked teams on the season.

PITT BASKETBALL • GAME RECAPS 35No. 14 PITT 57, No. 9 WEST VIRGINIA 5321 February 9, 2006 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pitt jumped out to a 32-24 early second half lead as it outscored WVU 10-2 over the first sevenminutes...Levon Kendall converted a layup, Carl Krauser hit a 3-pointer, Aaron Gray hit a layup andfoul shot and Sam Young finished a layup in the rally...Pitt held WVU to 34 percent shooting, 22.2percent 3-point shooting (6-27) and yielded the fewest points (53) to a Big East opponent on the yearin registering the win...Pitt, which trailed just once in the first half, led by as many as 10 points (40-30)with 10:12 to go and held off WVU the rest of the way for the win...On the year, Pitt improved to 14-0 at home and extended its home win streak to 14 games...Ronald Ramon scored a season-high 16points (10 first half points) and completed his fifth double figure scoring game in the last sevencontests...Pitt snapped a two-game losing streak and two-game losing streak to WVU...The contestmarked the first time in the 169-game, 100-year series that both Pitt and WVU entered the gameranked among the nation’s top-25...Pitt improved to 78-91 all-time vs. WVU...It was WVU’s first roadloss of the year...Pitt honored the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers at halftime.WEST VIRGINIA 53 (17-5, 8-1 Big East)

tot-fg 3-pt reboundsPlayer fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minGANSEY, Mike-f 3 7 1 4 5 6 1 6 7 2 12 0 3 0 1 33YOUNG, Frank-f 2 9 1 6 0 0 1 4 5 4 5 0 1 0 0 33PITTSNOGLE, Kevin-c 0 12 0 6 0 0 1 1 2 5 0 0 4 1 2 26COLLINS, J.D.-g 3 8 0 3 3 4 2 1 3 1 9 4 1 2 0 31HERBER, Johannes-g 4 6 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 9 2 0 0 2 25BEILEIN, Patrick 3 5 3 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 11 2 1 0 0 28NICHOLS, Darris 2 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 9RUOFF, Alex 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 5SUMMERS, Rob 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

TEAM 1 1 2 1Totals.............. 18 53 6 27 11 16 9 15 24 21 53 8 11 3 6 200




TEAM 2 1 3 1Totals.............. 19 41 5 11 14 22 9 27 36 15 57 14 19 3 3 200


Officials: Jim Burr (R), Mike Roberts, Doug Shows; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 12508.

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalWest Virginia 22 31 53Pitt 22 35 57

CINCINNATI 69 (16-9, 5-6 Big East)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minHICKS, Eric-f 4 12 1 3 6 6 1 3 4 3 15 0 2 1 0 31McGOWAN, Cedric-f 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 0 1 1 1 22WHITE, James-c 4 10 0 2 1 1 2 3 5 2 9 4 4 2 1 33DOWNEY, Devan-g 3 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 7 3 3 0 1 25MUHAMMAD, Jihad-g 9 16 3 8 0 0 1 2 3 3 21 1 3 0 1 35MOORE, Chadd 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 15TILFORD, Domonic 2 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 8MILLER, Branden 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4ALLEN, Ronald 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 8BARWIN, Connor 2 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 6 0 0 1 0 19

TEAM 0 1 1Totals.............. 27 64 4 19 11 13 8 17 25 20 69 12 16 6 4 200




TEAM 3 1 4Totals.............. 32 57 7 17 18 28 12 31 43 17 89 19 18 2 10 200


Officials: Bryan Kersey (R), Brian O’Connell, Les Jones; Technical fouls: None.Attendance: 12508.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalCincinnati 33 36 69Pitt 43 46 89

22 February 12, 2006 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.No. 14 PITT 89, CINCINNATI 69

Pitt built a 10-point halftime lead (43-33) with a five point run before intermission and held offCincinnati the rest of the way for the win...Pitt extended its lead to as many as 22 points late in thesecond half (87-65)...Pitt shot a then season-best 56.1 percent from the floor...Keith Benjaminscored a career-high 16 points fueled by a career-high three 3-pointers...Aaron Gray notched his 13thdouble-double on the year...Pitt improved to 15-0 at home and extended its home win streak to 15straight games...Jamie Dixon won his 70th career game...Pitt’s 10-point halftime lead was its largestagainst Big East competition.



TEAM 2 1 3Totals.............. 30 56 7 18 18 25 11 19 30 22 85 17 13 5 8 200


PROVIDENCE 77 (11-11, 4-7 Big East)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minMCDERMOTT, Geoff-f 1 3 0 0 3 6 2 8 10 4 5 3 6 0 1 32BURCH, Charlie-f 2 5 1 1 4 4 4 2 6 5 9 0 2 0 0 25HILL, Herbert-c 3 10 0 0 2 4 1 4 5 1 8 0 0 2 2 26MCGRATH, Donnie-g 10 16 6 10 2 2 0 0 0 4 28 3 3 0 0 38CURRY, Sharaud-g 3 9 1 4 0 0 2 1 3 2 7 2 2 0 2 39CROSS, Ray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+EFEJUKU, Weyinmi 3 4 0 0 6 6 3 1 4 5 12 1 2 0 0 17HANKE, Randall 2 6 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 1 6 0 1 2 0 16KALE, Jonathan 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 7

TEAM 0 0 0Totals.............. 25 54 8 15 19 25 13 18 31 23 77 9 16 4 5 200


Officials: Reggie Greenwood, Curtis Shaw, Pat Driscoll; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 9219.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalPitt 33 52 85Providence 37 40 77

23 February 15, 2006 • Dunkin’ Donuts Center • Providence, R.I.No. 9 PITT 85, PROVIDENCE 77

Pitt trailed by as many as nine first half points and held a 37-34 halftime deficit...Pitt’s Aaron Grayscored eight of his 22 points in the second half ’s first five minutes to rally Pitt...The Panthers even-tually grabbed the lead on a John DeGroat 3-pointer with 16:22 left...The Panthers took advantageof 60.7 percent (14-21) second half shooting to lead by as many as 14 points after intermission...Pittwon its 20th game of the season for a school record fifth consecutive year...Gray was 9-9 from thefloor and threatened Pitt’s game field goal percentage record (11-11, Brian Shorter)...Pitt won its fifthstraight matchup vs. Providence including two straight at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.



TEAM 0 1 1 1Totals.............. 30 55 9 23 13 22 9 24 33 21 82 19 14 1 3 200


MARQUETTE 84 (18-8, 8-5 Big East)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minNOVAK, Steve-f 8 18 5 13 6 6 1 2 3 1 27 3 1 0 0 37BARRO, Ousmane-f 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 2 5 3 1 0 1 1 2 17JAMES, Dominic-g 7 19 0 3 2 3 0 5 5 3 16 6 0 0 1 32McNEAL, Jerel-g 3 6 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 9 0 3 0 2 19CHAPMAN, Joe-g 3 5 2 3 1 2 0 3 3 1 9 3 0 0 1 25FITZGERALD, Dan 2 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 5 4 1 0 0 18BURKE, Dwight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 6MATTHEWS, Wesley 5 8 1 2 2 2 1 3 4 1 13 3 3 0 0 26GRIMM, Chris 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 2 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 15AMOROSO, Ryan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5

TEAM 1 1 2 1Totals.............. 29 60 10 25 16 21 10 21 31 24 84 19 12 1 6 200


Officials: Jim Burr, Frank Scagliotta, Fran Connolly; Technical fouls: #9/9 Pittsburgh-GRAY, Aaron.Marquette-None; Attendance: 19007.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalPitt 41 41 82Marquette 44 40 84

24 February 18, 2006 • Bradley Center • Milwaukee, Wis.MARQUETTE 84, No. 9 PITT 82

Pitt cut a 10-point deficit (68-58 with 9:39 left) to one point on a Carl Krauser layup with 3:07 in thegame...Marquette’s Steve Novak answered with a 3-pointer, but Pitt’s Ronald Ramon countered witha 3-pointer of his own for an 81-80 MU lead...Pitt missed two free throws with 24 seconds left,Marquette rebounded, Novak was fouled and converted two free throws...Trailing by three points(83-80), Pitt had one more possession, but Ramon’s 3-pointer missed and Aaron Gray converted alayup with 0:02 seconds left...Krauser passed Julius Page for 12th place on Pitt’s all-time career scoringlist...The loss snapped Pitt’s three-game win streak and two-game win streak at the Bradley Center...Theattendance of 19,007 was the largest to watch a college basketball game in Wisconsin state history.


PROVIDENCE 68 (12-13, 5-9 Big East)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minMCDERMOTT, Geoff-f 0 5 0 1 3 7 3 11 14 4 3 5 0 0 1 35BURCH, Charlie-f 1 6 0 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 23HILL, Herbert-c 7 10 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 15 0 2 1 0 23MCGRATH, Donnie-g 3 9 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 6 3 0 0 38CURRY, Sharaud-g 8 19 4 9 4 4 0 4 4 2 24 7 5 0 1 39CROSS, Ray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1EFEJUKU, Weyinmi 0 5 0 2 2 5 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 18HANKE, Randall 7 9 0 0 1 3 3 3 6 3 15 0 2 0 1 20KALE, Jonathan 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

TEAM 3 1 4 1Totals.............. 26 63 5 18 11 22 14 26 40 19 68 20 15 3 5 200




TEAM 1 2 3Totals.............. 28 60 7 19 18 25 10 27 37 18 81 23 9 4 6 200


Officials: Mike Kitts (R), Mike Stuart, Jeff Clark; Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 12719.

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalProvidence 27 41 68Pitt 41 40 81

25 February 25, 2006 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.No. 9 PITT 81, PROVIDENCE 68

Pitt shot 50.0 percent (16-32) and forced 11 Providence turnovers and in amassing a 41-27 halftimelead, its largest in Big East play on the year...PC used a 12-2 run to cut the deficit to as few as six points(55-49) with 10:16 to go, but Pitt answered with layups from Aaron Gray and Antonio Graves...Pittwon its 10th Big East regular season game for a school record fifth consecutive season...Pitt extendedits home win streak to 16 games and improved to 16-0 on the year at home...Carl Krauser became thesixth player in school history to reach the 100-win mark for a career...Pitt won its sixth straight vs.Providence and improved to 2-0 vs. the Friars in 2005-06...Pitt celebrated its Centennial year as thePanthers wore blue 1960s replica uniforms...Pitt also honored over 80 former players in a halftimepresentation...The Panthers also announced their 15-member All-Centennial Team...The atten-dance of 12,719 was the second largest on-campus crowd to witness a Pitt basketball game. PITT 62 (21-5, 10-5 Big East)

tot-fg 3-pt reboundsPlayer fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minDeGROAT, John-f 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1KENDALL, Levon-f 3 8 0 1 0 0 4 2 6 3 6 4 0 3 1 26GRAY, Aaron-c 3 5 0 0 1 2 1 6 7 2 7 1 4 0 0 27KRAUSER, Carl-g 3 16 0 3 4 4 2 3 5 1 10 4 3 0 0 31RAMON, Ronald-g 5 6 2 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 12 1 2 0 0 34BENJAMIN, Keith 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 6FIELDS, Levance 4 9 2 6 0 0 0 3 3 0 10 2 0 0 1 29GRAVES, Antonio 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 5 6 5 3 1 2 1 0 20YOUNG, Sam 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 12 0 4 0 1 23BIGGS, Tyrell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

TEAM 1 1 2Totals.............. 26 53 4 14 6 7 12 29 41 12 62 13 17 4 3 200


WEST VIRGINIA 67 (20-8, 11-4 Big East)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minGANSEY, Mike-f 2 8 0 4 4 5 1 6 7 0 8 5 1 0 1 35PITTSNOGLE, Kevin-c 9 21 5 12 3 4 1 3 4 2 26 2 1 1 2 39COLLINS, J.D.-g 3 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 7 2 2 0 1 26BEILEIN, Patrick-g 2 9 2 8 0 0 2 0 2 1 6 2 1 0 1 35HERBER, Johannes-g 6 12 4 8 0 0 1 2 3 3 16 2 0 0 2 36NICHOLS, Darris 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 14YOUNG, Frank 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 13RUOFF, Alex 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1SUMMERS, Rob 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

TEAM 2 1 3Totals.............. 24 60 12 36 7 9 9 15 24 11 67 17 6 1 8 200


Officials: Tim Higgins, Curtis Shaw, Jim Haney; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 14805.

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalPitt 30 32 62West Virginia 37 30 67

26 February 27, 2006 • WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, W.Va.

WVU grabbed an early 8-0 lead and led by as many as 13 points (19-6) early in the first half...Pitt useda 15-3 run to close the deficit to one point at 22-21 with 8:55 left in the first half...After leading 37-30at halftime, West Virginia led by as many as 11 points (41-30) with 17:49 left in the game...Once againPitt cut the lead with an 8-0 run...A Ronald Ramon 3-pointer pulled Pitt to within three points (61-58) with 1:43 to go...Pitt had an opportunity to close the gap on two different possessions but thePanthers couldn’t take advantage...WVU’s Johannes Herber followed with a layup, Carl Krauser cutthe deficit back to three points with two free throws and WVU’s Kevin Pittsnogle made it 65-60 WVUwith 18 seconds left...Pitt outrebounded WVU 41-27 and its bench outscored the Mountaineers 27-4...The contest marked WVU’s Senior Night.

No. 18 WEST VIRGINIA 67, No. 8 PITT 62

SETON HALL 65 (18-10, 9-7 Big East)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minWHITNEY, Kelly-f 8 18 0 0 5 9 5 4 9 3 21 1 1 0 0 34LAING, Brian-f 1 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 4 1 0 0 25BILLMEIER, Grant-c 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 3 4 2 1 1 0 25NUTTER, Jamar-g 3 7 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 3 1 0 1 24COPELAND, Donald-g 5 12 1 4 4 5 0 6 6 2 15 4 2 0 1 38MARSHALL, Carl 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5GAUSE, Paul 2 4 1 3 1 1 0 3 3 2 6 0 0 0 4 16GAINES, Stan 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 13PALMER, David 1 6 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 11COUSIN, Marcus 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 9

TEAM 2 2 4Totals.............. 24 59 4 14 13 20 11 22 33 19 65 15 6 2 6 200




TEAM 1 3 4 1Totals.............. 23 50 4 13 11 21 10 29 39 18 61 17 14 5 3 200


Officials: Pat Driscoll (R), Ted Hillary, Jamie Luckie; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 12508.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalSeton Hall 34 31 65Pitt 33 28 61

27 March 3, 2006 • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pitt led 54-50 with 6:12 left, but Seton Hall scored 15 of the game’s final 22 points to claim thewin...Kelly Whitney converted a 3-point play with 3:08 left and Donald Copeland followed with a 3-pointer to give Seton Hall a 61-57 lead with 1:58 to go...Pitt cut the lead to 63-61 on a dunk by AaronGray with 45 seconds...Trailing 63-61, Pitt had an opportunity to tie the game with two free throws,but both attempts missed...Pitt’s 16-game home win streak ended...Pitt dropped to 16-1 at home...Pitt’s52.4 percent free throw shooting was its lowest mark of the season...Aaron Gray posted his 14thdouble-double on the year...Levon Kendall scored a career-high 15 points...The contest markedPitt’s Senior Night as Carl Krauser, John DeGroat, Marcus Bowman and Charles Small were honoredin a pre-game ceremony.

SETON HALL 65, No. 8 PITT 61

LOUISVILLE 56 (18-12)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minWILLIAMS, Terrence-f 4 8 2 6 1 2 1 7 8 2 11 1 3 1 1 32PALACIOS, Juan-f 1 8 0 2 0 0 0 4 4 5 2 0 1 1 0 32JOHNSON, Brian-c 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 9DEAN, Taquan-g 4 13 3 10 4 4 0 2 2 3 15 3 4 0 1 34JENKINS, Brandon-g 0 4 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 0 1 27GIANINY, Brad 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1CURRENT, Chris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1MILLARD, Chad 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 12HUFFMAN, Jonathan 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4McGEE, Andre 6 9 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 14 3 2 0 0 25FARLEY, Terrance 1 4 0 0 4 4 2 2 4 5 6 0 0 4 0 23

TEAM 2 3 5Totals.............. 18 53 6 22 14 15 9 21 30 24 56 9 14 6 4 200



Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minKENDALL, Levon-f 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 4 6 0 1 4 0 19GRAY, Aaron-c 4 13 0 0 6 11 5 8 13 1 14 0 3 2 1 31BENJAMIN, Keith-g 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 18RAMON, Ronald-g 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 5 0 0 0 1 30KRAUSER, Carl-g 6 13 1 2 6 8 4 3 7 1 19 2 3 0 4 30FIELDS, Levance 3 4 1 1 2 4 0 1 1 3 9 1 1 0 1 22BIGGS, Tyrell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6GRAVES, Antonio 1 4 1 4 3 4 0 2 2 4 6 1 2 0 1 20YOUNG, Sam 1 5 0 1 0 0 2 5 7 1 2 1 4 1 2 24

TEAM 2 0 2 3Totals.............. 19 50 4 10 19 29 17 26 43 18 61 5 18 7 10 200


Officials: Jim Burr, Pat Driscoll, Ed Corbett; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 19594.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalLouisville 16 40 56Pitt 39 22 61

28 March 8, 2006 • Big East Championship First Round • New York, N.Y.No. 15 PITT 61, LOUISVILLE 56

Pitt scored the game’s first 16 points en route to amassing a 28-point first half lead (33-5) with 4:38left...It led 39-16 at the half, its second largest halftime lead of the season and largest lead in Big EastChampionship history...Carl Krauser led Pitt with 13 first half points...Louisville shot 20.8 percent (5-24) and was outrebounded 27-9 in the first half...In the second half, Louisville battled all the way backand trailed by as few as three points with 32 seconds left, but Pitt converted four free throws in thegame’s closing minutes to advance to the Big East Championship’s Second Round...Carl Krauserbecame the first player in school history to surpass 1,500 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists in acareer...Sophomore Keith Benjamin made his first career start.



Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minBENJAMIN, Keith-f 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 1 3 0 3 1 0 12YOUNG, Sam-f 2 5 0 0 1 1 3 2 5 2 5 0 2 1 1 23GRAY, Aaron-c 2 9 0 0 1 2 3 4 7 1 5 1 1 1 0 28RAMON, Ronald-g 3 6 0 3 2 2 0 2 2 3 8 3 2 1 1 30KRAUSER, Carl-g 2 7 1 5 4 6 1 4 5 4 9 6 3 0 0 20FIELDS, Levance 6 13 2 6 0 2 1 1 2 1 14 1 1 0 1 29BIGGS, Tyrell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4KENDALL, Levon 0 1 0 0 6 6 1 6 7 0 6 0 1 0 0 23GRAVES, Antonio 7 12 3 6 1 2 3 2 5 2 18 1 2 0 1 31

TEAM 5 4 9Totals.............. 23 56 7 23 15 21 17 28 45 14 68 12 15 4 4 200


VILLANOVA 54 (25-4)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minSHERIDAN, Will-f 1 4 0 0 2 2 2 3 5 5 4 0 0 2 2 34LOWRY, Kyle-g 3 8 0 0 4 6 2 1 3 5 10 3 3 0 2 27FOYE, Randy-g 10 25 4 14 2 3 2 6 8 1 26 2 4 2 1 36NARDI, Mike-g 2 9 2 6 0 0 0 3 3 2 6 1 2 0 2 38RAY, Allan-g 1 4 1 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 20BENN, Bilal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2CHARLES, Chris 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 2 0 8CUNNINGHAM, Dante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 15CLARK, Shane 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 20

TEAM 2 1 3Totals.............. 19 54 7 24 9 13 9 18 27 22 54 7 11 7 8 200


Officials: Jim Burr, Pat Driscoll, James Haney; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 19594.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalPitt 32 36 68Villanova 21 33 54

SYRACUSE 65 (23-11)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minROBERTS, Terrence-f 6 8 0 0 1 2 1 4 5 4 13 2 2 3 1 31NICHOLS, Demetris-f 5 7 4 5 1 3 0 6 6 2 15 0 0 1 3 34WATKINS, Darryl-c 4 11 0 0 1 2 7 4 11 1 9 2 2 3 0 39McNAMARA, Gerry-g 5 12 3 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 14 6 5 0 0 38DEVENDORF, Eric-g 3 8 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 9 3 2 0 2 31ONUAKU, Arinze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1GORMAN, Matt 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9WRIGHT, Josh 0 2 0 1 4 4 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 6McCROSKEY, Louie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 11

TEAM 1 6 7 1Totals.............. 23 51 8 16 11 17 10 25 35 17 65 13 13 7 6 200



Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minBENJAMIN, Keith-f 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 9YOUNG, Sam-f 4 9 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 1 9 1 3 2 1 26GRAY, Aaron-c 5 12 0 0 4 7 7 5 12 3 14 3 3 0 1 30RAMON, Ronald-g 0 4 0 4 2 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 21KRAUSER, Carl-g 5 15 4 10 2 2 1 3 4 2 16 5 3 0 0 35FIELDS, Levance 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 25BIGGS, Tyrell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2KENDALL, Levon 1 6 0 0 1 2 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 3 22GRAVES, Antonio 4 7 4 7 2 2 1 0 1 4 14 2 2 2 0 30

TEAM 1 5 6 1Totals.............. 20 60 8 25 13 18 16 18 34 13 61 17 12 4 7 200


Officials: Jim Burr, Tim Higgins, Ed Corbett; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 19594.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalSyracuse 34 31 65Pitt 25 36 61

29 March 9, 2006 • Big East Championship Quarterfinal • New York, N.Y.No. 15 PITT 68, No. 18 WEST VIRGINIA 57


Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minBENJAMIN, Keith-f 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10YOUNG, Sam-f 7 8 0 0 0 0 5 6 11 3 14 1 4 2 0 32GRAY, Aaron-c 7 17 0 0 5 6 9 6 15 2 19 2 3 0 1 33RAMON, Ronald-g 3 8 2 7 2 2 0 2 2 1 10 1 1 0 1 27KRAUSER, Carl-g 2 9 1 2 5 6 1 5 6 3 10 6 1 0 1 37DeGROAT, John 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5FIELDS, Levance 4 7 1 1 1 1 1 5 6 1 10 3 1 0 0 30BIGGS, Tyrell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7GRAVES, Antonio 2 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 0 19

TEAM 1 1 2Totals.............. 25 57 4 13 14 16 18 26 44 14 68 14 11 2 3 200


WEST VIRGINIA 57 (20-10)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minGANSEY, Mike-f 2 6 1 2 5 6 3 2 5 0 10 0 1 0 1 27YOUNG, Frank-f 2 8 0 5 0 0 2 3 5 2 4 2 1 0 0 30PITTSNOGLE, Kevin-c 7 17 5 11 3 4 0 2 2 3 22 0 2 0 0 39COLLINS, J.D.-g 3 6 2 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 3 0 0 0 27HERBER, Johannes-g 2 6 2 4 2 2 0 1 1 4 8 4 1 1 0 36NICHOLS, Darris 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 13RUOFF, Alex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2BEILEIN, Patrick 1 8 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 25SUMMERS, Rob 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

TEAM 3 4 7 1Totals.............. 18 53 11 33 10 12 10 15 25 17 57 12 7 2 2 200


Officials: Mike Kitts, Reggie Greenwood, Gary Prager; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 19594.Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalPitt 24 44 68West Virginia 31 26 57

30 March 10, 2006 • Big East Championship Semifinal • New York, N.Y.No. 15 PITT 68, No. 2 VILLANOVA 54

31 March 11, 2006 • Big East Championship Final • New York, N.Y.SYRACUSE 65, No. 15 PITT 61

Pitt battled all the way back from a 15-point first half deficit...Pitt trailed 25-10 with 9:40 left in thefirst half before trimming the lead to nine points at halftime...Carl Krauser hit two free throws, AaronGray converted a 3-point play and Sam Young hit a layup as Pitt scored seven straight points to grabits first lead of the game, 48-47, with 8:34 left in the contest...SU’s Gerry McNamara answered with a3-pointer to take the lead back...SU built a five point lead (63-58) with 18 seconds to go, but Krauseranswered with a clutch 3-pointer to pull within two points...SU’s Josh Wright converted four freethrows in the final 18 seconds to secure the Orange’s lead..The contest was Pitt’s fifth Big East titlegame appearance in school history and fifth appearance in the last six years...SU’s Gerry McNamarawas named tournament MVP, while Pitt’s Carl Krauser and Aaron Gray garnered Big East All-Tournament honors...Gray set a Big East Championship record for most rebounds in a tournamentwith 47 boards in Pitt’s four games...Krauser concluded his career ranked third among school scoringleaders with 134 points in the Big East Tournament.

Fueled by a 23-11 rebounding edge and 16 combined points from Levance Fields (nine) and AntonioGraves (seven), Pitt built a secure 11-point halftime lead (32-21)...Pitt took control of the gamemidway through the first half as it outscored Villanova 13-4 over a five minute span...Pitt pushed itslead to as many as 18 points (56-38) with 6:40 left in the game on consecutive 3-pointers from Gravesand Carl Krauser...Pitt outrebounded Villanova 45-27 and grabbed 17 offensive rebounds in thecontest...Pitt’s bench combined for 38 of Pitt’s 68 points in the win...Fields and Graves combined for32 points and 13-25 field goals including five 3-pointers...The win advanced Pitt to the Big EastChampionship title game, the second time in school history that Pitt earned a title game appearanceafter winning three straight games (2001 was the other season).

Pitt outscored WVU 44-26, outrebounded the Mountaineers 26-8 and shot 51.7 percent in thesecond half as it erased a seven-point halftime deficit...WVU’s Kevin Pittsnogle and John Beileinboth converted 3-pointers to cut Pitt’s lead to two points (59-57) with 1:08 to go in the game...ThePanthers converted 7-8 free throws in the game’s final 1:08 to secure the victory...Aaron Gray (19 pts/15 reb.) and Sam Young (14 pts/11 reb.) both registered double-doubles...It was Gray’s 16th double-double of the year...Young made his first career start as Levon Kendall missed the contest due to aback injury...The two schools met for the first postseason matchup since the 1982 Eastern 8 Tourna-ment title game...Pitt won two of three games vs. WVU on the year and improved to 79-92 all-timein the 100-year series.

KENT STATE 64 (25-9)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minSCOTT, Mike-f 4 8 1 2 0 0 3 2 5 1 9 0 2 0 0 30GERWIG, Nate-c 1 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 9YOUNGBLOOD, Jay-g 3 10 2 4 2 2 0 3 3 0 10 3 1 1 1 35HAYNES, DeAndre-g 2 10 1 5 2 2 1 1 2 3 7 3 3 0 3 38GATES, Armon-g 2 5 2 5 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 2 0 0 1 20KNIGHT, Isaac 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 4 0 1 0 0 10SMITH, Omni 4 8 2 4 0 0 2 1 3 3 10 4 0 0 0 20MINCY, Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7SULLINGER, Julian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+WARZYNSKI, Kevin 5 10 1 2 4 7 1 3 4 3 15 0 2 0 1 31

TEAM 3 3 6Totals.............. 23 59 9 22 9 13 14 15 29 19 64 12 10 1 6 200



Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minKENDALL, Levon-f 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 5 10 2 3 1 0 20GRAY, Aaron-c 6 6 0 0 5 5 3 10 13 3 17 0 3 5 0 32RAMON, Ronald-g 6 6 2 2 2 3 0 1 1 0 16 1 1 0 0 29KRAUSER, Carl-g 4 10 2 4 1 3 0 2 2 2 11 9 2 0 1 36GRAVES, Antonio-g 1 5 0 4 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 33FIELDS, Levance 4 6 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 2 1 1 1 24SMALL, Charles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+HUDSON, Doyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2YOUNG, Sam 5 7 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 2 12 1 0 0 1 24BOWMAN, Marcus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+

TEAM 0 1 1Totals.............. 31 46 6 14 11 15 4 24 28 13 79 18 12 7 4 200


Officials: David Hall, John Caldwell, Tom Eades; Technical fouls: None; Attendance: 22157.

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalKent State 27 37 64Pittsburgh 40 39 79

32 March 17, 2006 • NCAA Tournament First Round • Auburn Hills, Mich.No. 16 PITT 79, KENT STATE 64

Ronald Ramon scored 10 of his 16 points and Pitt used 68 percent first half shooting (17-25) to builda 40-27 first half lead...Pitt led by as many as 20 points (34-14) at the 6:46 mark in the first half...Pittscored 14 of the second half ’s first 18 points to lead by 25 points (56-31) with 13:46 left, its largest leadof the game...KSU cut the margin to 12 points but that was as close as the Golden Flashes came...Pittset school, NCAA Tournament and season records for field goal percentage with a 67.4 percent clip(31-46)...The mark surpassed the previous record of 66.1 percent set vs. Providence on Feb. 10,1990...Aaron Gray notched his 18th double-double of the year...A season-high six Pitt players reacheddouble figure scoring...Antonio Graves made his first start of the year...Pitt won its fifth NCAATournament first round game over the last five seasons...Pitt improved to 8-8 all-time vs. Kent State.


BRADLEY 72 (22-10)tot-fg 3-pt rebounds

Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minSOMMERVILLE, M.-f 5 14 1 2 7 8 0 6 6 1 18 1 1 0 1 39O’BRYANT, Patrick-c 10 17 0 0 8 9 3 4 7 1 28 0 3 1 2 30BENNETT, Tony-g 1 7 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 26TAUAI, J.J.-g 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 20RUFFIN, Daniel-g 0 3 0 1 4 4 0 1 1 3 4 4 0 0 3 26FRANKLIN, Will 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 19ANDREWS, Zach 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 9WRIGHT, Lawrence 4 11 0 0 6 7 7 2 9 3 14 3 2 0 2 29ADAMS, Danny 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

TEAM 2 5 7Totals.............. 22 59 2 6 26 32 16 24 40 16 72 14 8 2 8 200



Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s minKENDALL, Levon-f 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 5 6 4 5 1 1 1 0 26GRAY, Aaron-c 5 11 0 0 2 2 1 3 4 4 12 0 3 0 1 22RAMON, Ronald-g 3 9 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 4 8 1 2 0 0 33KRAUSER, Carl-g 6 13 1 6 4 4 2 4 6 4 17 5 6 0 0 31GRAVES, Antonio-g 0 8 0 4 0 0 1 4 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 23DeGROAT, John 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+FIELDS, Levance 6 10 3 4 3 3 3 2 5 1 18 1 2 0 1 35HUDSON, Doyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5YOUNG, Sam 3 8 0 2 0 0 1 3 4 2 6 2 0 1 0 25

TEAM 2 0 2Totals.............. 25 61 6 20 10 11 12 26 38 23 66 11 14 2 2 200


Officials: Scott Thornley, Mark Reischling, David Libbey; Technical fouls: Bradley-None. Pitt-GRAY, Aaron;Attendance: 19689.

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalBradley 30 42 72Pitt 29 37 66

33 March 19, 2006 • NCAA Tournament Second Round • Auburn Hills, Mich.BRADLEY 72, No. 16 PITT 66

Trailing 35-34, Bradley took control of the game with a 9-0 run over a two-minute second halfspan...Including the 9-0 run, Bradley outscored Pitt 19-4 to take a 14-point lead (53-39) with 8:52 togo in the game...Pitt closed the gap to as few as four points (70-66) on a Carl Krauser 3-pointer with11 seconds left, but Bradley held on for the win...Bradley sealed the win by converting 14-14 freethrows in game’s final 2:26...Bradley led by as many as 12 points (18-6) in the early going, but Pitt scoredeight straight points to get back in the game...Levance Fields’ 3-pointer cut Bradley’s lead to one point(30-29) at halftime...Fields surpassed career-highs for points (18) and minutes played (35)...SeniorCarl Krauser played his final game and concluded his four-year career at Pitt with a 104-27record...Aaron Gray became the first Pitt player since Jerome Lane in 1987-88 to conclude a seasonaveraging a double-double with 13.9 points and 10.9 rebounds per game...Pitt concluded its seasonwith a 25-8 record...The 25 wins ranks tied for fourth among Pitt’s all-time winningest seasons.

2005-06 Pitt Men's Basketball Statistics PITT Season Schedule/Results & Leaders (2005-06 Final Statistics) 2005-06 Statistics

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (25-8) (16-1) (5-5) (4-2) CONFERENCE.......... (10-6) (7-1) (3-5) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (15-2) (9-0) (2-0) (4-2)

DATE TIME OPPONENT SCORE ATTEND HIGH POINTS HIGH REBOUNDS---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/19/05 7:30 PM SAINT PETER'S W 82-71 9040 (17)GRAY, Aaron (11)GRAY, Aaron 11/23/05 7:30 PM ROBERT MORRIS W 86-59 6811 (27)KRAUSER, Carl (9)KENDALL, Levon 11/26/05 7:30 PM MAINE W 62-49 8310 (15)GRAY, Aaron (13)GRAY, Aaron 11/29/05 7:30 PM ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 79-58 7263 (22)GRAY, Aaron (11)GRAY, Aaron 12/04/05 7:30 PM AUBURN W 78-41 9527 (14)KRAUSER, Carl (10)KENDALL, Levon 12/07/05 8:05 PM at Duquesne W 71-60 4546 (23)KRAUSER, Carl (17)GRAY, Aaron 12/10/05 2:00 PM PENN STATE W 91-54 10461 (20)KRAUSER, Carl (12)GRAY, Aaron 12/17/05 4:00 PM VERMONT W 63-52 8993 (21)KRAUSER, Carl (12)GRAY, Aaron 12/21/05 7:30 PM COPPIN STATE W 77-51 8698 (14)GRAY, Aaron (8)KRAUSER, Carl 12/28/05 7:00 PM at South Carolina W 58-51 9579 (16)YOUNG, Sam (13)GRAY, Aaron 12/31/05 6:00 PM WISCONSIN W 73-64 11580 (22)KRAUSER, Carl (5)GRAY, Aaron (5)YOUNG, Sam 01/04/06 7:00 PM * NOTRE DAME WOT 100-97 12508 (25)GRAY, Aaron (12)YOUNG, Sam 01/12/06 9:00 PM * DEPAUL W 73-65 12168 (20)GRAY, Aaron (12)GRAY, Aaron 01/15/06 1:04 PM * at LOUISVILLE W 61-57 19947 (13)FIELDS, Levance (12)GRAY, Aaron 01/18/06 8:00 PM * at Rutgers W 76-68 8065 (20)GRAY, Aaron (13)KENDALL, Levon 01/21/06 12:00 PM * at St. John's 50-55 L 6942 (14)GRAY, Aaron (9)GRAY, Aaron 01/23/06 7:00 PM * SYRACUSE W 80-67 12508 (32)KRAUSER, Carl (11)GRAY, Aaron 01/28/06 12:00 PM * MARQUETTE W 77-71 12508 (19)GRAVES, Antonio (20)GRAY, Aaron 01/31/06 7:30 PM * at CONNECTICUT 76-80 L 10167 (23)GRAY, Aaron (12)GRAY, Aaron 02/05/06 12:00 PM * at Georgetown 58-61 L 13284 (15)GRAY, Aaron (11)GRAY, Aaron 02/09/06 9:00 PM * WEST VIRGINIA W 57-53 12508 (16)RAMON, Ronald (8)GRAY, Aaron (16)GRAY, Aaron 02/12/06 2:00 PM * CINCINNATI W 89-69 12508 (18)KRAUSER, Carl (10)GRAY, Aaron 02/15/06 7:34 PM * at Providence College W 85-77 9219 (22)GRAY, Aaron (9)GRAY, Aaron 02/18/06 8:00 PM * at Marquette 82-84 L 19007 (18)KRAUSER, Carl (7)GRAY, Aaron 02/25/06 7:30 PM * PROVIDENCE W 81-68 12719 (18)GRAVES, Antonio (9)GRAY, Aaron 02/27/06 7:00 PM * at West Virginia 62-67 L 14805 (12)RAMON, Ronald (7)GRAY, Aaron (12)YOUNG, Sam 03/03/06 7:30 PM * SETON HALL 61-65 L 12508 (17)GRAY, Aaron (12)GRAY, Aaron 03/08/06 9:00 PM % vs Louisville W 61-56 19594 (19)KRAUSER, Carl (13)GRAY, Aaron 03/09/06 9:00 PM % vs West Virginia W 68-57 19594 (19)GRAY, Aaron (15)GRAY, Aaron 03/10/06 9:00 PM % vs Villanova W 68-54 19594 (18)GRAVES, Antonio (7)KENDALL, Levon (7)GRAY, Aaron 03/11/06 8:00 PM % vs Syracuse 61-65 L 19594 (16)KRAUSER, Carl (12)GRAY, Aaron 03/17/06 7:10 PM + vs Kent State W 79-64 19400 (17)GRAY, Aaron (13)GRAY, Aaron 03/19/06 12:10 PM + vs Bradley 66-72 L 19689 (18)FIELDS, Levance (6)KENDALL, Levon (6)KRAUSER, Carl

+ = NCAA First & Second Rounds, The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Mich. % = Big East Championship, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. * = Conference game

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY GAMES TOTALS AVG/GAME HOME.................... 17 180618 10625 AWAY.................... 10 115561 11557 NEUTRAL................. 6 117465 19578 TOTAL................... 33 413644 12535

2005-06 Pitt Men's Basketball Statistics PITT Combined Team Statistics (2005-06 Final Statistics) 2005-06 Statistics

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (25-8) (16-1) (5-5) (4-2) CONFERENCE.......... (10-6) (7-1) (3-5) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (15-2) (9-0) (2-0) (4-2)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 KRAUSER, Carl...... 33-33 1054 31.9 157-391 .402 67-182 .368 113-155 .729 26 115 141 4.3 92 2 160 103 0 53 494 15.0 33 GRAY, Aaron........ 33-33 920 27.9 170-323 .526 0-0 .000 118-186 .634 121 224 345 10.5 86 2 60 88 49 21 458 13.9 04 RAMON, Ronald...... 33-29 822 24.9 81-175 .463 49-118 .415 54-65 .831 7 39 46 1.4 60 0 73 34 1 22 265 8.0 23 YOUNG, Sam......... 33-3 672 20.4 98-188 .521 4-21 .190 61-88 .693 59 85 144 4.4 45 0 28 50 20 22 261 7.9 14 KENDALL, Levon..... 32-30 763 23.8 82-166 .494 4-26 .154 56-78 .718 72 101 173 5.4 96 3 50 36 34 24 224 7.0 02 FIELDS, Levance.... 33-4 715 21.7 77-157 .490 32-74 .432 38-57 .667 15 53 68 2.1 27 0 73 37 1 26 224 6.8 22 GRAVES, Antonio.... 33-2 611 18.5 56-148 .378 23-82 .280 31-44 .705 11 65 76 2.3 57 1 49 30 5 9 166 5.0 01 BENJAMIN, Keith.... 31-4 469 15.1 55-128 .430 14-36 .389 19-32 .594 30 59 89 2.9 33 0 30 19 4 10 143 4.6 00 DeGROAT, John...... 29-27 311 10.7 34-81 .420 12-37 .324 3-5 .600 14 32 46 1.6 31 0 14 29 6 12 83 2.9 05 BIGGS, Tyrell...... 31-0 254 8.2 23-59 .390 0-0 .000 10-13 .769 15 20 35 1.1 29 0 4 13 8 3 56 1.8 21 HUDSON, Doyle...... 12-0 37 3.1 6-12 .500 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 7 8 15 1.3 8 0 0 3 0 1 14 1.2 24 BOWMAN, Marcus..... 8-0 13 1.6 1-9 .111 1-8 .125 0-2 .000 1 1 2 0.3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.4 15 SMALL, Charles..... 8-0 9 1.1 0-5 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM............... 44 56 100 3.0 0 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total.............. 33 6650 840-1842 .456 206-585 .352 505-729 .693 422 859 1281 38.8 565 8 541 452 128 203 2391 72.5 Opponents.......... 33 6650 740-1849 .400 224-647 .346 378-561 .674 341 689 1030 31.2 653 - 404 429 116 186 2082 63.1

TEAM STATISTICS PITT OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND --------------------------------------------------- ------------ -------------------- --- ----- ------ SCORING.................. 2391 2082 11/19/05 SAINT PETER'S W 82-71 9040 Points per game........ 72.5 63.1 11/23/05 ROBERT MORRIS W 86-59 6811 Scoring margin......... +9.4 - 11/26/05 MAINE W 62-49 8310 FIELD GOALS-ATT.......... 840-1842 740-1849 11/29/05 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 79-58 7263 Field goal pct......... .456 .400 12/04/05 AUBURN W 78-41 9527 3 POINT FG-ATT........... 206-585 224-647 12/07/05 at Duquesne W 71-60 4546 3-point FG pct......... .352 .346 12/10/05 PENN STATE W 91-54 10461 3-pt FG made per game.. 6.2 6.8 12/17/05 VERMONT W 63-52 8993 FREE THROWS-ATT.......... 505-729 378-561 12/21/05 COPPIN STATE W 77-51 8698 Free throw pct......... .693 .674 12/28/05 at South Carolina W 58-51 9579 REBOUNDS................. 1281 1030 12/31/05 WISCONSIN W 73-64 11580 Rebounds per game...... 38.8 31.2 *01/04/06 NOTRE DAME W O2 100-97 12508 Rebounding margin...... +7.6 - *01/12/06 DEPAUL W 73-65 12168 ASSISTS.................. 541 404 *01/15/06 at LOUISVILLE W 61-57 19947 Assists per game....... 16.4 12.2 *01/18/06 at Rutgers W 76-68 8065 TURNOVERS................ 452 429 *01/21/06 at St. John's L 50-55 6942 Turnovers per game..... 13.7 13.0 *01/23/06 SYRACUSE W 80-67 12508 Turnover margin........ -0.7 - *01/28/06 MARQUETTE W 77-71 12508 Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.2 0.9 *01/31/06 at CONNECTICUT L 76-80 10167 STEALS................... 203 186 *02/05/06 at Georgetown L 58-61 13284 Steals per game........ 6.2 5.6 *02/09/06 WEST VIRGINIA W 57-53 12508 BLOCKS................... 128 116 *02/12/06 CINCINNATI W 89-69 12508 Blocks per game........ 3.9 3.5 *02/15/06 at Providence College W 85-77 9219 WINNING STREAK........... 0 - *02/18/06 at Marquette L 82-84 19007 Home win streak........ 0 - *02/25/06 PROVIDENCE W 81-68 12719 ATTENDANCE............... 180618 233026 *02/27/06 at West Virginia L 62-67 14805 Home games-Avg/Game.... 17-10625 10-11556 *03/03/06 SETON HALL L 61-65 12508 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 6-19578 %03/08/06 vs Louisville W 61-56 19594 %03/09/06 vs West Virginia W 68-57 19594 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total %03/10/06 vs Villanova W 68-54 19594 ------------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- %03/11/06 vs Syracuse L 61-65 19594 PITT..................... 1109 1259 16 7 - 2391 +03/17/06 vs Kent State W 79-64 19400 Opponents................ 959 1103 16 4 - 2082 +03/19/06 vs Bradley L 66-72 19689 + = NCAA First & Second Rounds, The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Mich. % = Big East Championship, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. * = Conference game

2005-06 Pitt Men's Basketball Statistics PITT Team Game-by-Game (2005-06 Final Statistics) 2005-06 Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS

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Opponent Date Score W/L FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A TO Blk Stl Pts---Avg

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SAINT PETER'S 11/19/05 82-71 W 27-63 .429 10-21 .476 18-27 .667 15 31 46 46.0 14 16 12 4 6 82 82.0

ROBERT MORRIS 11/23/05 86-59 W 31-59 .525 9-24 .375 15-24 .625 16 23 39 42.5 17 20 15 5 10 86 84.0

MAINE 11/26/05 62-49 W 22-59 .373 6-22 .273 12-19 .632 9 31 40 41.7 14 18 11 7 7 62 76.7

ST. FRANCIS (NY) 11/29/05 79-58 W 27-56 .482 4-20 .200 21-28 .750 11 25 36 40.2 10 17 11 6 11 79 77.2

AUBURN 12/04/05 78-41 W 29-56 .518 12-21 .571 8-12 .667 18 23 41 40.4 20 19 15 4 7 78 77.4

at Duquesne 12/07/05 71-60 W 23-52 .442 6-18 .333 19-28 .679 10 33 43 40.8 20 17 16 2 6 71 76.3

PENN STATE 12/10/05 91-54 W 37-79 .468 8-24 .333 9-15 .600 24 25 49 42.0 21 18 10 4 7 91 78.4

VERMONT 12/17/05 63-52 W 21-52 .404 5-18 .278 16-22 .727 11 27 38 41.5 17 15 13 2 8 63 76.5

COPPIN STATE 12/21/05 77-51 W 24-48 .500 9-20 .450 20-24 .833 11 28 39 41.2 13 21 13 6 4 77 76.6

at South Carolina 12/28/05 58-51 W 18-47 .383 5-18 .278 17-21 .810 13 25 38 40.9 19 10 17 2 6 58 74.7

WISCONSIN 12/31/05 73-64 W 27-49 .551 5-12 .417 14-24 .583 7 25 32 40.1 23 18 14 4 8 73 74.5

NOTRE DAME 01/04/06 100-97 Wot 32-65 .492 6-15 .400 30-46 .652 13 38 51 41.0 22 30 15 6 4 100 76.7

DEPAUL 01/12/06 73-65 W 24-49 .490 5-10 .500 20-28 .714 10 20 30 40.2 14 16 11 9 5 73 76.4

at LOUISVILLE 01/15/06 61-57 W 20-53 .377 7-19 .368 14-24 .583 13 26 39 40.1 18 15 13 2 8 61 75.3

at Rutgers 01/18/06 76-68 W 24-61 .393 4-14 .286 24-32 .750 15 28 43 40.3 18 14 7 3 5 76 75.3

at St. John's 01/21/06 50-55 L 19-54 .352 3-16 .188 9-14 .643 11 21 32 39.8 19 10 14 1 9 50 73.8

SYRACUSE 01/23/06 80-67 W 25-56 .446 7-16 .438 23-35 .657 16 29 45 40.1 13 19 15 3 6 80 74.1

MARQUETTE 01/28/06 77-71 W 28-65 .431 9-20 .450 12-18 .667 19 26 45 40.3 16 20 17 3 8 77 74.3

at CONNECTICUT 01/31/06 76-80 L 29-66 .439 2-20 .100 16-18 .889 12 17 29 39.7 26 15 12 3 10 76 74.4

at Georgetown 02/05/06 58-61 L 22-51 .431 6-17 .353 8-10 .800 11 24 35 39.5 13 14 15 2 2 58 73.6

WEST VIRGINIA 02/09/06 57-53 W 19-41 .463 5-11 .455 14-22 .636 9 27 36 39.3 15 14 19 3 3 57 72.8

CINCINNATI 02/12/06 89-69 W 32-57 .561 7-17 .412 18-28 .643 12 31 43 39.5 17 19 18 2 10 89 73.5

at Providence College 02/15/06 85-77 W 30-56 .536 7-18 .389 18-25 .720 11 19 30 39.1 22 17 13 5 8 85 74.0

at Marquette 02/18/06 82-84 L 30-55 .545 9-23 .391 13-22 .591 9 24 33 38.8 21 19 14 1 3 82 74.3

PROVIDENCE 02/25/06 81-68 W 28-60 .467 7-19 .368 18-25 .720 10 27 37 38.8 18 23 9 4 6 81 74.6

at West Virginia 02/27/06 62-67 L 26-53 .491 4-14 .286 6-7 .857 12 29 41 38.8 12 13 17 4 3 62 74.1

SETON HALL 03/03/06 61-65 L 23-50 .460 4-13 .308 11-21 .524 10 29 39 38.9 18 17 14 5 3 61 73.6

vs Louisville 03/08/06 61-56 W 19-50 .380 4-10 .400 19-29 .655 17 26 43 39.0 18 5 18 7 10 61 73.2

vs West Virginia 03/09/06 68-57 W 25-57 .439 4-13 .308 14-16 .875 18 26 44 39.2 14 14 11 2 3 68 73.0

vs Villanova 03/10/06 68-54 W 23-56 .411 7-23 .304 15-21 .714 17 28 45 39.4 14 12 15 4 4 68 72.8

vs Syracuse 03/11/06 61-65 L 20-60 .333 8-25 .320 13-18 .722 16 18 34 39.2 13 17 12 4 7 61 72.5

vs Kent State 03/17/06 79-64 W 31-46 .674 6-14 .429 11-15 .733 4 24 28 38.8 13 18 12 7 4 79 72.7

vs Bradley 03/19/06 66-72 L 25-61 .410 6-20 .300 10-11 .909 12 26 38 38.8 23 11 14 2 2 66 72.5

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PITT 2391 840-1842 .456 206-585 .352 505-729 .693 422 859 1281 38.8 565 541 452 128 203 2391 72.5

Opponents 2082 740-1849 .400 224-647 .346 378-561 .674 341 689 1030 31.2 653 404 429 116 186 2082 63.1

Games played: 33 Rebounds/game: 38.8

Points/game: 72.5 Assists/game: 16.4

FG Pct: 45.6 Turnovers/game: 13.7

3FG Pct: 35.2 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.2

FT Pct: 69.3 Steals/game: 6.2

Blocks/game: 3.9

2005-06 Pitt Men's Basketball Statistics PITT Opponent Game-by-Game (2005-06 Final Statistics) 2005-06 Statistics

OPPONENT STATISTICS

|---TOTAL---| |--3-PTRS--| |----REBOUNDS----|

Opponent Date Score W/L FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A TO Blk Stl Pts---Avg

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SAINT PETER'S 11/19/05 82-71 W 26-61 .426 9-25 .360 10-16 .625 7 25 32 32.0 22 14 10 3 4 71 71.0

ROBERT MORRIS 11/23/05 86-59 W 20-51 .392 10-19 .526 9-16 .563 12 13 25 28.5 23 13 21 2 4 59 65.0

MAINE 11/26/05 62-49 W 17-54 .315 7-22 .318 8-13 .615 10 32 42 33.0 15 10 20 3 4 49 59.7

ST. FRANCIS (NY) 11/29/05 79-58 W 20-55 .364 8-20 .400 10-11 .909 9 23 32 32.8 21 13 19 3 5 58 59.2

AUBURN 12/04/05 78-41 W 16-40 .400 6-12 .500 3-15 .200 8 12 20 30.2 16 7 19 5 7 41 55.6

at Duquesne 12/07/05 71-60 W 19-55 .345 4-15 .267 18-25 .720 7 26 33 30.7 21 9 12 4 6 60 56.3

PENN STATE 12/10/05 91-54 W 18-46 .391 6-14 .429 12-22 .545 9 21 30 30.6 16 9 22 2 3 54 56.0

VERMONT 12/17/05 63-52 W 18-53 .340 8-27 .296 8-13 .615 11 21 32 30.8 17 13 17 2 4 52 55.5

COPPIN STATE 12/21/05 77-51 W 18-50 .360 6-14 .429 9-13 .692 5 15 20 29.6 21 9 7 1 6 51 55.0

at South Carolina 12/28/05 58-51 W 18-42 .429 3-11 .273 12-21 .571 3 19 22 28.8 18 7 11 3 8 51 54.6

WISCONSIN 12/31/05 73-64 W 24-57 .421 3-15 .200 13-20 .650 11 21 32 29.1 20 15 14 1 3 64 55.5

NOTRE DAME 01/04/06 100-97 Wot 34-83 .410 14-36 .389 15-23 .652 15 28 43 30.3 32 19 10 2 5 97 58.9

DEPAUL 01/12/06 73-65 W 27-61 .443 6-16 .375 5-8 .625 15 20 35 30.6 20 13 13 2 5 65 59.4

at LOUISVILLE 01/15/06 61-57 W 19-48 .396 8-14 .571 11-18 .611 8 26 34 30.9 20 10 17 4 6 57 59.2

at Rutgers 01/18/06 76-68 W 22-57 .386 8-20 .400 16-23 .696 11 26 37 31.3 25 11 9 5 3 68 59.8

at St. John's 01/21/06 50-55 L 20-53 .377 3-9 .333 12-17 .706 14 22 36 31.6 20 12 15 4 10 55 59.5

SYRACUSE 01/23/06 80-67 W 29-73 .397 6-27 .222 3-5 .600 16 22 38 31.9 26 12 13 10 5 67 59.9

MARQUETTE 01/28/06 77-71 W 29-63 .460 8-21 .381 5-12 .417 9 21 30 31.8 20 14 11 4 11 71 60.6

at CONNECTICUT 01/31/06 76-80 L 27-56 .482 2-13 .154 24-30 .800 14 26 40 32.3 18 13 16 9 6 80 61.6

at Georgetown 02/05/06 58-61 L 23-49 .469 7-20 .350 8-12 .667 5 18 23 31.8 10 14 8 2 7 61 61.5

WEST VIRGINIA 02/09/06 57-53 W 18-53 .340 6-27 .222 11-16 .688 9 15 24 31.4 21 8 11 3 6 53 61.1

CINCINNATI 02/12/06 89-69 W 27-64 .422 4-19 .211 11-13 .846 8 17 25 31.1 20 12 16 6 4 69 61.5

at Providence College 02/15/06 85-77 W 25-54 .463 8-15 .533 19-25 .760 13 18 31 31.1 23 9 16 4 5 77 62.2

at Marquette 02/18/06 82-84 L 29-60 .483 10-25 .400 16-21 .762 10 21 31 31.1 24 19 12 1 6 84 63.1

PROVIDENCE 02/25/06 81-68 W 26-63 .413 5-18 .278 11-22 .500 14 26 40 31.5 19 20 15 3 5 68 63.3

at West Virginia 02/27/06 62-67 L 24-60 .400 12-36 .333 7-9 .778 9 15 24 31.2 11 17 6 1 8 67 63.4

SETON HALL 03/03/06 61-65 L 24-59 .407 4-14 .286 13-20 .650 11 22 33 31.3 19 15 6 2 6 65 63.5

vs Louisville 03/08/06 61-56 W 18-53 .340 6-22 .273 14-15 .933 9 21 30 31.2 24 9 14 6 4 56 63.2

vs West Virginia 03/09/06 68-57 W 18-53 .340 11-33 .333 10-12 .833 10 15 25 31.0 17 12 7 2 2 57 63.0

vs Villanova 03/10/06 68-54 W 19-54 .352 7-24 .292 9-13 .692 9 18 27 30.9 22 7 11 7 8 54 62.7

vs Syracuse 03/11/06 61-65 L 23-51 .451 8-16 .500 11-17 .647 10 25 35 31.0 17 13 13 7 6 65 62.8

vs Kent State 03/17/06 79-64 W 23-59 .390 9-22 .409 9-13 .692 14 15 29 30.9 19 12 10 1 6 64 62.8

vs Bradley 03/19/06 66-72 L 22-59 .373 2-6 .333 26-32 .813 16 24 40 31.2 16 14 8 2 8 72 63.1

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Opponents 2082 740-1849 .400 224-647 .346 378-561 .674 341 689 1030 31.2 653 404 429 116 186 2082 63.1

PITT 2391 840-1842 .456 206-585 .352 505-729 .693 422 859 1281 38.8 565 541 452 128 203 2391 72.5

Games played: 33 Rebounds/game: 31.2

Points/game: 63.1 Assists/game: 12.2

FG Pct: 40.0 Turnovers/game: 13.0

3FG Pct: 34.6 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.9

FT Pct: 67.4 Steals/game: 5.6

Blocks/game: 3.5

2005-06 Pitt Men's Basketball Statistics PITT Team Game-by-Game Comparison (2005-06 Final Statistics) 2005-06 Statistics

Opponent 1st 2nd Score Mar Total FG FG Pct 3-Pointers 3FG Pct Free Throws FT Pct Rebounds Assis

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SAINT PETER'S................. 42/29 40/42 82-71 +11 27-63/26-61 .429/.426 10-21/ 9-25 .476/.360 18-27/10-16 .667/.625 46/32 +14 16/14

ROBERT MORRIS................. 41/35 45/24 86-59 +27 31-59/20-51 .525/.392 9-24/10-19 .375/.526 15-24/ 9-16 .625/.563 39/25 +14 20/13

MAINE......................... 32/18 30/31 62-49 +13 22-59/17-54 .373/.315 6-22/ 7-22 .273/.318 12-19/ 8-13 .632/.615 40/42 (2) 18/10

ST. FRANCIS (NY).............. 35/32 44/26 79-58 +21 27-56/20-55 .482/.364 4-20/ 8-20 .200/.400 21-28/10-11 .750/.909 36/32 +4 17/13

AUBURN........................ 39/15 39/26 78-41 +37 29-56/16-40 .518/.400 12-21/ 6-12 .571/.500 8-12/ 3-15 .667/.200 41/20 +21 19/7

Duquesne...................... 32/23 39/37 71-60 +11 23-52/19-55 .442/.345 6-18/ 4-15 .333/.267 19-28/18-25 .679/.720 43/33 +10 17/9

PENN STATE.................... 49/24 42/30 91-54 +37 37-79/18-46 .468/.391 8-24/ 6-14 .333/.429 9-15/12-22 .600/.545 49/30 +19 18/9

VERMONT....................... 32/19 31/33 63-52 +11 21-52/18-53 .404/.340 5-18/ 8-27 .278/.296 16-22/ 8-13 .727/.615 38/32 +6 15/13

COPPIN STATE.................. 35/22 42/29 77-51 +26 24-48/18-50 .500/.360 9-20/ 6-14 .450/.429 20-24/ 9-13 .833/.692 39/20 +19 21/9

South Carolina................ 20/22 38/29 58-51 +7 18-47/18-42 .383/.429 5-18/ 3-11 .278/.273 17-21/12-21 .810/.571 38/22 +16 10/7

WISCONSIN..................... 35/28 38/36 73-64 +9 27-49/24-57 .551/.421 5-12/ 3-15 .417/.200 14-24/13-20 .583/.650 32/32 - 18/15

NOTRE DAME.................... 34/30 43/47 100-97 +3 32-65/34-83 .492/.410 6-15/14-36 .400/.389 30-46/15-23 .652/.652 51/43 +8 30/19

DEPAUL........................ 29/32 44/33 73-65 +8 24-49/27-61 .490/.443 5-10/ 6-16 .500/.375 20-28/ 5-8 .714/.625 30/35 (5) 16/13

LOUISVILLE.................... 25/26 36/31 61-57 +4 20-53/19-48 .377/.396 7-19/ 8-14 .368/.571 14-24/11-18 .583/.611 39/34 +5 15/10

Rutgers....................... 37/38 39/30 76-68 +8 24-61/22-57 .393/.386 4-14/ 8-20 .286/.400 24-32/16-23 .750/.696 43/37 +6 14/11

St. John's.................... 19/31 31/24 50-55 (5) 19-54/20-53 .352/.377 3-16/ 3-9 .188/.333 9-14/12-17 .643/.706 32/36 (4) 10/12

SYRACUSE...................... 39/31 41/36 80-67 +13 25-56/29-73 .446/.397 7-16/ 6-27 .438/.222 23-35/ 3-5 .657/.600 45/38 +7 19/12

MARQUETTE..................... 33/40 44/31 77-71 +6 28-65/29-63 .431/.460 9-20/ 8-21 .450/.381 12-18/ 5-12 .667/.417 45/30 +15 20/14

CONNECTICUT................... 34/43 42/37 76-80 (4) 29-66/27-56 .439/.482 2-20/ 2-13 .100/.154 16-18/24-30 .889/.800 29/40 (11) 15/13

Georgetown.................... 35/28 23/33 58-61 (3) 22-51/23-49 .431/.469 6-17/ 7-20 .353/.350 8-10/ 8-12 .800/.667 35/23 +12 14/14

WEST VIRGINIA................. 22/22 35/31 57-53 +4 19-41/18-53 .463/.340 5-11/ 6-27 .455/.222 14-22/11-16 .636/.688 36/24 +12 14/8

CINCINNATI.................... 43/33 46/36 89-69 +20 32-57/27-64 .561/.422 7-17/ 4-19 .412/.211 18-28/11-13 .643/.846 43/25 +18 19/12

Providence College............ 33/37 52/40 85-77 +8 30-56/25-54 .536/.463 7-18/ 8-15 .389/.533 18-25/19-25 .720/.760 30/31 (1) 17/9

Marquette..................... 41/44 41/40 82-84 (2) 30-55/29-60 .545/.483 9-23/10-25 .391/.400 13-22/16-21 .591/.762 33/31 +2 19/19

PROVIDENCE.................... 41/27 40/41 81-68 +13 28-60/26-63 .467/.413 7-19/ 5-18 .368/.278 18-25/11-22 .720/.500 37/40 (3) 23/20

West Virginia................. 30/37 32/30 62-67 (5) 26-53/24-60 .491/.400 4-14/12-36 .286/.333 6-7 / 7-9 .857/.778 41/24 +17 13/17

SETON HALL.................... 33/34 28/31 61-65 (4) 23-50/24-59 .460/.407 4-13/ 4-14 .308/.286 11-21/13-20 .524/.650 39/33 +6 17/15

Louisville.................... 39/16 22/40 61-56 +5 19-50/18-53 .380/.340 4-10/ 6-22 .400/.273 19-29/14-15 .655/.933 43/30 +13 5/9

West Virginia................. 24/31 44/26 68-57 +11 25-57/18-53 .439/.340 4-13/11-33 .308/.333 14-16/10-12 .875/.833 44/25 +19 14/12

Villanova..................... 32/21 36/33 68-54 +14 23-56/19-54 .411/.352 7-23/ 7-24 .304/.292 15-21/ 9-13 .714/.692 45/27 +18 12/7

Syracuse...................... 25/34 36/31 61-65 (4) 20-60/23-51 .333/.451 8-25/ 8-16 .320/.500 13-18/11-17 .722/.647 34/35 (1) 17/13

Kent State.................... 40/27 39/37 79-64 +15 31-46/23-59 .674/.390 6-14/ 9-22 .429/.409 11-15/ 9-13 .733/.692 28/29 (1) 18/12

Bradley....................... 29/30 37/42 66-72 (6) 25-61/22-59 .410/.373 6-20/ 2-6 .300/.333 10-11/26-32 .909/.813 38/40 (2) 11/14

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

2005-06 Pitt Men's Basketball Statistics PITT Game-by-Game Points-Rebounds-Assists (2005-06 Final Statistics) 2005-06 Statistics

00 01 02 04 05 11 14 15 21 22 23

Opponent Date Score WL DEGROAT,J BENJAMIN, FIELDS,LE RAMON,RON BIGGS,TYR KRAUSER,C KENDALL,L SMALL,CHA HUDSON,DO GRAVES,AN YOUNG,SAM B

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SPC 11/19/05 82-71 W 3- 4- 0 2- 3- 1 12- 1- 5 5- 3- 1 4- 2- 0 13- 6- 5 9- 5- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 15- 3- 1 2- 5- 1

RMU 11/23/05 86-59 W 6- 3- 1 2- 4- 2 5- 2- 5 13- 1- 4 8- 1- 1 27- 4- 1 2- 9- 4 0- 0- 0 3- 1- 0 2- 1- 2 14- 3- 0

MAINE 11/26/05 62-49 W 5- 0- 3 10- 2- 4 2- 0- 4 6- 0- 3 0- 0- 0 5- 6- 1 4- 8- 0 DNP DNP 12- 8- 1 3- 2- 0

SFNY 11/29/05 79-58 W 7- 4- 1 5- 4- 0 6- 3- 0 7- 0- 2 2- 1- 0 18- 6- 5 9- 4- 4 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 3- 0- 2

AUBURN 12/04/05 78-41 W 6- 1- 0 7- 2- 2 10- 3- 3 8- 0- 8 0- 2- 0 14- 2- 0 9-10- 2 0- 0- 0 3- 2- 0 3- 5- 1 8- 5- 1

at DUQ 12/07/05 71-60 W 3- 0- 0 6- 5- 2 5- 4- 1 3- 2- 0 2- 2- 0 23- 4- 8 7- 5- 4 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 3- 1 8- 0- 1

PSU 12/10/05 91-54 W 11- 3- 1 5- 4- 1 2- 3- 3 5- 1- 1 6- 4- 0 20- 5- 6 10- 7- 1 0- 0- 0 2- 4- 0 9- 0- 2 11- 3- 1

VERMONT 12/17/05 63-52 W 0- 1- 1 3- 2- 0 5- 4- 3 3- 0- 1 4- 1- 0 21- 1- 5 10- 8- 3 DNP DNP 6- 3- 0 0- 2- 1

CSU 12/21/05 77-51 W 6- 4- 0 2- 3- 1 8- 2- 0 10- 1- 3 0- 2- 1 12- 8- 7 11- 5- 2 0- 0- 0 2- 1- 0 0- 1- 2 9- 3- 1

at SC 12/28/05 58-51 W 2- 0- 0 6- 2- 0 3- 1- 1 4- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 15- 3- 4 4- 5- 1 DNP DNP 2- 1- 0 16- 7- 2

WISC 12/31/05 73-64 W 5- 3- 1 2- 3- 1 9- 1- 3 0- 1- 6 8- 2- 0 22- 3- 4 6- 3- 0 DNP DNP 0- 2- 1 16- 5- 2

IRISH 01/04/06 100-97 WO 0- 5- 2 0- 1- 2 11- 3- 5 12- 3- 4 4- 1- 0 21- 4- 6 8- 6- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 4- 3- 7 15-12- 0

DEPAUL 01/12/06 73-65 W 3- 2- 1 2- 2- 0 10- 2- 0 3- 0- 2 2- 0- 0 19- 5- 6 4- 0- 4 DNP DNP 0- 1- 1 10- 4- 0

at LOU 01/15/06 61-57 W 0- 1- 0 5- 3- 3 13- 0- 1 8- 2- 0 1- 4- 0 8- 3- 4 5- 6- 2 DNP DNP 2- 1- 0 9- 6- 2

at RUTGERS 01/18/06 76-68 W 0- 2- 0 12- 3- 1 2- 1- 2 10- 3- 1 0- 0- 0 6- 3- 6 14-13- 0 DNP DNP 0- 0- 0 12- 5- 1

at SJU 01/21/06 50-55 L 5- 3- 0 3- 4- 1 4- 1- 3 3- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 10- 3- 3 4- 2- 0 DNP DNP 3- 0- 0 4- 6- 1

SYRACUSE 01/23/06 80-67 W 2- 1- 1 11- 6- 1 0- 3- 1 11- 1- 4 5- 2- 0 32- 6- 4 6- 3- 3 DNP DNP 0- 3- 1 8- 4- 1

MARQ 01/28/06 77-71 W 0- 1- 1 2- 3- 0 2- 1- 4 13- 1- 4 0- 0- 0 16- 4- 6 6- 9- 1 DNP DNP 19- 3- 1 6- 3- 1

at UCONN 01/31/06 76-80 L 2- 1- 0 8- 3- 0 3- 0- 1 9- 2- 5 0- 0- 0 10- 4- 4 9- 2- 0 DNP DNP 2- 1- 2 10- 3- 0

at GU 02/05/06 58-61 L 2- 0- 0 5- 3- 1 7- 0- 2 11- 1- 1 0- 1- 1 11- 3- 3 4- 2- 1 DNP DNP 0- 3- 2 3- 6- 0

WVU 02/09/06 57-53 W 0- 0- 0 0- 2- 1 1- 2- 1 16- 4- 0 2- 0- 0 8- 7- 5 4- 6- 2 DNP DNP 0- 1- 3 10- 3- 1

CINCI 02/12/06 89-69 W 2- 2- 1 16- 2- 1 2- 3- 3 14- 2- 6 0- 1- 1 18- 4- 2 7- 6- 1 0- 1- 0 2- 1- 0 7- 3- 2 6- 2- 0

at PC 02/15/06 85-77 W 5- 1- 0 15- 4- 2 3- 1- 1 11- 1- 1 2- 1- 0 12- 1- 7 6- 1- 3 DNP DNP 2- 1- 2 7- 7- 0

at MARQ 02/18/06 82-84 L 4- 2- 0 2- 2- 1 14- 3- 3 9- 1- 4 2- 6- 0 18- 2- 5 5- 2- 0 DNP 0- 2- 0 9- 0- 3 9- 5- 0

FRIARS 02/25/06 81-68 W 2- 2- 0 2- 2- 1 9- 2- 4 3- 1- 2 2- 2- 0 14- 4- 5 10- 7- 3 DNP 2- 0- 0 18- 4- 3 2- 1- 2

at WVU 02/27/06 62-67 L 0- 0- 0 2- 3- 0 10- 3- 2 12- 3- 1 0- 0- 0 10- 5- 4 6- 6- 4 DNP DNP 3- 6- 1 12- 6- 0

PIRATES 03/03/06 61-65 L 2- 0- 0 2- 2- 0 5- 3- 1 7- 1- 0 2- 0- 0 9- 5-11 15- 8- 1 DNP DNP 2- 2- 1 0- 2- 1

vs UL 03/08/06 61-56 W DNP 0- 5- 0 9- 1- 1 5- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 19- 7- 2 6- 4- 0 DNP DNP 6- 2- 1 2- 7- 1

vs WVU 03/09/06 68-57 W 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 10- 6- 3 10- 2- 1 0- 0- 0 10- 6- 6 DNP DNP DNP 5- 2- 1 14-11- 1

vs VU 03/10/06 68-54 W DNP 3- 3- 0 14- 2- 1 8- 2- 3 0- 0- 0 9- 5- 6 6- 7- 0 DNP DNP 18- 5- 1 5- 5- 0

vs SU 03/11/06 61-65 L DNP 3- 2- 1 0- 0- 3 2- 1- 2 0- 0- 0 16- 4- 5 3- 3- 0 DNP DNP 14- 1- 2 9- 5- 1

vs KSU 03/17/06 79-64 W DNP DNP 10- 2- 2 16- 1- 1 DNP 11- 2- 9 10- 5- 2 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 3- 2- 3 12- 2- 1

vs BRADLEY 03/19/06 66-72 L 0- 0- 0 DNP 18- 5- 1 8- 2- 1 DNP 17- 6- 5 5- 6- 1 DNP 0- 4- 0 0- 5- 1 6- 4- 2

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Opponent Date Score WL POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKED SHOTS

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SAINT PETER'S 11/19/05 82-71 W 17-GRAY, Aaron 11-GRAY, Aaron 5-KRAUSER, Carl 3-KRAUSER, Carl 2-KENDALL, Levo

FIELDS, Levan GRAY, Aaron

ROBERT MORRIS 11/23/05 86-59 W 27-KRAUSER, Carl 9-KENDALL, Levo 5-FIELDS, Levan 4-KRAUSER, Carl 2-GRAY, Aaron

BIGGS, Tyrell

MAINE 11/26/05 62-49 W 15-GRAY, Aaron 13-GRAY, Aaron 4-FIELDS, Levan 3-KENDALL, Levo 4-GRAY, Aaron

BENJAMIN, Kei

ST. FRANCIS (NY) 11/29/05 79-58 W 22-GRAY, Aaron 11-GRAY, Aaron 5-KRAUSER, Carl 6-KRAUSER, Carl 4-GRAY, Aaron

AUBURN 12/04/05 78-41 W 14-KRAUSER, Carl 10-KENDALL, Levo 8-RAMON, Ronald 2-RAMON, Ronald 1-KENDALL, Levo

KRAUSER, Carl GRAY, Aaron

YOUNG, Sam DeGROAT, John

YOUNG, Sam

at Duquesne 12/07/05 71-60 W 23-KRAUSER, Carl 17-GRAY, Aaron 8-KRAUSER, Carl 2-KENDALL, Levo 1-BENJAMIN, Kei

BIGGS, Tyrell

PENN STATE 12/10/05 91-54 W 20-KRAUSER, Carl 12-GRAY, Aaron 6-KRAUSER, Carl 2-FIELDS, Levan 2-KENDALL, Levo

YOUNG, Sam

VERMONT 12/17/05 63-52 W 21-KRAUSER, Carl 12-GRAY, Aaron 5-KRAUSER, Carl 3-FIELDS, Levan 2-GRAY, Aaron

COPPIN STATE 12/21/05 77-51 W 14-GRAY, Aaron 8-KRAUSER, Carl 7-KRAUSER, Carl 4-KRAUSER, Carl 3-GRAY, Aaron

at South Carolina 12/28/05 58-51 W 16-YOUNG, Sam 13-GRAY, Aaron 4-KRAUSER, Carl 2-GRAY, Aaron 1-KENDALL, Levo

BIGGS, Tyrell

WISCONSIN 12/31/05 73-64 W 22-KRAUSER, Carl 5-YOUNG, Sam 6-RAMON, Ronald 2-BENJAMIN, Kei 2-BIGGS, Tyrell

GRAY, Aaron KRAUSER, Carl

NOTRE DAME 01/04/06 100-97 WO 25-GRAY, Aaron 12-YOUNG, Sam 7-GRAVES, Anton 2-GRAY, Aaron 4-GRAY, Aaron

DEPAUL 01/12/06 73-65 W 20-GRAY, Aaron 12-GRAY, Aaron 6-KRAUSER, Carl 2-KRAUSER, Carl 5-GRAY, Aaron

at LOUISVILLE 01/15/06 61-57 W 13-FIELDS, Levan 12-GRAY, Aaron 4-KRAUSER, Carl 2-FIELDS, Levan 1-KENDALL, Levo

KENDALL, Levo GRAY, Aaron

GRAY, Aaron

at Rutgers 01/18/06 76-68 W 20-GRAY, Aaron 13-KENDALL, Levo 6-KRAUSER, Carl 2-GRAY, Aaron 2-YOUNG, Sam

at St. John's 01/21/06 50-55 L 14-GRAY, Aaron 9-GRAY, Aaron 3-KRAUSER, Carl 4-DeGROAT, John 1-YOUNG, Sam

FIELDS, Levan

SYRACUSE 01/23/06 80-67 W 32-KRAUSER, Carl 11-GRAY, Aaron 4-KRAUSER, Carl 2-KENDALL, Levo 3-KENDALL, Levo

RAMON, Ronald KRAUSER, Carl

MARQUETTE 01/28/06 77-71 W 19-GRAVES, Anton 20-GRAY, Aaron 6-KRAUSER, Carl 6-KRAUSER, Carl 2-GRAY, Aaron

at CONNECTICUT 01/31/06 76-80 L 23-GRAY, Aaron 12-GRAY, Aaron 5-RAMON, Ronald 3-KRAUSER, Carl 2-GRAY, Aaron

KENDALL, Levo

at Georgetown 02/05/06 58-61 L 15-GRAY, Aaron 11-GRAY, Aaron 3-GRAY, Aaron 2-KRAUSER, Carl 2-KENDALL, Levo

KRAUSER, Carl

WEST VIRGINIA 02/09/06 57-53 W 16-GRAY, Aaron 8-GRAY, Aaron 5-KRAUSER, Carl 2-FIELDS, Levan 1-YOUNG, Sam

RAMON, Ronald KENDALL, Levo

GRAY, Aaron

CINCINNATI 02/12/06 89-69 W 18-KRAUSER, Carl 10-GRAY, Aaron 6-RAMON, Ronald 3-KRAUSER, Carl 1-GRAVES, Anton

YOUNG, Sam

at Providence College 02/15/06 85-77 W 22-GRAY, Aaron 9-GRAY, Aaron 7-KRAUSER, Carl 2-RAMON, Ronald 2-YOUNG, Sam

BENJAMIN, Kei GRAY, Aaron

at Marquette 02/18/06 82-84 L 18-KRAUSER, Carl 7-GRAY, Aaron 5-KRAUSER, Carl 1-FIELDS, Levan 1-KENDALL, Levo

KRAUSER, Carl

DeGROAT, John

PROVIDENCE 02/25/06 81-68 W 18-GRAVES, Anton 9-GRAY, Aaron 5-KRAUSER, Carl 2-KRAUSER, Carl 2-GRAY, Aaron

FIELDS, Levan DeGROAT, John

at West Virginia 02/27/06 62-67 L 12-YOUNG, Sam 7-GRAY, Aaron 4-KRAUSER, Carl 1-KENDALL, Levo 3-KENDALL, Levo

RAMON, Ronald KENDALL, Levo FIELDS, Levan

YOUNG, Sam

2005-06 Pitt Men's Basketball Statistics PITT Game-by-Game Highs (2005-06 Final Statistics) 2005-06 Statistics

Opponent Date Score WL POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKED SHOTS

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SETON HALL 03/03/06 61-65 L 17-GRAY, Aaron 12-GRAY, Aaron 11-KRAUSER, Carl 1-KRAUSER, Carl 3-KENDALL, Levo

GRAY, Aaron

BENJAMIN, Kei

vs Louisville 03/08/06 61-56 W 19-KRAUSER, Carl 13-GRAY, Aaron 2-KRAUSER, Carl 4-KRAUSER, Carl 4-KENDALL, Levo

vs West Virginia 03/09/06 68-57 W 19-GRAY, Aaron 15-GRAY, Aaron 6-KRAUSER, Carl 1-KRAUSER, Carl 2-YOUNG, Sam

RAMON, Ronald

GRAY, Aaron

vs Villanova 03/10/06 68-54 W 18-GRAVES, Anton 7-GRAY, Aaron 6-KRAUSER, Carl 1-FIELDS, Levan 1-RAMON, Ronald

KENDALL, Levo GRAVES, Anton BENJAMIN, Kei

YOUNG, Sam GRAY, Aaron

RAMON, Ronald YOUNG, Sam

vs Syracuse 03/11/06 61-65 L 16-KRAUSER, Carl 12-GRAY, Aaron 5-KRAUSER, Carl 3-KENDALL, Levo 2-GRAVES, Anton

YOUNG, Sam

vs Kent State 03/17/06 79-64 W 17-GRAY, Aaron 13-GRAY, Aaron 9-KRAUSER, Carl 1-FIELDS, Levan 5-GRAY, Aaron

KRAUSER, Carl

GRAVES, Anton

YOUNG, Sam

vs Bradley 03/19/06 66-72 L 18-FIELDS, Levan 6-KRAUSER, Carl 5-KRAUSER, Carl 1-GRAY, Aaron 1-YOUNG, Sam

KENDALL, Levo FIELDS, Levan KENDALL, Levo

2005-06 Pitt Men's Basketball Statistics PITT Team High/Low Analysis (2005-06 Final Statistics) 2005-06 Statistics

PITT - TEAM GAME HIGHS

POINTS..................... 100 vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 91 vs Penn State (12/10/05) 89 vs Cincinnati (02/12/06) 86 vs Robert Morris (11/23/05) 85 at Providence College (02/15/06) FIELD GOALS MADE........... 37 vs Penn State (12/10/05) 32 vs Cincinnati (02/12/06) 32 vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS........ 79 vs Penn State (12/10/05) 66 at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE...... .674 (31-46) vs Kent State (03/17/06) .561 (32-57) vs Cincinnati (02/12/06) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE...... 12 vs Auburn (12/04/05) 10 vs Saint Peter's (11/19/05) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS........... 25 vs Syracuse (03/11/06) 24 vs Penn State (12/10/05) 24 vs Robert Morris (11/23/05) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE......... .571 (12-21) vs Auburn (12/04/05) .500 ( 5-10) vs DePaul (01/12/06) FREE THROWS MADE........... 30 vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 24 at Rutgers (01/18/06) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS........ 46 vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 35 vs Syracuse (01/23/06) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE...... .909 (10-11) vs Bradley (03/19/06) .889 (16-18) at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) REBOUNDS................... 51 vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 49 vs Penn State (12/10/05) ASSISTS.................... 30 vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 23 vs Providence (02/25/06) STEALS..................... 11 vs St. Francis (NY) (11/29/05) 10 vs Louisville (03/08/06) 10 vs Cincinnati (02/12/06) 10 at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) 10 vs Robert Morris (11/23/05) BLOCKED SHOTS.............. 9 vs DePaul (01/12/06) 7 vs Kent State (03/17/06) 7 vs Louisville (03/08/06) 7 vs Maine (11/26/05) TURNOVERS.................. 19 vs West Virginia (02/09/06) 18 vs Louisville (03/08/06) 18 vs Cincinnati (02/12/06) FOULS...................... 26 at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) 23 vs Bradley (03/19/06) 23 vs Wisconsin (12/31/05)

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Opponent - GAME HIGHS

POINTS..................... 97 vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 84 at Marquette (02/18/06) 80 at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) 77 at Providence College (02/15/06) 72 vs Bradley (03/19/06) FIELD GOALS MADE........... 34 vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 29 at Marquette (02/18/06) 29 vs Marquette (01/28/06) 29 vs Syracuse (01/23/06) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS........ 83 vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 73 vs Syracuse (01/23/06) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE...... .483 (29-60) at Marquette (02/18/06) .482 (27-56) at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE...... 14 vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 12 at West Virginia (02/27/06) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS........... 36 at West Virginia (02/27/06) 36 vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE......... .571 ( 8-14) at LOUISVILLE (01/15/06) .533 ( 8-15) at Providence College (02/15/06) FREE THROWS MADE........... 26 vs Bradley (03/19/06) 24 at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS........ 32 vs Bradley (03/19/06) 30 at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE...... .933 (14-15) vs Louisville (03/08/06) .909 (10-11) vs St. Francis (NY) (11/29/05) REBOUNDS................... 43 vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 42 vs Maine (11/26/05) ASSISTS.................... 20 vs Providence (02/25/06) 19 at Marquette (02/18/06) 19 vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) STEALS..................... 11 vs Marquette (01/28/06) 10 at St. John's (01/21/06) BLOCKED SHOTS.............. 10 vs Syracuse (01/23/06) 9 at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) TURNOVERS.................. 22 vs Penn State (12/10/05) 21 vs Robert Morris (11/23/05) FOULS...................... 32 vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 26 vs Syracuse (01/23/06)


PITT - GAME LOWS

POINTS..................... 50 at St. John's (01/21/06) 57 vs West Virginia (02/09/06) 58 at South Carolina (12/28/05) 58 at Georgetown (02/05/06) 61 at LOUISVILLE (01/15/06) 61 vs Seton Hall (03/03/06) 61 vs Louisville (03/08/06) 61 vs Syracuse (03/11/06) FIELD GOALS MADE........... 18 at South Carolina (12/28/05) 19 at St. John's (01/21/06) 19 vs West Virginia (02/09/06) 19 vs Louisville (03/08/06) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS........ 41 vs West Virginia (02/09/06) 46 vs Kent State (03/17/06) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE...... .333 (20-60) vs Syracuse (03/11/06) .352 (19-54) at St. John's (01/21/06) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE...... 2 at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) 3 at St. John's (01/21/06) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS........... 10 vs DePaul (01/12/06) 10 vs Louisville (03/08/06) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE......... .100 ( 2-20) at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) .188 ( 3-16) at St. John's (01/21/06) FREE THROWS MADE........... 6 at West Virginia (02/27/06) 8 vs Auburn (12/04/05) 8 at Georgetown (02/05/06) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS........ 7 at West Virginia (02/27/06) 10 at Georgetown (02/05/06) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE...... .524 (11-21) vs Seton Hall (03/03/06) .583 (14-24) vs Wisconsin (12/31/05) .583 (14-24) at LOUISVILLE (01/15/06) REBOUNDS................... 28 vs Kent State (03/17/06) 29 at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) ASSISTS.................... 5 vs Louisville (03/08/06) 10 at South Carolina (12/28/05) 10 at St. John's (01/21/06) STEALS..................... 2 at Georgetown (02/05/06) 2 vs Bradley (03/19/06) BLOCKED SHOTS.............. 1 at St. John's (01/21/06) 1 at Marquette (02/18/06) TURNOVERS.................. 7 at Rutgers (01/18/06) 9 vs Providence (02/25/06) FOULS...................... 10 vs St. Francis (NY) (11/29/05) 12 at West Virginia (02/27/06)


Opponent - GAME LOWS

POINTS..................... 41 vs Auburn (12/04/05) 49 vs Maine (11/26/05) 51 vs Coppin State (12/21/05) 51 at South Carolina (12/28/05) 52 vs Vermont (12/17/05) FIELD GOALS MADE........... 16 vs Auburn (12/04/05) 17 vs Maine (11/26/05) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS........ 40 vs Auburn (12/04/05) 42 at South Carolina (12/28/05) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE...... .315 (17-54) vs Maine (11/26/05) .340 (18-53) vs Vermont (12/17/05) .340 (18-53) vs West Virginia (02/09/06) .340 (18-53) vs Louisville (03/08/06) .340 (18-53) vs West Virginia (03/09/06) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE...... 2 at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) 2 vs Bradley (03/19/06) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS........... 6 vs Bradley (03/19/06) 9 at St. John's (01/21/06) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE......... .154 ( 2-13) at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) .200 ( 3-15) vs Wisconsin (12/31/05) FREE THROWS MADE........... 3 vs Auburn (12/04/05) 3 vs Syracuse (01/23/06) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS........ 5 vs Syracuse (01/23/06) 8 vs DePaul (01/12/06) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE...... .200 ( 3-15) vs Auburn (12/04/05) .417 ( 5-12) vs Marquette (01/28/06) REBOUNDS................... 20 vs Auburn (12/04/05) 20 vs Coppin State (12/21/05) ASSISTS.................... 7 vs Auburn (12/04/05) 7 at South Carolina (12/28/05) 7 vs Villanova (03/10/06) STEALS..................... 2 vs West Virginia (03/09/06) 3 vs Penn State (12/10/05) 3 vs Wisconsin (12/31/05) 3 at Rutgers (01/18/06) BLOCKED SHOTS.............. 1 vs Coppin State (12/21/05) 1 vs Wisconsin (12/31/05) 1 at Marquette (02/18/06) 1 at West Virginia (02/27/06) 1 vs Kent State (03/17/06) TURNOVERS.................. 6 at West Virginia (02/27/06) 6 vs Seton Hall (03/03/06) FOULS...................... 10 at Georgetown (02/05/06) 11 at West Virginia (02/27/06)

2005-06 Pitt Men's Basketball Statistics PITT Player High/Low Analysis (2005-06 Final Statistics) 2005-06 Statistics

PITT - INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

POINTS....................... 32 KRAUSER, Carl vs Syracuse (01/23/06) 27 KRAUSER, Carl vs Robert Morris (11/23/05) 25 GRAY, Aaron vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 23 GRAY, Aaron at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) 23 KRAUSER, Carl at Duquesne (12/07/05)FIELD GOALS MADE............. 11 GRAY, Aaron vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 9 GRAY, Aaron at Providence College (02/15/06)FIELD GOAL ATT............... 18 GRAY, Aaron vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 17 GRAY, Aaron vs West Virginia (03/09/06) 17 KRAUSER, Carl at St. John's (01/21/06) 17 KRAUSER, Carl vs St. Francis (NY) (11/29/05) 17 KRAUSER, Carl vs Robert Morris (11/23/05)FG PCT (min 5 made).......... 1.000 ( 9-9 ) GRAY, Aaron at Providence College (02/15/06) 1.000 ( 6-6 ) GRAY, Aaron vs Kent State (03/17/06) 1.000 ( 6-6 ) RAMON, Ronald vs Kent State (03/17/06) 1.000 ( 6-6 ) YOUNG, Sam at West Virginia (02/27/06)3 PT FG MADE................. 5 KRAUSER, Carl vs Robert Morris (11/23/05) 4 GRAVES, Antonio vs Syracuse (03/11/06) 4 KRAUSER, Carl vs Syracuse (03/11/06) 4 KRAUSER, Carl vs Providence (02/25/06) 4 RAMON, Ronald vs West Virginia (02/09/06) 4 KRAUSER, Carl vs Coppin State (12/21/05) 4 KRAUSER, Carl vs Penn State (12/10/05) 4 KRAUSER, Carl vs Saint Peter's (11/19/05)3 PT FG ATTEMPTS............. 12 KRAUSER, Carl vs Robert Morris (11/23/05) 10 KRAUSER, Carl vs Syracuse (03/11/06)3-PT FG PCT (min 2 made)..... 1.000 ( 3-3 ) BENJAMIN, Keith vs Cincinnati (02/12/06) 1.000 ( 2-2 ) RAMON, Ronald vs Kent State (03/17/06) 1.000 ( 2-2 ) BENJAMIN, Keith at Providence College (02/15/06) 1.000 ( 2-2 ) FIELDS, Levance vs Coppin State (12/21/05) 1.000 ( 2-2 ) FIELDS, Levance vs Auburn (12/04/05)FREE THROWS MADE............. 13 KRAUSER, Carl vs Syracuse (01/23/06) 10 GRAY, Aaron at Rutgers (01/18/06)FREE THROW ATT............... 15 GRAY, Aaron at Rutgers (01/18/06) 14 KRAUSER, Carl vs Syracuse (01/23/06) 14 FIELDS, Levance vs Notre Dame (01/04/06)FT PCT (min 3 made).......... 1.000 ( 7-7 ) RAMON, Ronald at Rutgers (01/18/06) 1.000 ( 6-6 ) KENDALL, Levon vs Villanova (03/10/06) 1.000 ( 5-5 ) GRAY, Aaron vs Kent State (03/17/06) 1.000 ( 5-5 ) RAMON, Ronald vs Coppin State (12/21/05) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) KRAUSER, Carl vs Bradley (03/19/06) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) KRAUSER, Carl at West Virginia (02/27/06) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) GRAVES, Antonio vs Providence (02/25/06) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) FIELDS, Levance vs DePaul (01/12/06) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) RAMON, Ronald at South Carolina (12/28/05) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) GRAY, Aaron vs Coppin State (12/21/05) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) KENDALL, Levon vs Penn State (12/10/05) 1.000 ( 3-3 ) FIELDS, Levance vs Bradley (03/19/06) 1.000 ( 3-3 ) BENJAMIN, Keith vs Cincinnati (02/12/06) 1.000 ( 3-3 ) RAMON, Ronald vs Cincinnati (02/12/06) 1.000 ( 3-3 ) GRAY, Aaron at Georgetown (02/05/06) 1.000 ( 3-3 ) KENDALL, Levon at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) 1.000 ( 3-3 ) KENDALL, Levon at LOUISVILLE (01/15/06)

1.000 ( 3-3 ) FIELDS, Levance at Duquesne (12/07/05) 1.000 ( 3-3 ) RAMON, Ronald vs St. Francis (NY) (11/29/05)REBOUNDS..................... 20 GRAY, Aaron vs Marquette (01/28/06) 17 GRAY, Aaron at Duquesne (12/07/05)ASSISTS...................... 11 KRAUSER, Carl vs Seton Hall (03/03/06) 9 KRAUSER, Carl vs Kent State (03/17/06)STEALS....................... 6 KRAUSER, Carl vs Marquette (01/28/06) 6 KRAUSER, Carl vs St. Francis (NY) (11/29/05)BLOCKED SHOTS................ 5 GRAY, Aaron vs Kent State (03/17/06) 5 GRAY, Aaron vs DePaul (01/12/06)TURNOVERS.................... 7 GRAY, Aaron vs West Virginia (02/09/06) 6 KRAUSER, Carl vs Bradley (03/19/06) 6 KRAUSER, Carl vs Wisconsin (12/31/05) 6 KRAUSER, Carl vs Vermont (12/17/05)FOULS........................ 5 KENDALL, Levon vs Kent State (03/17/06) 5 GRAVES, Antonio at West Virginia (02/27/06) 5 KENDALL, Levon at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) 5 KRAUSER, Carl at CONNECTICUT (01/31/06) 5 GRAY, Aaron at St. John's (01/21/06) 5 KENDALL, Levon at Rutgers (01/18/06) 5 KRAUSER, Carl vs Notre Dame (01/04/06) 5 GRAY, Aaron at South Carolina (12/28/05)

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