HISTORICAL RESULTS
2013-14 PITT BASKETBALL 1965-66 5-17
PITT’S HEAD COACHES
Coach: Robert Timmons
TIM GRGURICH
A Pittsburgh area native, Tom Richards led the 1973-74 NCAA team in assists and teamed with Kirk Bruce in the Pitt backcourt. Pitt stretched its home win streak to a schoolrecord 27 games when Richards hit a 40-foot heave at the buzzer to defeat Ohio. Richards’ son Jason serves the Pitt basketball program as a graduate manager.
Date 12/1 12/4 12/10 12/11 12/22 12/27
Opponent Carnegie Tech at Kent State Miami, Ohio (CA)+ George Washington (CA)+ Cornell Pennsylvania
Pitt Opp.W/L 54 51 W 67 79 L 60 65 L 85 59 W 72 81 L 65 75 L
12/28 12/29 1/4 1/8 1/12 1/15 1/22 1/25 1/29 2/5 2/10 2/12 2/14 2/17 2/23 2/26
Kodak Classic (Rochester, N.Y.) vs. Columbia % 59 65 L at Rochester (OT) % 69 65 W at Georgia Tech 77 89 L at Virginia Tech 74 100 L Westminster 70 69 W at Bucknell 57 66 L at Penn State 62 66 L West Virginia 79 90 L St. John’s 51 74 L at Fordham 60 66 L at Carnegie Tech 68 62 W Temple 64 71 L at West Virginia 63 103 L Syracuse 73 83 L at Westminster 76 102 L Penn State 57 89 L
1975-80 (5 years) Record: 69-70 (.496) Accomplishments Top season was an 18-11 overall record and a fourth place finish in Eastern 8 competition with a 6-4 slate…Guided Pitt to an NIT berth and 17-12 record in 197980…Orchestrated one of the best one-year turnarounds in the history of Pitt basketball going from a 6-21 season in 1976-77 to a 16-11 year in 1977-78…As freshman team coach at Pittsburgh from 1965-71, his teams finished 9033 including a 13-5 season with only two scholarship players. Prominent Student-Athletes Sam Clancy, Larry Harris, Carlton Neverson. Personal Facts Pittsburgh native who earned both his master’s and bachelors’ degrees at Pitt...Recently served as an NBA consultant to the 2011 NBA champion Dallas Mavericks…Three-year letterwinner at Pitt from 1962-64 where he played 61 career games for head coach Robert Timmons…Assistant coach at PItt from 1965-75 under head coaches Robert Timmons and Charles “Buzz” Ridl…Also has spent time in the NBA as an assistant coach with Milwaukee (2001-02), Seattle (1991-98), Portland (1998-01, 2004-05), Phoenix (2002-04) and Denver (2005-07)...Served as head coach at UNLV (1994-95) and as an assistant with the Runnin’ Rebels (1979-91) under Jerry Tarkanian…Began coaching career as a graduate assistant at Pitt in 1964.
+ Steel Bowl (played at the Civic Arena) %Kodak Classic (Rochester, N.Y.)
1964-65 7-16
+Steel Bowl (played at Civic Arena)
1966-67 6-19
1967-68 7-15
Coach: Robert Timmons Coach: Robert Timmons Date 12/1 12/4 12/5 12/8 12/19
Opponent Carnegie Tech Virginia Tech (CA) + Miami, Fla. (CA) + Wisconsin Bucknell
Pitt Opp.W/L 83 52 W 74 69 W 71 85 L 63 80 L 65 59 W
Quaker City Tournament (Philadelphia, Pa., The Palestra) 58 109 12/26 vs. Wichita State (–/2) 12/28 at Pennsylvania 59 71 1/9 at Syracuse 73 97 1/11 at West Virginia 72 86 1/16 at Army 63 88 1/23 at Penn State 40 59 1/26 West Virginia 75 76 1/29 at Massachusetts 89 74 1/30 at Dartmouth 70 80 2/1 at Westminster 75 61 2/6 Fordham 53 66 2/13 at William & Mary 61 63 2/16 at Temple (Palestra) 65 71 2/20 at George Washington 79 92 2/24 Westminster 101 71 2/27 Penn State 72 83 3/3 at Carnegie Tech 80 60 3/6 at Miami, Ohio 66 89 + Steel Bowl (played at the Civic Arena)
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Date 12/1 12/3 12/5 12/9 12/10 12/22
Opponent Carnegie Tech at Davidson William & Mary Columbia (CA) + Duquesne (CA) + Rutgers
Pitt Opp.W/L 69 58 W 59 97 L 68 72 L 57 69 L 65 72 L 68 87 L
N.C. State Tournament (Raleigh, N.C.) 12/29 at North Carolina State % 52 80 12/30 vs. Air Force % 53 52 1/5 at Westminster 71 78 1/7 at Syracuse 60 70 1/11 Lafayette 58 47 1/14 at Penn State 44 84 1/18 West Virginia 78 102 1/21 at St. John’s 66 95 1/23 Virginia Tech 60 77 1/26 Bucknell 63 58 2/1 at Cornell 72 110 2/4 Fordham 59 68 2/6 at West Virginia 62 81 2/11 Westminster 83 72 2/18 Virginia 70 82 2/22 at Temple (Palestra) 49 87 2/25 Penn State 73 87 3/2 at Carnegie Tech 69 55 3/4 Miami, Ohio 68 82
W/L L L L L L L L L L L-OT L L L W W L
Pitt 64 79 64 73 72 70 53 63 78 71 69 58 76 76 70 57
Date 12/1 12/8 12/9 12/22 1/4 1/6 1/10 1/13 1/17 1/25 1/27 1/30 2/1 2/3 2/6 2/10 2/13 2/17 2/19 2/21 2/24 2/28
Opponent at Rutgers Massachusetts (CA) + Duquesne (CA) + Temple at William & Mary at Miami, Fla. at Westminster Penn State at West Virginia Baldwin Wallace Tulane Miami, Ohio Carnegie Tech at Fordham Kent State at Lafayette Westminster at Virginia Syracuse West Virginia at Penn State at Carnegie Tech
Pitt Opp.W/L 74 100 L 73 71 W 66 100 L 80 63 W 65 79 L 84 100 L 72 81 L 43 66 L 64 90 L 83 76 W 75 73 W 42 66 L 89 46 W 63 88 L 73 83 L 74 70 W 72 96 L 60 92 L 71 85 L 76 87 L 68 77 L 85 74 W
+ Steel Bowl (played at Civic Arena)
1968-69 4-20 Coach: Charles “Buzz” Ridl
PITT VERSUS NO. 1 RANKED OPPONENTS Total Games: 16; Record: 2-14. Date Opponent 1/15/58 West Virginia 12/6/61 Ohio State^ 12/30/70 UCLA^ 12/22/72 at UCLA 3/16/74 at North Carolina State* 12/28/74 at North Carolina State 1/19/85 Georgetown^ 2/15/85 at St. John’s 1/3/90 Syracuse^ 1/23/96 Massachusetts 12/12/98 Connecticut 1/16/99 at Connecticut 1/31/06 at Connecticut 2/16/09 at Connecticut 3/7/09 Connecticut 1/16/12 at Syracuse *NCAA Tournament Game; ^played at Civic/Mellon Arena
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Coach: Robert Timmons
Opp. 71 99 77 89 100 86 65 84 80 79 70 81 80 68 60 62
Date 11/30 12/3 12/6 12/7 12/21
Opponent Rutgers William & Mary Westminster (CA) + at Duquesne (CA) + at Kent State
12/27 12/28 1/4 1/8 1/11 1/15 1/18 1/22 1/28 1/31 2/1 2/5
Hurricane Classic (Miami, Fla.) at Miami, Fla. % 70 72 L vs. Creighton % 64 80 L at Syracuse 55 70 L Lafayette 41 51 L at George Washington 68 92 L at Temple (Palestra) 30 53 L at Penn State 50 65 L Westminster 64 65 L West Virginia 90 87 W at Louisiana State 79 120 L at Tulane 89 110 L Carnegie Mellon 77 47 W
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Pitt Opp.W/L 66 74 L 68 62 W 59 52 W 42 57 L 48 69 L
2/8 2/12 2/15 2/19 2/22 2/26 3/1
at Bucknell at West Virginia at Army Fordham Penn State at Westminster at Carnegie Mellon
59 69 47 44 49 61 64
71 89 72 66 57 82 68
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+Steel Bowl (played at the Civic Arena)
1969-70 12-12 Coach: Charles “Buzz” Ridl Date 12/1 12/5 12/6 12/20
Opponent at Rutgers Miami, Fla. (CA) + Marshall (CA) + at Wisconsin
Pitt Opp.W/L 79 91 L 67 85 L 87 67 W 71 85 L
Motor City Classic (Detroit, Mich.) 12/26 at Detroit % 60 86 12/27 vs. Bowling Green % 54 78 1/6 at William & Mary 73 84 1/10 George Washington 71 61 1/14 West Virginia (OT) 66 67 1/17 Penn State 61 47 1/21 Kent State 63 60 1/24 Bucknell 79 53 1/28 Westminster 74 71 1/31 at St. John’s 58 67 2/3 Carnegie Mellon 72 56 2/6 at Lafayette (OT) 74 80 2/9 Georgia Tech 62 92 2/11 Temple (CA) 72 101 2/13 Syracuse 127 108 2/18 at Baldwin Wallace 73 64 2/21 at Penn State 48 61 2/25 at Westminster 75 56 2/28 at Carnegie Mellon 76 55 3/3 at West Virginia 92 87
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+ Steel Bowl; CA- played at Civic Arena
1970-71 14-10 Coach: Charles “Buzz” Ridl Date 12/1 12/5 12/8 12/19 12/23 12/29 12/30
Opponent Gettysburg at Fordham Wisconsin at Cornell at Kent State at Duquesne (CA) + UCLA (CA)+ (–/1)
Pitt Opp.W/L 91 63 W 58 70 L 81 76 W 89 65 W 60 67 L 70 58 W 64 77 L