RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2/5 2/10 2/12 2/14 2/17 2/23 2/26
at Fordham at Carnegie Tech Temple at West Virginia Syracuse at Westminster Penn State
60 66 68 62 64 71 63 103 73 83 76 102 57 89
L W L L L L L
+ Steel Bowl (played at the Civic Arena) %Kodak Classic (Rochester, N.Y.)
1966-67 6-19 Coach: Robert Timmons Date 12/1 12/3 12/5 12/9 12/10 12/22 A Pittsburgh area native, Tom Richards led the 1973-74 NCAA team in assists and teamed with Kirk Bruce to give the Panthers a pair of dead-eye shooting guards. Pittsburgh stretched its home win streak to a school-record 27 games when Richards hit a 40-foot heave at the buzzer to defeat Ohio.
2/6 2/13 2/16 2/20 2/24 2/27 3/3 3/6
186
Fordham at William & Mary at Temple (Palestra) at George Washington Westminster Penn State at Carnegie Tech at Miami, Ohio
53 61 65 79 101 72 80 66
66 63 71 92 71 83 60 89
L L L L W L W L
+ Steel Bowl (played at the Civic Arena) # Quaker City Tournament - Palestra
1965-66 5-17
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
L W L L W L L L L W L L L W L L L W L
PITT’S HEAD COACHES TIM GRGURICH 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 Pittsburgh to a 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 1975-77 to a 16-11 year in 1977-78…As freshman team coach at Pittsburgh from 1965-71, his teams finished 90-33 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...Coaching in the NBA as an assistant with Portland…Three-year letterwinner at Pittsburgh from 196264…Played in 61 career games at Pitt for head coach Robert Timmons…Assistant coach at Pittsburgh from 1965-75 under head coaches Robert Timmons and Charles “Buzz” Ridl…Also has spent time in the NBA as an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks (2001-02), Seattle Supersonics (1991-94 and 1995-97), Portland Trailblazers (1997-01)…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.
2/10 2/13 2/17 2/19 2/21 2/24 2/28
Opponent Pitt Opp. W/L Carnegie Tech 54 51 W at Kent State 67 79 L Miami, Ohio (CA)+ 60 65 L George Washington (CA)+ 85 59 W Cornell 72 81 L Pennsylvania 65 75 L
12/28 12/29 1/4 1/8 1/12 1/15 1/22 1/25 1/29
Kodak Classic (Rochester, N.Y.) vs. Columbia % 59 65 at Rochester (OT) % 69 65 at Georgia Tech 77 89 at Virginia Tech 74 100 Westminster 70 69 at Bucknell 57 66 at Penn State 62 66 West Virginia 79 90 St. John’s 51 74
L W L L W L L L L
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
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
PITT VERSUS NO. 1 RANKED OPPONENTS Total Games: 15; Record: 2-13. 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 1/19/84 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 *NCAA Tournament Game; ^played at Civic/Mellon Arena
2010-11 PITT BASKETBALL
W/L L L L L L L L L L L L L L W W
Pitt 64 79 64 73 72 70 53 63 78 71 69 58 76 76 70
W L L L L L W
Coach: Charles “Buzz” Ridl
Coach: Robert Timmons 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
70 96 92 85 87 77 74
1968-69 4-20
1967-68 7-15
Date 12/1 12/4 12/10 12/11 12/22 12/27
74 72 60 71 76 68 85
+ Steel Bowl (played at Civic Arena)
+Steel Bowl (played at Civic Arena)
Coach: Robert Timmons
at Lafayette Westminster at Virginia Syracuse West Virginia at Penn State at Carnegie Tech
Opp. 71 99 77 89 100 86 65 84 80 79 70 81 80 68 60
Date 11/30 12/3 12/6 12/7 12/21
Opponent Rutgers William & Mary Westminster (CA) + at Duquesne (CA) + at Kent State
Pitt Opp. W/L 66 74 L 68 62 W 59 52 W 42 57 L 48 69 L
12/27 12/28 1/4 1/8 1/11 1/15 1/18 1/22 1/28 1/31 2/1 2/5 2/8 2/12 2/15 2/19 2/22 2/26 3/1
Hurricane Classic (Miami, Fla.) at Miami, Fla. % 70 72 vs. Creighton % 64 80 at Syracuse 55 70 Lafayette 41 51 at George Washington 68 92 at Temple (Palestra) 30 53 at Penn State 50 65 Westminster 64 65 West Virginia 90 87 at Louisiana State 79 120 at Tulane 89 110 Carnegie Mellon 77 47 at Bucknell 59 71 at West Virginia 69 89 at Army 47 72 Fordham 44 66 Penn State 49 57 at Westminster 61 82 at Carnegie Mellon 64 68
L L L L L L L L W L L W L L L L L L L
+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
12/26 12/27 1/6 1/10 1/14 1/17 1/21 1/24 1/28 1/31 2/3 2/6 2/9 2/11 2/13 2/18 2/21 2/25 2/28 3/3
Motor City Classic (Detroit, Mich.) at Detroit % 60 86 vs. Bowling Green % 54 78 at William & Mary 73 84 George Washington 71 61 West Virginia (OT) 66 67 Penn State 61 47 Kent State 63 60 Bucknell 79 53 Westminster 74 71 at St. John’s 58 67 Carnegie Mellon 72 56 at Lafayette (OT) 74 80 Georgia Tech 62 92 Temple (CA) 72 101 Syracuse 127 108 at Baldwin Wallace 73 64 at Penn State 48 61 at Westminster 75 56 at Carnegie Mellon 76 55 at West Virginia 92 87
L L L W L W W W W L W L L L W W L W W W
+ 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 1/2 1/6 1/9 1/13 1/16 1/23 1/27 1/30 2/3 2/6 2/10 2/17 2/20 2/24 2/27 3/3 3/6
Opponent Gettysburg at Fordham Wisconsin at Cornell at Kent State at Duquesne (CA) + UCLA (CA)+ (–/1) Rutgers at George Washington at Syracuse Davidson Penn State North Carolina State at Temple (Palestra) at Bucknell West Virginia Carnegie Mellon at Westminster Lafayette at Carnegie Mellon Westminster at Penn State at West Virginia at Georgia Tech
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 87 97 L 82 76 W 69 78 L 82 67 W 75 62 W 89 75 W 48 54 L 68 54 W 91 95 L 118 84 W 62 41 W 88 72 W 104 59 W 72 63 W 65 71 L 64 66 L 61 78 L
+ Steel Bowl (played at Civic Arena)