Latest Jeff Capel News
Fueled by a near miss last March, No. 18 Pitt is off to its hottest start in more than a decade
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The sting of ending up on the wrong side of the NCAA Tournament bubble still lingers for Jaland Lowe and the rest of his Pittsburgh teammates. Part of that is by design. Every day when the Panthers walk to the locker room after practice, they pass a graphic culled...
Realignment has changed college sports. That's left basketball to adjust in a football-driven world
Pittsburgh coach Jeff Capel recalls coaching in the Big 12 when Texas flirted with heading to what was then the Pac-10, a move that threatened to tear the Big 12 apart and potentially leave Kansas homeless despite being a basketball blueblood. The Longhorns stayed put for another 13...
Pittsburgh athletic director Allen Greene is eager to take on challenges in the NIL era
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Allen Greene hasn't even started as the athletic director at Pittsburgh yet. That will come when he officially joins the Panthers on Nov. 1. Still, men's basketball coach Jeff Capel made it very clear what he thinks should top his new boss' priority list. ...
Pittsburgh and a guard-heavy lineup eye return to NCAA Tournament after near miss last season
Pittsburgh (22-11, 12-8) The Panthers were on the wrong side of the NCAA Tournament bubble last season despite finishing fourth in one of the nation's toughest conferences. While Bub Carrington and Blake Hinson are off playing professionally, Pitt enters Jeff Capel's seventh season...
