Pittsburgh Announces 1998-99 Men's Basketball Schedule
8/27/1998 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The University of Pittsburgh announced its 1998-99 men's basketball schedule today. Featured home contests will be Big East rivals Connecticut (Dec. 12), Georgetown (Jan. 23), Syracuse (Feb. 13) and West Virginia (Feb. 16).
All 14 of the Panthers' home games will be played at Fitzgerald Field House, marking the first time since 1985-86 season that no home games were played in the Civic Arena. The only Civic Arena game will be the annual Duquesne match-up, being played on Jan. 25.
Pittsburgh will have 15 games televised, including two at home on ESPN. Also being broadcast on ESPN will be the semifinals and finals of the Puerto Rico Shootout. Pittsburgh will play Xavier in the first round and could face Kentucky in the semifinals. UCLA, Maryland, San Francisco, Colorado and American of Puerto Rico are also in the field. The Panthers contest on Jan. 5 at Notre Dame will be broadcast on ESPN2. Other games can be seen on WTAE or Fox Sports-Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh will have a tough road test prior to conference play when it travels to Knoxville Dec. 6 to play the Tennessee Volunteers.
The exhibition season will begin Nov. 1 with the California All-Stars, followed by Marathon Oil Nov. 10.
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PANTHERS
1998-99 MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT SITE Sunday, November 1 California All-Stars (Exhibition) Fitzgerald Field House Tuesday, November 10 Marathon Oil (Exhibition) Fitzgerald Field House Friday, November 13 Univ. of Maryland-Baltimore County Fitzgerald Field House Tuesday, November 17 St. Francis College of Pa. Fitzgerald Field House Friday, November 20 at Wright State University Dayton, Ohio Monday, November 23 Univ. of Texas Pan American Fitzgerald Field House
November 26-28 at Puerto Rico Shootout San Juan, Puerto Pico Teams: American Univ. of Puerto Rico, Colorado, Kentucky, Maryland, San Francisco, UCLA, Xavier Top Half: Pittsburgh vs. Xavier - Kentucky vs. Colorado Bottom Half: UCLA vs. San Francisco - Maryland vs. American Semifinals and Finals will be aired on ESPN
Thursday, December 3 Prairie View A&M University Fitzgerald Field House Sunday, December 6 at University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. Wednesday, December 9 *at St. John's University Jamaica, N.Y. (AH) FoxPT - BETV Saturday, December 12 *University of Connecticut Fitzgerald Field House FoxPT - BETV Tuesday, December 22 Howard University Fitzgerald Field House Wednesday, December 30 *Providence College Fitzgerald Field House FoxPT-BETV Tuesday, January 5 *at University of Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. ESPN2 Sunday, January 10 *Boston College Fitzgerald Field House FoxPT - BETV Saturday, January 16 *at University of Connecticut Storrs, Conn. (HCC) WTAE - BETV Tuesday, January 19 *at Villanova University Philadelphia, Pa. (PAV) FoxPT - BETV Saturday, January 23 *Georgetown University Fitzgerald Field House FoxPT - BETV Monday, January 25 vs. Duquesne University Civic Arena Saturday, January 30 *University of Miami Fitzgerald Field House FoxPT - BETV Tuesday, February 2 *at Georgetown University Washington, D.C. (MCI) Saturday, February 6 *St. John's University Fitzgerald Field House FoxPT - BETV Monday, February 8 *at Seton Hall University East Rutherford, N.J. Thursday, February 11 *at Rutgers University Piscataway, N.J. Saturday, February 13 *Syracuse University Fitzgerald Field House FoxPT - BETV Tuesday, February 16 *West Virginia University Fitzgerald Field House ESPN Saturday, February 20 *at Boston College Boston, Mass. WTAE - BETV Tuesday, February 23 *at University of Miami Miami, Fla. FoxPT - BETV Saturday, February 27 *Seton Hall Unversity Fitzgerald Field House ESPN March 3-6 Big East Tournament New York City (MSG) ESPN & ESPN2
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