Panthers Release 2025-26 Non-Conference Schedule
8/19/2025 10:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
PITTSBURGH – Pitt men's basketball will play nine regular season non-conference home games, including marquee matchups against Ohio State (Nov. 28) and Texas A&M (Dec. 2), as announced Tuesday morning. The Panthers open the season with three games at the Petersen Events Center before traveling to West Virginia (Nov. 13) for the 2025-26 edition of the Backyard Brawl.
NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE NOTES
- Pitt plays six of its eight November games at the Petersen Events Center beginning with the season opener Nov. 3 against Youngstown State. Additional home games in the opening month of the season include Longwood (Nov. 7), Eastern Michigan (Nov. 10), Bucknell (Nov. 17), Quinnipiac (Nov. 23), and Ohio State (Nov. 28).
- The Panthers play four power conference road games as part of their non-conference slate. In addition to the Backyard Brawl, Pitt will face UCF (Nov. 20) in a neutral site game in Daytona Beach as part of the Legends Classic before returning to Pennsylvania to play at Villanova (Dec. 13) and against Penn State (Dec. 21) in a neutral site game at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa.
- Six of Pitt's 13 non-conference games are against power conference opponents.
- The December game schedule opens at home against Texas A&M in the ACC/SEC Challenge (Dec.2) and features matchups against Hofstra (Dec. 7) and Binghamton (Dec. 17).
ACC HOME SCHEDULE
- Pitt will also have another exciting home ACC schedule with both Duke and Louisville making trips to the Petersen Events Center along with Syracuse, Notre Dame, Clemson, SMU, Florida State, NC State, and Wake Forest as part of their 18-game ACC schedule this season.
- ACC dates and game times are expected to be released in mid-September.
EXHIBITION(s) OF NOTE
- Pitt is scheduled to play former Big East rival Providence Sunday, Oct. 19 in an exhibition contest at the Petersen Events Center. The Panthers also have a remaining exhibition game date yet to be announced.
2025-26 ROSTER NOTES
Pitt returns four scholarship letterwinners in Papa Amadou Kante, Cameron Corhen, Brandin Cummings, and Amdy Ndiaye, while also signing four players out of the transfer portal in Barry Dunning, Jr. (South Alabama), Nojus Indrusaitis (Iowa State), Dishon Jackson (Iowa State), and Damarco Minor (Oregon State).
The Panthers have also grabbed five signees without collegiate experience in Roman Siulepa (Brisbane State/South West Metro Pirates), Omari Witherspoon (St. John's College), Henry Lau (Sydney Boys High/Sydney Kings), Macari Moore (Ann Arbor Huron), and Kieran Mullen (St. Thomas More). Pitt remains active in this recruiting cycle as it looks to continue to add impact players for the 2025-26 season.
- Pitt's four-person transfer class has combined for 2,806 points, 1,441 rebounds, 525 assists, and 211 career steals.
- The frontcourt tandem of Jackson and Corhen has combined for 1,859 points, 954 rebounds, 108 steals, and 159 blocks, while shooting 57.3 percent (705-of-1230) from the field in their careers. The post rotation also features the return of Amadou Kante, a top 100 prospect out of high school, who is now nearly two years removed from a knee injury and poised for a larger role in 2025-26.
- Minor, a pass-first point guard who plays with a chip on his shoulder, has totaled 1,308 points, 620 rebounds, 361 assists, and 127 steals in his career. He anchors an exciting backcourt that features a pair of breakout sophomores (Cummings and Indrusaitis) and a pair of big-bodied freshmen (Witherspoon and Moore) ready to challenge for minutes.
- Dunning, Jr. is a versatile and dynamic wing coming off an all-conference season at South Alabama a year ago. He exploded to average 17.2 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game while going 31-of-76 (.408) from three-point range over the final 20 games of the season.
- Pitt's roster will once again have an international flair with a pair of players from both Australia (Siulepa and Lau) and Senegal (Amadou Kante and Ndiaye) as well as a Canadian import in Mullen. In addition, Indrusaitis holds dual citizenship in the United States and Lithuania, where he has competed on U18 and U20 national teams.
SEASON TICKET INFORMATION
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Information on single game tickets will be available at a later date.
