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Next Pitt-West Virginia Basketball Gameday Set

The Pitt Panthers will play West Virginia later in the season than they have in recent years.

Stephen Thompson

Next Pitt-West Virginia Basketball Gameday Set
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PITTSBURGH -- The 190th installment of the Backyard Brawl: Basketball Edition now has a date. The Pitt Panthers will play West Virginia on December 6 at the WVU Colesium in Morgantown, West Virginia both programs announced this week. Tip-off time and television designation has yet to be announced.  

This means the Panthers will play their rivals later in the non-conference schedule than they have in recent years. The previous three meetings have been played during the second week of November and this matchup will come about three weeks later. 

Pitt is 88-101 all-time against West Virginia in the longest-running series in program history. The first official edition of the Brawl was a 30-25 Pitt win over the Mountaineers Feb. 17, 1906. Two previous meetings between to two schools occurred prior to Pitt recognizing basketball as a varsity sport. 

Current Pitt head coach Jeff Capel is 0-4 against the Mountaineers during his tenure, with an average margin of defeat of 16.25 points. The Panthers have dropped six in a row to their southern rivals dating back to 2011. 

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Stephen Thompson
STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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