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Pitt Records 300th Win At Petersen Events Center

The Pitt Panthers have revived one of the best home atmospheres in college basketball.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Records 300th Win At Petersen Events Center
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PITTSBURGH -- With a 70-60 victory over Notre Dame this weekend, the Pitt Panthers have clinched a milestone victory in their home arena. 

By beating the Fighting Irish, the Panthers earned a landmark win - their 300th all-time inside the friendly confines of the Petersen Events Center. 

Pitt owned one of the best home-court advantages in all of college basketball when the Petersen Events Center. It became a house of horrors for everyone from the lowest of low-major teams to the top 10 and top 5 opponents that made the Big East the sport's best conference. 

The Panthers' home-court advantage - and the overall quality of the program - had wanned with the departure of long-time head coach Jamie Dixon. After he left in 2016, Pitt held a home record of just 60-48 record in the six seasons that followed. 

Pitt entered this season with a record of 291-86 all-time at the Petersen Events Center and has now won nine of 14 games at home during the 2023-24 season and the Panthers are 23-8 in this building over the past two seasons. 

Jeff Capel's rebuild, which already yielded an NCAA Tournament berth last season, has also revived one of the better atmospheres in college basketball. 

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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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