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Zoo Crew Adds Former Pitt PG Levance Fields

The best point guard in Pitt Panthers history is bringing back the glory days.

Stephen Thompson

Zoo Crew Adds Former Pitt PG Levance Fields
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PITTSBURGH -- One of, if not the best, point guard in Pitt Panthers history will revive his glory days when he joins some former teammates and recent stars on the Zoo Crew in The Basketball Tournament. 

The team announced that they have added Levance Fields to a roster already stacked with former Pitt stars who will pursue the $1 million prize that awaits the winner of the 64-team single-elimination tournament. 

Fields, known for his remarkable abilities in big moments, averaged 9.5 points, 4.9 assists and 3.0 rebounds over his storied four-year career at Pitt while making 34.6% of his 3-pointers and 47% of his 2-point shots. He was a two-time All-Big East selection and 2008 All-Big East Tournament Team Honoree. 

The Zoo Crew, formerly known as the Untouchables, have played three times in TBT since its inception in 2013, most recently in 2018. The team will feature nine former Panthers on the roster, led by general manager Gilbert Brown, a former Pitt center who currently serves as the men's basketball program's Director of Player and Alumni Development.

Fields will play alongside Gilbert Brown, Gary McGhee, Jamel Artis, Mouhamadou Gueye, Ryan Luther, Nelly Cummings, Nike Sibande, Greg Elliot and Mike Young. Cummings, Sibande and Elliot, three key cogs in the program's return to the NCAA Tournament in 2023, and Gueye will get their first taste of TBT this year.

The Zoo Crew will compete in the West Virginia regional in Wheeling, West Virginia. They will participate in a five-day training camp at the Petersen Events Center from July 17-22 before beginning their tournament run on July 25. 

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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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