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Pitt Announces ACC Tip-Off Representatives

Blake Hinson, Ishmael Leggett and Jeff Capel will represent the Pitt Panthers at ACC Tip-Off this week.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Announces ACC Tip-Off Representatives
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers and the rest of the ACC will gather at league headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina this week ahead of the start of the 2023-24 college basketball season. 

The Panthers will be represented by a pair of their wily veterans - super senior forward Blake Hinson and graduate transfer guard Ishmael Leggett - alongside head coach Jeff Capel at the event, the team announced this week. 

Hinson is fresh off a 2022-23 season in which he earned second-team All-ACC honors after leading the team in both scoring and rebounding as they returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven years. Teammates and coaches have him pegged as the undisputed primary leader and best player for Pitt this season. 

Leggett is a prolific scorer and lead guard who is making the leap up to the upper echelon of college basketball this season after averaging 16.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.4 steals per game during the 2022-23 season with Rhode Island. 

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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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