March Madness bracket set as Duke nabs top overall seed
Duke is the top overall seed in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, with Arizona, Michigan, and Florida also landing on the No. 1 line.
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Duke is the top overall seed in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, with Arizona, Michigan, and Florida also landing on the No. 1 line.
Pitt is retaining basketball coach Jeff Capel.
Damarco Minor followed his own miss to score with 0.7 seconds left and give 15th-seeded Pittsburgh a 64-63 win over 10-seed Stanford in the opening game of the ACC Tournament on Tuesday.
Orlando Lovejoy had 21 points and Lance Stone came off the bench to score 16, leading Detroit Mercy to a 70-64 victory over Robert Morris in a Horizon League Tournament semifinal.
Pittsburgh has fired women's basketball coach Tory Verdi.
Pitt has struggled this year with a 2-10 record in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Isiah Evans scored 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting, including 5 for 6 on 3-pointers, and No. 4 Duke pulled away in the second half to defeat Pittsburgh 70-54.
Six former players on the women's basketball team at the University of Pittsburgh have sued coach Tory Verdi and the school over what they call toxic coaching methods.
Boden Kapke scored 19 points and his 3-pointer with 22 seconds left was the game-winning basket as Boston College left Pittsburgh in the ACC cellar with a 65-62 win.
Authorities said the alleged scheme involved 39 players, 17 different NCAA Division I men's basketball teams and 29 games.
Former Robert Morris University basketball player Markeese Hastings is accused of taking bribes to throw games.
Brandin Cummings scored 23 points for Pitt in a 89-66 win over Georgia Tech, snapping a three-game losing streak.
Malik Reneau scored 28 points and made all 10 of his free throws as Miami erased a 10-point halftime deficit and defeated Pittsburgh 76-69 on Tuesday night in an Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams.
Pitt used a 16-0 run to take a 61-57 lead with 6:23 remaining but Texas A&M answered with an 18-3 run of their own.
Damarco Minor scored 18 points and hit a game-winning 3-pointer as time expired to rally Pittsburgh past Ohio State 67-66 on Friday, handing the Buckeyes their first loss of the season.
West Virginia beat Pittsburgh 71-49 on Thursday night in the 192nd Backyard Brawl.
Pitt jumped out to a 27-10 lead in the first 10 minutes and held on for a 78-66 win on Monday night.
Honor Huff leads West Virginia to a 73-65 victory over Campbell on Thursday night.
West Virginia pulled away from Mount St. Mary's for a 70-54 win to usher in the Ross Hodge era in a season-opener for both teams on Tuesday night.
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM — who became world-famous as the chaplain and biggest fan of the Loyola University Ramblers men's basketball team — has died.
For the first time since 2017, Pitt and Penn State's men's basketball programs will meet.
The Los Angeles Lakers selected Adou Thiero in the second round of the 2025 NBA Draft in Brooklyn on Thursday.
Duquesne University's Megan McConnell received a training camp invitation from the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.
The March Madness tournament came to an end Monday night as the Florida Gators took home the NCAA men's basketball championship.
New West Virginia coach Ross Hodge's five-year contract agreement will pay him $15 million.
Duke is the top overall seed in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, with Arizona, Michigan, and Florida also landing on the No. 1 line.
The new stadium is expected to be completed by June 2027.
Kennywood Boulevard was shut down on Sunday afternoon as police responded to the area during a preplanned march.
An 18-year-old from Indiana County was arrested after he told multiple people he wanted to "shoot up the parade."
Griffin Lake won the individual title, taking second in both smallbore and air rifle, to help West Virginia claim the 2026 NCAA rifle championship, the 21st in program history.
Duke is the top overall seed in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, with Arizona, Michigan, and Florida also landing on the No. 1 line.
The new stadium is expected to be completed by June 2027.
Kennywood Boulevard was shut down on Sunday afternoon as police responded to the area during a preplanned march.
The annual KDKA Fish Fry Guide is back for Lent! Check our listings for a 2026 fish fry near you in Pittsburgh.
An 18-year-old from Indiana County was arrested after he told multiple people he wanted to "shoot up the parade."
U.S. intelligence has circulated to President Trump's inner circle that Iran's late supreme leader had misgivings about his son replacing him, viewing Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as not very bright.
TSA officers faced their first full missed paycheck Friday.
"The president is constantly critical on mail-in voting, and that's ridiculous," Democratic Sen. John Fetterman said Wednesday.
"I think, overall, what's accomplished is remarkable," Sen. John Fetterman told CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett in an interview Wednesday.
About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.
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The Pennsylvania Treasury will hold a public auction for unclaimed goods on Wednesday, March 25.
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That's a wrap for this week on PTL.
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Cracking down on the price of prescription drugs is a hefty task.
Duke is the top overall seed in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, with Arizona, Michigan, and Florida also landing on the No. 1 line.
Western Pennsylvania has historically been a hotbed for producing talent that succeeds in the NFL.
Griffin Lake won the individual title, taking second in both smallbore and air rifle, to help West Virginia claim the 2026 NCAA rifle championship, the 21st in program history.
Noel Acciari scored the go-ahead goal at the 8:03 mark of the third period to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Utah Mammoth 4-3.
Pitt is retaining basketball coach Jeff Capel.
Forbes' latest ranking of the world's richest people has been released, and the list features billionaires with ties to Pittsburgh.
A fire chief says a fire at an Ohio hog farm complex has killed about 6,000 pigs and unleashed a large plume of smoke that could be seen for miles.
Lawmakers in Harrisburg are looking at bills to tackle dynamic pricing.
The budget airline Breeze is launching a new nonstop route from Pittsburgh to Myrtle Beach this summer.
The lawsuit accuses Nippon of prioritizing revenue over worker safety.
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A woman was arrested on Sunday for firing multiple shots at the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna, Los Angeles Police Department officials say.
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Hillary Knight, Megan Keller and Jack and Quinn Hughes made a surprise appearance during "Heated Rivalry" star Connor Storrie's opening monologue on "SNL."
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