High expectations will follow the Pitt Panthers Men's basketball this season as the first college basketball preseason poll was released Thursday. In Thursday’s ESPN/USA Today coaches' Poll, Pitt comes into the 2008-2009 campaign with an impressive No. 6 ranking. North Carolina received all 31 first-place votes as the unanimous No. 1 in the preseason ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. North Carolina is followed by 2. UCONN, 3. Louisville, 4. UCLA, and 5. Duke. Three Big East teams round out the top 6
Pitt NO. 6 in ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll
Upcoming Games
Sat, Feb. 11
2:00pm
vs. Winnipeg
Sun, Feb. 12
7:00pm
vs. Tampa Bay
Wed, Feb. 15
7:00pm
vs. Anaheim
Sat, Feb. 18
1:00pm
at Philadelphia
Recent Scores
at Montreal
L 2-3
at New Jersey
L 2-5
at Boston
W 2-1
at Toronto
L 0-1
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