CORAL GABLES, Fla. — At the start of the week, the Pitt men’s basketball team needed just one more victory for the right to hang a banner in the Petersen Events Center. Unfortunately for Jeff Capel’s team, that victory never came.
Following their frustrating loss Wednesday night at Notre Dame, the No. 25 Panthers (21-10, 14-6) once again failed to grind out a road victory, losing Saturday evening in Miami to the No. 16 Hurricanes by a final score of 78-76.
Pitt trailed 78-71 with 35 seconds remaining, but a few Pitt buckets and a turnover and missed free throw by Miami gave the Panthers a chance to win it at the buzzer. Blake Hinson’s long 3-point prayer rimmed out as the Miami students stormed the court in celebration.
