The Latest Breaking News from Jeff Capel

After a wave of exits, pressure mounts on coaches from bluebloods to rebuilds. Plus, the list of big names who could retire.

“I really hated the way it ended."

DAYTON, Ohio —Jamarius Burton didn’t play long, but when it mattered most, the team’s leader stepped up big. With his team down by a point with under 30 seconds left, Jeff Capel knew who had to have the basketball, and his faith was rewarded.

The surprise isn’t so much that Georgia Tech has hired Damon Stoudamire. It’s that the Jackets hired him so fast. Not 80 hours ago, Josh Pastner – another Arizona alumnus – still had the job. But if you’re sure this is who you want, there’s no reason to string things…

There's a pretty good chance Pitt will sit out the NCAA tournament if it loses to the Florida State-Georgia Tech winner on Wednesday afternoon in its first ACC tournament game. The bracketologists have made it clear they have little respect for Pitt's body of work or the ACC's in general.…

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.

I have no idea how far the Pitt basketball team will go this spring. It will win the ACC regular-season championship if it beats 2-16 Notre Dame on the road Wednesday night. It should go soaring into the NCAA tournament for the first time in seven years. It is good…

Pitt's win over Syracuse has to be the one that puts the nail in the coffin of any ideas that the Panthers aren't firmly and solidly in the NCAA tournament field.

The ACC is perceived to be down this year.