On Saturday, each Clemson and Virginia misplaced in ACC matchups, serving to Pitt transfer into second place within the league whereas the Panthers have the weekend off.

No. 20 Clemson — who got here in because the No. 1 crew within the ACC standings — misplaced to No. 23 Miami at house, dropping its document to 10-3 within the ACC. The Tigers personal the tiebreaker over Pitt this season, after beating the Panthers 75-74 again on Jan. 7.

No. 6 Virginia fell to Virginia Tech by a rating of 74-68, dropping to 17-4 general and 9-3 in convention play.

Pitt at present sits at 9-3 in convention play, with one win over Virginia and a loss to Clemson on the yr. As a result of Clemson has the week off (subsequent recreation: Saturday Feb. 11), Pitt has an opportunity to tie for one of the best document within the convention with a win over Louisville on Tuesday. *Clemson owns the tiebreaker because it beat Pitt earlier within the season. The 2 won’t meet once more, until it’s within the ACC Match.

Pitt has by no means received the ACC common season title since becoming a member of the convention in 2013.

Pitt and Louisville will face off at 6 p.m. est on Tuesday. The sport shall be televised on ACC Community.

Duquesne head coach Keith Dambrot is on the verge of reaching an enormous school basketball teaching milestone, however he has not given a single thought to it simply but.

The Akron native has gained 498 video games in his school basketball head teaching profession that started again in 1984 when he took over the Tiffin College basketball program.

“After I retire, I’ll give it some thought,” Dambrot instructed Pittsburgh Sports activities Now on Thursday. “All that claims is, I’ve coached a very long time, a variety of years.”

Dambrot has served as head coach at Tiffin (1984-86), Ashland College (1989-91), Central Michigan (1991-93), Akron (2004-17), and now Duquesne (2017-present) in his profession. He has led his groups to 16 20-win seasons, together with a dominant run at Akron from 2005-2017 through which his Zips groups had 20+ wins each single 12 months.

Dambrot was employed by Duquesne in March of 2017, and has since garnered an 85-79 file whereas main the Dukes. His greatest season to this point got here in 2019-20, through which the Dukes went 21-9 behind Marcus Weathers, Honest Carry, and others.

This 12 months, he at present has the Dukes sitting at 14-8 on the season and 4-5 in Atlantic 10 play. Shedding three of their final 4, the Dukes have an opportunity to show issues round towards George Washington this upcoming Saturday, Feb. 4.

“It’s all simply psychological outlook,” Dambrot mentioned concerning the keys to ending the season sturdy. “Ensuring that we perceive the significance of each day. I feel everyone goes via the grind in late January, February, so, whoever decides to embrace the grind goes to be the successful groups, and the groups that enhance from now till the postseason.”

The Dukes will tip off from Washington D.C. at 2 p.m. est on Saturday, Feb. 4 trying to get again within the win column. That recreation might be discovered on ESPN+.