2018–19 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers were led by first-year head coach Jeff Capel and played their home games at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2018–19 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball
Barclays Center Classic Champions
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	14–19 (3–15 ACC)
Head coach	Jeff Capel (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Tim O'Toole (1st season) Milan Brown (1st season) Jason Capel (1st season)
Home arena	Petersen Events Center (Capacity: 12,508)
Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Virginia	16	–	2		.889			35	–	3		.921
No. 3 North Carolina	16	–	2		.889			29	–	7		.806
No. 1 Duke †	14	–	4		.778			32	–	6		.842
No. 10 Florida State	13	–	5		.722			29	–	8		.784
No. 16 Virginia Tech	12	–	6		.667			26	–	9		.743
Syracuse	10	–	8		.556			20	–	14		.588
Louisville	10	–	8		.556			20	–	14		.588
NC State	9	–	9		.500			24	–	12		.667
Clemson	9	–	9		.500			20	–	14		.588
Georgia Tech	6	–	12		.333			14	–	18		.438
Boston College	5	–	13		.278			14	–	17		.452
Miami (FL)	5	–	13		.278			14	–	18		.438
Wake Forest	4	–	14		.222			11	–	20		.355
Pittsburgh	3	–	15		.167			14	–	19		.424
Notre Dame	3	–	15		.167			14	–	19		.424
† 2019 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Panthers finished the 2017–18 season 8–24 overall and 0–18 in ACC play, finishing dead last in the conference and losing in the first round of the ACC tournament to Notre Dame. On March 8, 2018, Pitt fired head coach Kevin Stallings.^[1] On March 27, Pitt hired Duke assistant coach Jeff Capel as head coach.^[2][3]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Parker Stewart	1	G	6'5"	195	Freshman	Union City, TN	UT Martin
Jonathan Milligan	2	G	6'2"	170	Senior	Orlando, FL	Graduated
Ryan Luther	4	F	6'9"	225	Senior	Gibsonia, PA	Arizona
Marcus Carr	5	G	6'1"	185	Freshman	Toronto, ON	Minnesota
Monty Boykins	33	G	6'5"	195	Senior	West Chester, OH	Graduated
Zach Smith	35	G	6'3"	200	RS Senior	Smethport, PA	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Sidy N'Dir	11	G	6'2"	190	Graduate Student	Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, France	New Mexico State

2018 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Xavier Johnson #34 PG	Woodbridge, VA	Bishop O'Connell High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Apr 28, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Trey McGowens #46 SG	Chatham, VA	Hargrave Military Academy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Apr 24, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Au'Diese Toney SG	Fayetteville, NC	Trinity Christian School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jun 2, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 27, 2018.

Roster

2018–19 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
} Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G/F 0 Shamiel Stevenson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Hillcrest Prep (AZ) Toronto, ON G 1 Xavier Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Bishop O'Connell Woodbridge, VA G 2 Trey McGowens 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Hargrave Military Academy (VA) Piedmont, SC G 3 Malik Ellison 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Jr Life Center Academy/St. John's Voorhees, NJ G/F 4 Jared Wilson-Frame 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Windsor/Northwest Florida State Hartford, CT G 5 Au'Diese Toney 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Trinity Christian Academy (NC) Huntsville, AL G 11 Sidy N'Dir 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) GS West Oaks Academy (FL)/New Mexico State Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, France G 12 Joe Mascaro (W) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Bethel Park Pittsburgh, PA G 13 Khameron Davis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Forest Trail Academy (NC) Highlands Ranch, CO G 14 Curtis Aiken Jr. (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr North Allegheny Wexford, PA F/C 15 Kene Chukwuka 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Söderslättsgymnasiet/New Mexico JUCO Stockholm, Sweden F/C 21 Terrell Brown 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Tilton School (NH) Providence, RI G 22 Anthony Starzynski (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Baldwin Pittsburgh, PA F 24 Samson George 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So First Love Christian Academy (PA)/Iona Minna, Nigeria C 42 Peace Ilegomah 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So Montverde Academy (FL) Benin City, Nigeria	Head coach Jeff Capel (Duke) Assistant coach(es) Tim O'Toole (Fairfield) Milan Brown (Howard) Jason Capel (North Carolina) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Source:^[4]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2018* 7:00 pm		Pitt-Johnstown	W 78–59	–	14 – Tied	6 – Chukwuka	6 – N'Dir	Petersen Events Center (3,194) Pittsburgh, PA
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Youngstown State	W 69–53	1–0	17 – McGowens	9 – Toney	6 – Johnson	Petersen Events Center (4,729) Pittsburgh, PA
November 9, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		VMI	W 94–55	2–0	20 – Wilson-Frame	8 – Toney	10 – Johnson	Petersen Events Center (4,321) Pittsburgh, PA
November 12, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Troy Barclays Center Classic	W 84–75	3–0	24 – Wilson-Frame	7 – Johnson	9 – Johnson	Petersen Events Center (3,285) Pittsburgh, PA
November 15, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Central Arkansas Barclays Center Classic	W 97–71	4–0	20 – Wilson-Frame	8 – Brown	4 – Ellison	Petersen Events Center (2,578) Pittsburgh, PA
November 17, 2018* 12:00 pm, ACCN Extra		North Alabama Barclays Center Classic	W 71–66	5–0	23 – Johnson	8 – Toney	3 – Tied	Petersen Events Center (3,540) Pittsburgh, PA
November 21, 2018* 12:00 pm, ACCN Extra		vs. Saint Louis Barclays Center Classic	W 75–73	6–0	20 – Johnson	8 – Tied	3 – Tied	Barclays Center (355) Brooklyn, NY
November 27, 2018* 9:00 pm, ESPNU		at No. 14 Iowa ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 68–69	6–1	18 – Johnson	6 – Brown	6 – Johnson	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (10,158) Iowa City, IA
November 30, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		vs. Duquesne The City Game	W 74–53	7–1	14 – McGowens	9 – Toney	5 – Johnson	PPG Paints Arena (12,246) Pittsburgh, PA
December 3, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Niagara	L 70–71	7–2	19 – Johnson	9 – Toney	6 – Wilson-Frame	Petersen Events Center (3,468) Pittsburgh, PA
December 8, 2018* 12:00 pm, ESPN2		at West Virginia Backyard Brawl	L 59–69	7–3	21 – Johnson	6 – Tied	2 – Tied	WVU Coliseum (13,670) Morgantown, WV
December 15, 2018* 2:00 pm, ACCRSN		Maryland Eastern Shore	W 78–43	8–3	12 – Johnson	11 – Wilson-Frame	4 – Johnson	Petersen Events Center (4,472) Pittsburgh, PA
December 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		New Orleans	W 99–57	9–3	24 – McGowens	8 – Toney	6 – Johnson	Petersen Events Center (3,988) Pittsburgh, PA
December 29, 2018* 4:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Colgate	W 68–54	10–3	16 – McGowens	7 – Wilson-Frame	6 – Johnson	Petersen Events Center (6,182) Pittsburgh, PA
ACC regular season
January 5, 2019 12:00 pm, Raycom		No. 15 North Carolina	L 60–85	10–4 (0–1)	17 – McGowens	9 – Brown	2 – Tied	Petersen Events Center (12,508) Pittsburgh, PA
January 9, 2019 8:00 pm, Raycom		Louisville	W 89–86 ^OT	11–4 (1–1)	33 – McGowens	6 – McGowens	10 – Johnson	Petersen Events Center (6,290) Pittsburgh, PA
January 12, 2019 12:00 pm, Raycom		at No. 15 NC State	L 80–86	11–5 (1–2)	25 – Johnson	8 – Brown	7 – McGowens	PNC Arena (17,695) Raleigh, NC
January 14, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU		No. 11 Florida State	W 75–62	12–5 (2–2)	30 – McGowens	8 – Toney	4 – McGowens	Petersen Events Center (6,780) Pittsburgh, PA
January 19, 2019 2:00 pm, ACCRSN		at Syracuse	L 63–74	12–6 (2–3)	19 – Wilson-Frame	9 – Toney	3 – Johnson	Carrier Dome (24,466) Syracuse, NY
January 22, 2019 9:00 pm, ESPN		No. 2 Duke	L 64–79	12–7 (2–4)	14 – McGowens	6 – Brown	2 – N'Dir	Petersen Events Center (12,881) Pittsburgh, PA
January 26, 2019 2:00 pm, Raycom		at No. 23 Louisville	L 51–66	12–8 (2–5)	14 – Wilson-Frame	8 – Davis	4 – Johnson	KFC Yum! Center (16,929) Louisville, KY
January 29, 2019 9:00 pm, ESPNU		at Clemson	L 69–82	12–9 (2–6)	30 – Johnson	4 – 5 tied	1 – Tied	Littlejohn Coliseum (6,474) Clemson, SC
February 2, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN2		Syracuse	L 56–65	12–10 (2–7)	16 – Brown	11 – Ellison	6 – Johnson	Petersen Events Center (12,508) Pittsburgh, PA
February 5, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at Wake Forest	L 76–78 ^OT	12–11 (2–8)	23 – Johnson	8 – Ellison	9 – Johnson	LJVM Coliseum (5,170) Winston-Salem, NC
February 9, 2019 2:00 pm, Raycom		NC State	L 76–79	12–12 (2–9)	17 – Johnson	7 – Toney	6 – N'Dir	Petersen Events Center (8,950) Pittsburgh, PA
February 12, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at Boston College	L 57–66	12–13 (2–10)	12 – Wilson-Frame	7 – 3 tied	7 – Johnson	Conte Forum (3,463) Chestnut Hill, MA
February 16, 2019 4:30 pm, ACCRSN		No. 22 Virginia Tech	L 64–70	12–14 (2–11)	18 – Johnson	6 – N'Dir	5 – Johnson	Petersen Events Center (10,289) Pittsburgh, PA
February 20, 2019 9:00 pm, ACCRSN		at Georgia Tech	L 65–73	12–15 (2–12)	19 – Wilson-Frame	10 – Toney	6 – Johnson	McCamish Pavilion (4,959) Atlanta, GA
February 27, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCRSN		Clemson	L 48–62	12–16 (2–13)	14 – Johnson	6 – Wilson-Frame	3 – McGowens	Petersen Events Center (6,102) Pittsburgh, PA
March 2, 2019 2:00 pm, Raycom		at No. 2 Virginia	L 49–73	12–17 (2–14)	17 – Wilson-Frame	7 – Toney	4 – Wilson-Frame	John Paul Jones Arena (13,452) Charlottesville, VA
March 5, 2019 8:00 pm, Raycom		at Miami (FL)	L 63–76	12–18 (2–15)	18 – Wilson-Frame	6 – Johnson	5 – Johnson	Watsco Center (6,373) Coral Gables, FL
March 9, 2019 12:00 pm, Raycom		Notre Dame	W 56–53	13–18 (3–15)	16 – McGowens	6 – Chukwuka	6 – Johnson	Petersen Events Center (8,602) Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Tournament
March 12, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU	(14)	vs. (11) Boston College First Round	W 80–70	14–18	26 – McGowens	9 – Tied	2 – Tied	Spectrum Center (9,677) Charlotte, NC
March 13, 2019 9:00 pm, ESPN2	(14)	vs. (6) Syracuse Second Round	L 59–73	14–19	24 – Wilson-Frame	13 – Brown	6 – Johnson	Spectrum Center (19,691) Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

1. Goodman, Jeff; Borzello, Jeff (March 8, 2018). "Pittsburgh dismisses coach Kevin Stallings after two seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
2. "Pitt hires Duke assistant Capel as coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
3. "Pittsburgh hires Duke associate head coach Jeff Capel to replace Kevin Stallings". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
4. "2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved January 24, 2019.