May 2011 Pittsburgh Panthers Wiretap
Pittsburgh guard Ashton Gibbs is making himself available for the NBA draft without hiring an agent, a source told CBSSports.com’s Gary Parrish.
By declaring for the draft early, Gibbs can work out for NBA teams and get advice about his draft standing, pulling his name if he isn't projected to go as high as he'd like.
The 6-foot-2 guard averaged 16.8 points and shot 49.0 percent from 3-point range this season. He is not projected as a first-round pick.
Basketball-Reference.com’s Neil Paine ran the numbers and found that Texas’ Rick Barnes and Pittsburgh’s Jamie Dixon are among the worst offenders when it comes to underperforming their seeds in the NCAA Tournament.
Barnes posts a career mark 4.31 wins worse than you would expect from a team with its seeding.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and North Carolina coach Roy Williams top the list of coaches who overperformed their teams’ seeds by the greatest number of wins.
Kemba Walker led Connecticut to five victories in five consecutive nights to win the 2011 Big East Tournament.
Walker led all tournament participants in points, steals, minutes and FIC. Walker played in 190 of UConn's available 205 minutes.
Joining Walker on the Big East All-Tournament Team was teammate Jeremy Lamb, Peyton Siva and Preston Knowles (Louisville), Rick Jackson (Syracuse) and Scott Martin (Notre Dame).
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Ohio State is the No. 1 overall seed in the 2011 NCAA Tournament and will be placed in the East Region.
Joining the Buckeyes No. 1 seeds is Kansas in the Midwest, Pittsburgh in the Southeast and Duke in the West.
Pitt is the only No. 1 seed to not win their conference tournament, losing to eventual champion Connecticut in the quarterfinals.
San Diego State, North Carolina, Notre Dame and Florida are the No. 2 seeds, while Syracuse, Purdue, Connecticut and BYU are the No. 3 seeds. Kentucky, Louisville, Texas and Wisconsin are the No. 4 seeds.
Kansas and Duke were also No. 1 seeds in the 2010 NCAA Tournament, while Ohio State was a No. 2 and Pitt was a No. 3.
The Final Four will be held in Houston on April 2nd and 4th.
Ben Hansbrough of Notre Dame has been named Big East Player of the Year.
Rick Jackson of Syracuse won Defensive Player of the Year, DePaul's Cleveland Melvin won Rookie of the Year and Dwight Hardy of St. John's won Most Improved Player honors.
Hansbrough was joined on the All-Big East First Team by Marshon Brooks (Providence), Austin Freeman (Georgetown), Ashton Gibbs (Pitt), Dwight Hardy (St. John's) and Kemba Walker (Connecticut).
On the All-Big East Second Team are Corey Fisher (Villanova), Rick Jackson (Syracuse), Darius Johnson-Odom (Marquette), Preston Knowles (Louisville) and Brad Wanamaker (Pitt).
The All-Rookie Team is comprised of Jeremy Lamb (Connecticut), Gilvydas Biruta (Rutgers), Sean Kilpatrick (Cincinnati), Melvin, Shabazz Napier (Connecticut) and Brandon Young (DePaul).
Notre Dame’s Ben Hansbrough was the lone unanimous selection to the All-Big East team on Sunday.
The 6-foot-3 guard was joined by Kemba Walker of Connecticut, Austin Freeman of Georgetown, Ashton Gibbs of Pittsburgh, Marshon Brooks of Providence and Dwight Hardy of St. John’s. The team was chosen by the conference’s head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own players.
Hansbrough led the Irish in scoring with an 18.5 average, which was third in the league, and he was third in the conference in three-point shooting at 45.1 percent.
No. 4 Pittsburgh beat No. 19 Villanova 60-50 on Saturday to lock up the No. 1 seed in the Big East Tournament.
Pitt shot just 41.5% from the floor, but the combination of nine offensive rebounds and just 12 turnovers allowed the Panthers to score 1.11 points per possession.
On the other end, Pitt held Villanova to just 50 points on 37.3% shooting.
Ashton Gibbs led the Panthers with 18.
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