Pitt's basketball team isn't expected to do much this season. After a down year last season, the Panthers' roster was almost entirely gutted and wins are expected to be difficult to come by in 2017-18.
But the team began practices this week and the team's head coach Kevin Stallings is optimistic for the season ahead.
"I thought that they played with great energy and great enthusiasm," Stallings said after the team's initial practice. He cautioned, though, that every team has those things at this point of the year. "But it's like I told them, every team in college basketball played hard today," he continued.