Pitt wrapped up its regular-season slate last Wednesday with a 73-56 road loss to Notre Dame, going 8-23 overall and 0-18 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. It was the Panthers’ first winless conference campaign in their 49 years affiliated with a conference, and perhaps the only thing softening the blow was the fact that they weren’t alone in their ignominy.
Unfortunately, that all changed over the weekend, as Chicago State snapped a 24-game losing streak on Saturday, defeating UMKC 96-82 for its first win in the Western Athletic Conference.
The Cougars were the only other Division I men’s basketball team without a conference win this year, so their sudden awakening in their regular-season finale left the Panthers as the only team to get blanked in conference play in the 2017-18 season.