The Panthers held their first public scrimmage of the season Saturday at the Petersen Events Center, giving the first look to Pitt's new basketball roster with three new transfer players in Mouhamadou Gueye, Daniel Oladapo and Jamarius Burton, and JUCO addition Chris Payton.
What was the most enlightening point of the scrimmage was seeing how Pitt was able to use its front court players to defend and attack the paint as big men for the Panthers.
Pitt hasn't had a real big man or paint presence on its basketball roster during the Jeff Capel era, and that's been a hinderance to the Panthers having a complete team during the last three seasons.