Pitt Athletic Director Heather Lyke spoke early Monday morning on the status of both the university's football and basketball programs, and specifically the statuses of both head coaches in Pat Narduzzi and Jeff Capel. Lyke had just finished addressing Pitt's newly established women's lacrosse team after showing them their new facility at Highmark Stadium in Station Square of Pittsburgh.
But the team she spent the most time talking about in her informal time speaking to Pittsburgh media Monday was Pitt basketball, whose record is 8-15, 3-9 in the ACC, as the Panthers are currently on a three-game losing streak after Saturday's 76-71 loss to Virginia Tech at the Petersen Events Center.