Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
PITTSBURGH – When SEC Commissioner Mike Slive asked Bruce Pearl to play No. 3 Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh in the SEC/Big East Invitational without a return game, Pearl wasn’t exactly fired up about it.
“John Calipari volunteered to play in Louisville, Ky., and somebody needed to go play in Pittsburgh and so I volunteered to go play in Pittsburgh at the encouragement of my commissioner,” Pearl said, referring to Kentucky facing Notre Dame on Wednesday.
As it turned out, No. 11 Tennessee not only made the trip to the Steel City, but pulled off an emphatic 83-76 victory behind a career-high 27 points from Scotty Hopson before a stunned, heavily pro-Pitt crowd of 15,166 at the Consol Energy Center.
Click here to read the full story at SNY.And like ZAGS on Facebook.
Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
PITTSBURGH – When SEC Commissioner Mike Slive asked Bruce Pearl to play No. 3 Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh in the SEC/Big East Invitational without a return game, Pearl wasn’t exactly fired up about it.
“John Calipari volunteered to play in Louisville, Ky., and somebody needed to go play in Pittsburgh and so I volunteered to go play in Pittsburgh at the encouragement of my commissioner,” Pearl said, referring to Kentucky facing Notre Dame on Wednesday.
As it turned out, No. 11 Tennessee not only made the trip to the Steel City, but pulled off an emphatic 83-76 victory behind a career-high 27 points from Scotty Hopson before a stunned, heavily pro-Pitt crowd of 15,166 at the Consol Energy Center.
Click here to read the full story at SNY.
And like ZAGS on Facebook.
