2025–26 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team

2025–26 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball
2025–26 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	6–6 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Jeff Capel (8th season);
Associate head coach	Tim O'Toole (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Milan Brown (8th season); Jason Capel (8th season); Kyle Cieplicki; Gilbert Brown;
Home arena	Petersen Events Center; (Capacity: 12,508)

2025–26 ACC men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Duke	0	–	0	–	11	–	0	1.000
California	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
No. 12 North Carolina	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
No. 23т Virginia	0	–	0	–	9	–	1	.900
Miami (FL)	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
Virginia Tech	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
No. 11 Louisville	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
SMU	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
Stanford	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
Clemson	0	–	0	–	9	–	3	.750
Notre Dame	0	–	0	–	9	–	3	.750
Wake Forest	0	–	0	–	9	–	3	.750
NC State	0	–	0	–	8	–	4	.667
Georgia Tech	0	–	0	–	7	–	4	.636
Syracuse	0	–	0	–	7	–	4	.636
Florida State	0	–	0	–	6	–	6	.500
Pittsburgh	0	–	0	–	6	–	6	.500
Boston College	0	–	0	–	5	–	6	.455

† 2026 ACC tournament winner As of December 19, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represents the University of Pittsburgh during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by eighth-year head coach Jeff Capel, play their home games at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Panthers finished the 2024–25 season 17–15, 8–12 in ACC play, to finish in a five-way tie for ninth place.^[1] They were defeated by Notre Dame in the first round of the ACC tournament.^[2]

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Damian Dunn	1	G	6'5"	205	Graduate Student	Kinston, NC	Graduated
Ishmael Leggett	5	G	6'3"	185	Senior	Washington, D.C.	Graduated
Marlon Barnes Jr.	11	F	6'6"	190	Freshman	Cleveland, OH	Transferred to Evansville^[3]
Jaland Lowe	15	G	6'3"	175	Sophomore	Missouri City, TX	Transferred to Kentucky^[4]
Vason Stevenson	21	F	6'3"	190	Junior	McKees Rocks, PA	Graduated^[5]
Liam Mignogna	24	C	6'9"	250	Freshman	Gibsonia, PA	Walk on; didn't return
Guillermo Diaz Graham	25	F	7'0"	225	Senior	Canary Islands, Spain	Transferred to San Francisco^[6]
Jorge Diaz Graham	31	F	6'11"	215	Senior	Canary Islands, Spain	Transferred to Oregon State^[7]
Amsal Delalić	52	G	6'8"	210	Freshman	Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Transferred to DePaul^[8]
Zack Austin	55	F	6'7"	210	Senior	Winston-Salem, NC	Graduated and signed an exhibit 10 contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder^[9]

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Dishon Jackson	1	C	6'11"	270	Fifth Year	Oakland, California	Iowa State^[10]
Damarco Minor	7	G	6'0"	190	Fifth Year	Chicago, Illinois	Oregon State^[11]
Barry Dunning Jr.	22	G/F	6'6"	195	Senior	Mobile, Alabama	South Alabama^[12]
Nojus Indrušaitis	25	G	6'5"	200	Sophomore	Lemont, Illinois	Iowa State^[11]

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Henry Lau SF	Sydney, NSW		6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	N/A	May 2, 2025
Henry Lau SF	Recruit ratings: (NR)
Macari Moore CG	Ann Arbor, MI	Huron HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	May 15, 2025
Macari Moore CG	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (NR)
Kieran Mullen C	Vancouver, BC	St. Thomas More	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Apr 28, 2025
Kieran Mullen C	Recruit ratings: 247Sports: (NR)
Roman Siulepa PF	Brisbane, QLD	NBA Global Academy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jul 19, 2025
Roman Siulepa PF	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (NR)
Omari Witherspoon SF	Washington, DC	St. John's College	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sep 11, 2024
Omari Witherspoon SF	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (NR)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Pittsburgh Panthers". ESPN. "2025 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Preseason

On October 14, 2025, the ACC released their preseason poll. Pittsburgh was picked to finish 14th in the conference.^[13]

Preseason rankings

ACC Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Points
1	Duke	866 (34)
2	Louisville	842 (15)
3	North Carolina	741
4	NC State	710
5	Virginia	623
6	SMU	616
7	Clemson	510
8	Miami (FL)	500
9	Syracuse	489
10	Notre Dame	477
11	Wake Forest	412
12	Virginia Tech	355
13	Georgia Tech	315
14	Pittsburgh	301
15	Florida State	221
16	California	156
17	Stanford	138
18	Boston College	107
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[13]

Preseason All-ACC Teams

No players were named to either First or Second Team Preseason All-ACC.^[13]

Roster

2025–26 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Amdy Ndiaye	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Putnam Science Academy	Dakar, Senegal
C	1	Dishon Jackson (5th)	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	Sr	Iowa State	Oakland, California
F	2	Cameron Corhen	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Florida State	Allen, Texas
G	3	Brandin Cummings	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Lincoln Park High School	Midland, Pennsylvania
F	4	Papa Amadou Kante	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS So	South Kent School	Dakar, Senegal
F	6	Henry Lau	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Sydney Kings	Sydney, Australia
G	7	Damarco Minor (5th)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Oregon State	Chicago, Illinois
G	8	Omari Witherspoon	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	St. John's College High School	Bowie, Maryland
C	12	Kieran Mullen	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	St. Thomas More School	North Vancouver, British Columbia
F	13	Roman Siulepa	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	South West Metro Pirates	Brisbane, Australia
G	21	Macari Moore	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Ann Arbor Huron High School	Ypsilanti, Michigan
G/F	22	Barry Dunning Jr.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	South Alabama	Mobile, Alabama
G	25	Nojus Indrušaitis	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Iowa State	Lemont, Illinois
F	35	Benjamin Mayhew (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Propel Braddock Hills	Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
F	44	Jajuan Nelson (W)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	String Theory Charter	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Head coach

Jeff Capel (Duke)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
(5th) Fifth-year senior
Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 4, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 19, 2025* 2:00 pm	Providence	W 81–74	–	15 – Minor	7 – Indrušaitis	3 – Minor	Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
October 27, 2025* 7:00 pm	Pitt–Johnstown	W 100–65	–	21 – Corhen	5 – Corhen	5 – Witherspoon	Petersen Events Center (4,496) Pittsburgh, PA
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 7:00 pm, ACCNX	Youngstown State	W 74–59	1–0	23 – Corhen	12 – Corhen	3 – Minor	Petersen Events Center (5,050) Pittsburgh, PA
November 7, 2025* 7:00 pm, ACCNX	Longwood	W 78–60	2–0	23 – Minor	13 – Corhen	4 – Witherspoon	Petersen Events Center (5,134) Pittsburgh, PA
November 10, 2025* 7:00 pm, ACCNX	Eastern Michigan	W 78–66	3–0	16 – Corhen	7 – Tied	6 – Minor	Petersen Events Center (4,572) Pittsburgh, PA
November 13, 2025* 6:00 pm, FS1	at West Virginia Backyard Brawl	L 49–71	3–1	14 – Corhen	10 – Corhen	4 – Witherspoon	Hope Coliseum (12,453) Morgantown, WV
November 17, 2025* 7:00 pm, ACCNX	Bucknell	W 84–50	4–1	23 – Dunning Jr.	11 – Amadou Kante	5 – Tied	Petersen Events Center (4,674) Pittsburgh, PA
November 20, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	vs. UCF Legends Classic	L 66–77	4–2	17 – Corhen	11 – Corhen	4 – Minor	Ocean Center (1,006) Daytona Beach, FL
November 23, 2025* 5:00 pm, ACCNX	Quinnipiac Legends Classic	L 75–83	4–3	20 – Siulepa	8 – Siulepa	3 – Tied	Petersen Events Center (4,721) Pittsburgh, PA
November 28, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN	Ohio State	W 67–66	5–3	18 – Tied	10 – Corhen	2 – Tied	Petersen Events Center (6,299) Pittsburgh, PA
December 2, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPNU	Texas A&M ACC–SEC Challenge	L 73–81	5–4	18 – Dunning Jr.	12 – Dunning Jr.	8 – Witherspoon	Petersen Events Center (4,945) Pittsburgh, PA
December 7, 2025* 4:00 pm, ACCN	Hofstra	L 73–80	5–5	34 – Cummings	8 – Dunning Jr.	5 – Tied	Petersen Events Center (4,660) Pittsburgh, PA
December 13, 2025* 4:30 pm, TNT/truTV	at Villanova	L 61–79	5–6	17 – Dunning Jr.	7 – Corhen	4 – Cummings	Finneran Pavilion (6,501) Villanova, PA
December 17, 2025* 7:00 pm, ACCNX	Binghamton	W 103–63	6–6	23 – Dunning Jr.	6 – Corhen	7 – Minor	Petersen Events Center (4,687) Pittsburgh, PA
December 21, 2025* 12:00 pm, BTN	vs. Penn State						Giant Center Hershey, PA
ACC regular season
December 30, 2025 7:00 pm, ACCN	at Miami (FL)						Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
January 3, 2026 12:00 pm, The CW	Clemson						Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
January 10, 2026 12:00 pm, ACCN	Syracuse						Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
January 14, 2026 7:00 pm, ACCN	at Georgia Tech						McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
January 17, 2026 8:00 pm	Louisville						Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
January 21, 2026 7:00 pm, ACCN	at Boston College						Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA
January 24, 2026 12:00 pm	NC State						Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
January 27, 2026 6:00 pm, ACCN	Wake Forest						Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
January 31, 2026 12:00 pm, ACCN	at Clemson						Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
February 3, 2026 9:00 pm, ACCN	at Virginia						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
February 7, 2026 3:45 pm, The CW	SMU						Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
February 10, 2026 9:00 pm	Duke						Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
February 14, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN	at North Carolina						Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
February 21, 2026 2:00 pm, ACCN	Notre Dame						Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
February 25, 2026 8:00 pm, ACCN	at Stanford						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
February 28, 2026 4:00 pm, ACCN	at California						Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
March 4, 2026 9:00 pm, ACCN	Florida State						Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
March 7, 2026 5:00 pm, The CW	at Syracuse						JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY
ACC tournament
March 10–14, 2026	vs.						Spectrum Center Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[14]^[15]

References

^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ "Notre Dame Beats Pitt in ACC Tournament Game Thanks to Ref's Brutal Call in Last Second". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ "UE men's basketball adds Marlon Barnes Jr". University of Evansville Athletics. April 29, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ "Point Guard Jaland Lowe Lands with Kentucky Men's Basketball". UK Athletics. April 11, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ Michalowski, George (May 7, 2025). "Pitt Walk-On Turned Scholarship Player Graduates in Three Years". Pittsburgh Sports Now. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ "San Francisco Inks Forward Guillermo Diaz Graham". University of San Francisco Athletics. April 29, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ "Beavers Add Jorge Diaz Graham". Oregon State University Athletics. May 2, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ "DePaul Adds Newest Transfer in Amsal Delalic". DePaul University Athletics. April 23, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ "Zack Austin signs with NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder". Yahoo Sports. June 27, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ "Pitt basketball gets commitment from former Iowa State center Dishon Jackson". Tar Heel Times. April 8, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Pitt adds guards Damarco Minor and Nojus Indrusaitis in transfer portal". WTAE-TV. April 14, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ "Pitt's consistent approach helped land South Alabama wing". 247Sports. April 14, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Duke Selected as 2025-26 Preseason ACC Men's Basketball Favorite". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Pitt Panthers #H2P. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
^ "Pittsburgh Panthers 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[1] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[2] "Notre Dame Beats Pitt in ACC Tournament Game Thanks to Ref's Brutal Call in Last Second". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[3] "UE men's basketball adds Marlon Barnes Jr". University of Evansville Athletics. April 29, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[4] "Point Guard Jaland Lowe Lands with Kentucky Men's Basketball". UK Athletics. April 11, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[5] Michalowski, George (May 7, 2025). "Pitt Walk-On Turned Scholarship Player Graduates in Three Years". Pittsburgh Sports Now. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[6] "San Francisco Inks Forward Guillermo Diaz Graham". University of San Francisco Athletics. April 29, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[7] "Beavers Add Jorge Diaz Graham". Oregon State University Athletics. May 2, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[8] "DePaul Adds Newest Transfer in Amsal Delalic". DePaul University Athletics. April 23, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[9] "Zack Austin signs with NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder". Yahoo Sports. June 27, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[10] "Pitt basketball gets commitment from former Iowa State center Dishon Jackson". Tar Heel Times. April 8, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[Transfers-11] "Pitt adds guards Damarco Minor and Nojus Indrusaitis in transfer portal". WTAE-TV. April 14, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[12] "Pitt's consistent approach helped land South Alabama wing". 247Sports. April 14, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[poll-13] "Duke Selected as 2025-26 Preseason ACC Men's Basketball Favorite". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[14] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Pitt Panthers #H2P. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

[15] "Pittsburgh Panthers 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

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