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Dave Wannstedt on His Pitt Panthers and The Big East Having Zero Teams Ranked

Friday, September 4th, 2009

SRI continues to work in new writers.  This post is courtesy of Zach Krantz of WQAM in Miami.   Dave Wannstedt is entering his fifth year coaching at his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh. He took over the Panthers in 2005 and the team went 5-6 in 2006. His Panthers ...

DeJuan Blair After Falling Out Of 1st Round Of NBA Draft

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

On the eve of the 2009 NBA Draft last Wednesday, Sports Radio Interviews posted an interview with former Pitt Panthers forward DeJuan Blair as he was counting down the final 24 hours before learning his fate in the NBA. Throughout the entire process leading up to the draft, there had ...

Dejuan Blair On Eve of 2009 NBA Draft: ‘If You’re Worried About My Knees, I Don’t Know What To Say’

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

The 2009 NBA Draft will unfold Thursday evening at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Once the final selection is made in the 2nd Round, the lives of 60 young men will be changed forever. Some will stick in the league; some won't. Some players will get passed over ...

DeJuan Blair Is Leaving Pittsburgh

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

People look at DeJuan Blair and must think, football player.  At 6'7" and 270 pounds, many people are pegging him to be an NBA bust, a Robert "Tractor" Traylor, if you will.  Blair compared his game to Charles Barkley's in this interview - another big, bruising, undersized power forward.  Due ...

NCAA Tournament East Region Inteviews

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Talk about a tough, competitive region that's hard to confidently pick a winner of. At the top, there's the rough and tumble Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh, who's resume is as complete and polished as any team in the field. Then again though, anybody who's watched Jamie Dixon coached ...