John's Nate Thurmond, Bowling Green and Hot Rod Hundley and Rod Thorn, West Virginia.The Nightcrawler star isn’t the only one who will be joining Doug Liman for this film. _ Among the other stars who played at Fitzgerald: Billy Knight of Pitt Dave Bing, Syracuse Patrick Ewing, Georgetown Art Heyman, Duke Norm Nixon and Sihugo Green, Duquesne Chris Mullin, St.
_ Robertson, still considered by some as the greatest college player ever, was held to a career-low 13 points in a 61-58 victory by No. Bonaventure on March 1, 1961, the school president called off classes the next day. _ Duquesne also played some games at the Field House from 1956-64. To celebrate, El-Amin hopped on the scorer's table and pointed at Pitt fans. 1 Connecticut rallied, almost impossibly, from five points down with nine seconds remaining for a 70-69 victory on El-Amin's runner from the lane on Dec. The play led to numerous copycats and, ultimately, a strengthening of the backboards sold to colleges. 25, 1988, rout of Providence, creating a highlight-reel play still shown regularly on TV. _ Lane shattering the glass backboard with a dunk during a Jan. _ The unexpectedly good 2001-02 season, in which coach Ben Howland's team has put together the school's best record since the Billy Knight-led 1973-74 Panthers went 25-4 before losing to national champion North Carolina State in the NCAA East final. The Panthers have twice gone through home seasons undefeated, and have had only seven losing home records. Pitt is 413-175 overall at the field house under only eight coaches, or approximately one every six years. (A historical footnote: Pitt was West Virginia's final opponent in Mountaineer Field House, a few months before the WVU Coliseum opened in 1970.) 10 Panthers (24-4) will take a 14-1 home record into Saturday night's game against West Virginia, one of the most frequent opponents since the $1 million field house opened in 1951. That Fitzgerald's final season before giving way to the $68 million Petersen Events Center is one of the most surprising in Pitt history is only a bonus for Panthers fans. From there, amid quaint, cozy surroundings reminiscent of the 1950s (when it was called the Pitt Field House), it is easy to envision West driving to the basket for West Virginia, or Robertson pulling up for a jumper for Cincinnati, or Charles Smith scoring from the lane for Pitt.
In only a few steps, a fan can go from the sidewalk outside the on-campus, hillside gym to a courtside seat. "You can just walk into this place and feel the history," Pitt coach Ben Howland said. The home team tolerated a cramped locker room, the visiting team disliked having unfriendly fans shouting at them from only a few feet away.īut, for all of its shortcomings, its lack of size and creature comforts, Pitt's gym _ which plays host to its final college game Saturday _ has something many modern-era arenas lack: character. In the modern era of fancy, fan-friendly arenas, it is a throwback to a different era, when the only fan amenity was a slab of wooden bleacher close to the playing floor.įitzgerald Field House has no luxury suites, no video replay board and, since the day it opened on Dec.
It's been called a bandbox (because of its compactness) and an icebox (because of the frequent problems heating it). Khalid El-Amin capped off a great rally there, then ran across the scorer's table to celebrate. Gale Catlett fought with an opposing player there, years before his coaching career began.
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