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Blake Hinsonโs hot shooting leads Pittsburgh over No. 7 Duke 80-76
Read full article: Blake Hinsonโs hot shooting leads Pittsburgh over No. 7 Duke 80-76Blake Hinson scored 24 points on a perfect 7-of-7 shooting from 3-point range as Pittsburgh won in Cameron Indoor Stadium for the first time since 1979, beating No. 7 Duke 80-76 on Saturday night.
Xavier beats Pitt 84-73, reaches 1st Sweet 16 since 2017
Read full article: Xavier beats Pitt 84-73, reaches 1st Sweet 16 since 2017Jack Nunge scored 18 points, Adam Kunkel added 15 on five first-half 3-pointers, and No. 3 seed Xavier beat 11th-seeded Pittsburgh 84-73 to reach its first Sweet 16 since 2017.
Pitt edges Mississippi St in back-and-forth First Four game
Read full article: Pitt edges Mississippi St in back-and-forth First Four gameJamarius Burton made a go-ahead jumper with 10 seconds left and Pitt edged Mississippi State 60-59 in a back-and-forth First Four game that featured 21 lead changes โ most in the NCAA Tournament in five years.
Miami takes No. 1 seed in ACC, edges Pitt 78-76 for title
Read full article: Miami takes No. 1 seed in ACC, edges Pitt 78-76 for titleWooga Poplar made a career-best six 3-pointers for 18 points, and 16th-ranked Miami captured the No. 1 seed for the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament with a 78-76 win over No. 25 Pittsburgh on Saturday night.
Mississippi set to remove Confederate emblem from its flag
Read full article: Mississippi set to remove Confederate emblem from its flagLarry Eubanks of Star waves the current Mississippi state flag as he sits before the front of the Capitol, Saturday, June 27, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. While a supporter of the current flag, Eubanks says he would hope lawmakers would allow a proposed flag change to be decided by the registered voters. Mississippi is on the verge of changing its state flag to erase a Confederate battle emblem that's broadly condemned as racist. Mississippi has the last state flag with the Confederate battle emblem a red field topped by a blue X with 13 white stars. White supremacists in the Mississippi Legislature set the state flag design in 1894 during backlash to the political power that African Americans gained after the Civil War.