2004–05 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team

The 2004–05 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Jamie Dixon, the Panthers finished with a record of 20–9^[1] and lost in the first round of the 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they lost to Pacific.

2004–05 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round, L 71–79 vs. Pacific
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Record	20–9 (10–6 Big East)
Head coach	Jamie Dixon (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Joe Lombardi (2nd season) Barry Rohrssen (4th season) Pat Sandle (4th season)
Home arena	Petersen Events Center (Capacity: 12,508)
Seasons ← 2003–04 2005–06 →

2004–05 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Boston College	13	–	3		.813			25	–	5		.833
No. 13 Connecticut	13	–	3		.813			23	–	8		.742
No. 19 Villanova	11	–	5		.688			24	–	8		.750
Pittsburgh	10	–	6		.625			20	–	9		.690
Notre Dame	9	–	7		.563			17	–	12		.586
Georgetown	8	–	8		.500			19	–	13		.594
West Virginia	8	–	8		.500			24	–	11		.686
Providence	4	–	12		.250			14	–	17		.452
Seton Hall	4	–	12		.250			12	–	16		.429
Rutgers	2	–	14		.125			10	–	19		.345
St. John's*	3	–	13		.188			9	–	18		.333
No. 11 Syracuse†**	0	–	5		.000			12	–	7		.632
† 2005 Big East tournament winner As of April 4, 2005 Rankings from AP Poll *Not eligible for the 2005 Big East tournament due to sanctions against the program. **Syracuse had 15 regular season games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Syracuse′s disputed record was 27–7, 11–5.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 20*	No. 17	Howard	W 81–55	1–0	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
November 24*	No. 16	Robert Morris	W 83–59	2–0	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
November 27*	No. 16	Loyola (MD)	W 93–57	3–0	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
December 1*	No. 13	St. Francis (PA)	W 65–41	4–0	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
December 4*	No. 13	Duquesne	W 87–57	5–0	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
December 7*	No. 11	vs. Memphis Jimmy V Classic	W 70–51	6–0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
December 11*	No. 11	at Penn State	W 84–71	7–0	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, PA
December 18*	No. 10	Coppin State	W 73–42	8–0	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
December 23*	No. 10	Richmond	W 69–60	9–0	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
December 29*	No. 10	South Carolina	W 72–68	10–0	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
January 2*	No. 10	Bucknell	L 66–69	10–1	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
January 5	No. 16	Georgetown	L 64–67	10–2 (0–1)	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
January 8	No. 16	at Rutgers	W 66–63 OT	11–2 (1–1)	Louis Brown Athletic Center  Piscataway, NJ
January 15	No. 20	Seton Hall	W 67–63	12–2 (2–1)	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
January 18	No. 21	at St. John's	L 62–65	12–3 (2–2)	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
January 22	No. 21	at No. 16 Connecticut College GameDay	W 76–66	13–3 (3–2)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion  Storrs, CT
January 29	No. 20	No. 4 Syracuse	W 76–69	14–3 (4–2)	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
January 31	No. 20	Providence	W 86–66	15–3 (5–2)	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
February 5	No. 16	at West Virginia	L 78–83 OT	15–4 (5–3)	WVU Coliseum  Morgantown, WV
February 8	No. 18	St. John's	W 55–44	16–4 (6–3)	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
February 12	No. 18	Notre Dame	W 68–66	17–4 (7–3)	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
February 14	No. 18	at No. 8 Syracuse	W 68–64	18–4 (8–3)	Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
February 20	No. 17	at No. 25 Villanova	L 72–80	18–5 (8–4)	The Pavilion  Villanova, PA
February 23	No. 18	West Virginia	L 66–70	18–6 (8–5)	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
February 26	No. 18	No. 17 Connecticut	L 64–73	18–7 (8–6)	Petersen Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
February 28	No. 18	at No. 3 Boston College	W 72–50	19–7 (9–6)	Silvio O. Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
March 5	No. 24	at Notre Dame	W 85–77	20–7 (10–6)	Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
March 10*	No. 22 (5)	vs. No. 19 (4) Villanova Big East tournament	L 58–67	20–8	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
March 17*	(9)	vs. (8) No. 22 Pacific NCAA tournament	L 71–79	20–9	Taco Bell Arena  Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

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Roster

2004–05 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 13 Keith Benjamin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Mount Vernon Mount Vernon, NY G 24 Marcus Bowman  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Richland Northeast Columbia, SC G 3 Yuri Demetris  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Shaler Area Glenshaw, PA F 0 John DeGroat 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Monticello Newburgh, NY G 22 Antonio Graves 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Mansfield Senior Mansfield, OH C 33 Aaron Gray 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 275 lb (125 kg) So Emmaus Emmaus, PA F 14 Levon Kendall  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Kitsilano Vancouver, British Columbia G 11 Carl Krauser  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Notre Dame Academy Bronx, NY F 21 Mark McCarroll  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Christ the King Queens, NY F 20 Dante Milligan  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Trinity-Pawling New York, NY G 4 Ronald Ramón 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr All Hallows Bronx, NY G 15 Charles Small  5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Martin Luther King Detroit, MI F 23 Chris Taft 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) So Xaverian Brooklyn, NY F 2 Chevon Troutman  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Williamsport Area Williamsport, PA	Head coach Jamie Dixon Assistant coach(es) Joe Lombardi Barry Rohrssen Pat Sandle Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2015-12-20