![]() I have great expectations, as I’ve always had for coach Capel, but no one has greater expectations than him, himself.”Ĭapel has repeatedly talked about the improvement of freshman twins Guillermo and Jorge Diaz Graham, and Pitt has needed them all season after losing three scholarship players. “I think it will only get better from here. “This is a culmination of a lot of work, a lot of time and a lot of right kids in the program at the right time,” she said. ![]() She said the rejuvenation of the program started five years ago when Capel was hired weeks after Pitt lost all 19 ACC games. I hope they recognize what an incredible jolt of energy and life and pride that they did instill in our fan base.” Lyke, who hired Capel a year after assuming her duties as athletic director in 2017, called the basketball team “one of the most selfless teams I’ve ever been around, genuinely a joy to be around these kids.” The foundation he had laid is coming out.” Nothing gets turned, in my opinion, overnight if you’re doing it the right way. “(Coach) Jeff (Capel) worked at it, and the whole coaching staff did, and this team did. She was disappointed, but her overriding theme while speaking to reporters after the game concentrated on Pitt’s 24 victories and its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2016. Nino took care of that.”īasketball didn’t turn out as well, with Pitt losing to Xavier, 84-73, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday at Greensboro Coliseum. “I told Keith,” Lyke said, “that I was tired of saying you were the last NCAA champion at Pitt. Gavin had been the only Pitt wrestling national champion in the previous 15 years. Pitt’s athletic director was with the basketball team and unable to attend the wrestling event, but she phoned coach Keith Gavin and texted Bonaccorsi, who apologized for not getting back to her until Sunday morning. The 16 or so hours between Saturday night and Sunday afternoon carried Heather Lyke from one emotional focal point to another.įirst, Pitt senior Nino Bonaccorsi (Bethel Park) won a wrestling national championship at 197 pounds Saturday night in Tulsa, Okla.
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