At the Big East Conference media day on October 20 , Pitt was selected by a vote of the league 's coaches to finish first in the Big East Conference receiving 12 out of 15 possible first place votes . Pitt guard Ashton Gibbs received a preseason first-team all-conference selection . The Panthers were ranked fourth in the nation in the preseason '' USA Today '' Coaches ' Poll and fifth in nation in the preseason AP Poll
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2010–11 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team