Pittsburgh Panthers - Grade: B
- 2025-26 record: 13-20 (5-13)
Roster departures
- Cameron Corhen (13.6 ppg and 6.8 rpg)
- Barry Dunning (12.5 ppg and 5.9 rpg)
- Brandin Cummings (12.5 ppg and 2.1 apg)
- Roman Siulepa (10 ppg and 5.5 rpg)
- Nojus Indrusaitis (9.1 ppg and 3.1 rpg)
- Damarco Minor (8.5 ppg and 3.4 apg)
- Omari Witherspoon (7.5 ppg and 2.5 apg)
- Papa Kante (2.8 ppg and 5.4 rpg)
Roster returnees
- Macari Moore (1.4 ppg and 0.8 apg)
Roster additions
- A’lahn Sumler (18.9 ppg and 3.8 apg at Charleston Southern)
- Baye Ndongo (11.8 ppg and 8.1 rpg at Georgia Tech)
- Naithan George (10.9 ppg and 5.4 rpg at Syracuse)
- Armani Mighty (13.2 ppg and 10.6 rpg at Mercer)
- Kraig Gilbert (D-II forward transfer)
- Jonathan Powell (4.8 ppg and 2.4 rpg at North Carolina)
- Jalil Bethea (3.9 ppg and 1.7 rpg at Alabama)
- Colin Hawkins (8.2 ppg and 2.1 rpg at Gardner-Webb)
- Timofei Rudovskii (12.9 ppg and 4.7 rpg at Bryant)
- Ibrahim Souare (0.9 ppg and 1.9 rpg at Syracuse)
- Dominique Diomande (1.9 ppg and 1.3 rpg at BYU)
- Chase Foster (4-star forward prospect)
The Panthers lost 99% of their production this offseason but managed to fill it up via the portal. It’s filled with familiar ACC Basketball faces, including Ndongo, George, Powell, and Bethea, a former five-star prospect who started his career at Miami.
There are some high ceiling players among this group, including Might, a Defensive Player of the Year in the SoCon. Sumler was a top scorer in the Big South, while Gilbert was one of the top stretch forwards at the D-II level.
In the end, Pitt did well to build its roster after such a rough year, and there should be good depth. That being said, ACC teams with Ndongo and George among their key players have barely been .500 teams. Will that change with the Panthers? A high floor but low ceiling could be the team’s future.
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