PITTSBURGH – The Pitt Men’s Basketball team will take a 10-day (Aug. 5-14) foreign tour to Spain this summer in preparation for the 2023-24 season. The Panthers will spend four days in Tenerife, Canary Islands to open the trip before heading to Barcelona.
“We are excited about the opportunity to take our team to Spain this summer,” said head coach Jeff Capel. “This will be a great bonding opportunity for our program in one of the most beautiful parts of the world. I was fortunate enough to spend time in Barcelona and the Canary Islands with USA Basketball at the 2014 FIBA World Cup and am really looking forward to being there with our Pitt program.”
Pitt’s time in Tenerife, located in the Canary Islands, will include a private cruise, tours of the city, and an exhibition game. The Panthers will have a pair of experienced tour guides with twins Guillermo Diaz Graham and Jorge Diaz Graham growing up in the Canary Islands before coming to the United States to pursue college basketball dreams.
The Panthers will travel to Barcelona Aug. 10 and will tour 1992 Olympic sites, Montjuic Hill, and FC Barcelona Stadium before playing their second exhibition game of the trip. The travel party will also explore the seaside town of Sitges before returning to the U.S.
Pitt is expected to return two starters – Blake Hinson and Federiko Federiko – from last season’s NCAA Tournament team that finished 24-12 overall, including a 14-6 mark and tied for third finish in the ACC. A Second Team All-ACC pick, Hinson led the Panthers in scoring (15.3 ppg.), rebounds (6.0 rpg.), and three-pointers (97), while posting 30 double-figure scoring games, 20 games with 15 or more points, and nine 20+ point games. Hinson and Brandon Miller (Alabama) were the only players in the NCAA to average 15.0 or more points and 6.0 or more rebounds per game with 95 or more made threes.
Federiko averaged 6.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game while shooting a team-high 66.7 percent (94-of-141) from the field and leading the Panthers in offensive rebounds (86), blocks (58), and dunks (39).
The Panthers also return twins Guillermo Diaz Graham (3.5 ppg., 3.2 rpg.) and Jorge Diaz Graham (2.9 ppg., 2.2 rpg.) along with two-year starter William Jeffress, who…
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