Belt game 1,789 · March 17, 2007 · postseason
Pittsburgh take the belt
Pittsburgh beat VCU 84–79 at home to start reign 516 of the College Basketball belt, the 8th for the program.
VCU had held it since March 4, 2007, with 2 defenses over 13 days.
Pittsburgh held it for 5 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to UCLA on March 22, 2007.
516Reign number
8Team's reign
0Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Pittsburgh
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Young | 25 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 7-12 |
| Aaron Gray | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 |
| Mike Cook | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 3-4 |
| Ronald Ramon | 28 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 4-4 |
| Levance Fields | 39 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4-10 | 2-5 | 0-3 |
| Antonio Graves | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Levon Kendall | 34 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Keith Benjamin | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Tyrell Biggs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
VCU
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Pellot-Rosa | 36 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8-18 | 2-9 | 2-2 |
| B.A. Walker | 37 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8-19 | 3-10 | 1-3 |
| Eric Maynor | 42 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5-14 | 0-1 | 4-4 |
| Jamal Shuler | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Michael Anderson | 41 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-4 |
| Franck Ndongo | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Wil Fameni | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| T.J. Gwynn | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Calvin Roland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Matt Coward | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Player box scores: CollegeBasketballData.com.