2011–12 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

The 2011–12 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, coached by Agnus Berenato, were a member of the Big East Conference and played their home games at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Previous season An unusual distribution of players by academic class, with five seniors and six freshmen, but no juniors or sophomores, and three new assistant coaches, resulted in some growing pains for the 2010-11 Pitt women's basketball team, which went 14–17, suffering their first losing season since 2004–05. In the Big East, the team finished with a 5–11 record, finishing as the 12th seed in the Big East tournament. The Panthers won their first round of the tournament to South Florida, but exited the tournament with a 61–65 loss to Marquette, leaving the Panthers without a post-season tournament invitation for the first time since 2005.

Offseason The Panthers lost their top four scorers, seniors Taneisha Harrison, Jania Sims, Chelsea Cole, and Shayla Scott, and returned only one starter, Ashlee Anderson, along with five letter winners, while welcoming seven newcomers. Composed of six sophomores and six freshmen, with no seniors or juniors, Pitt was the youngest team in NCAA Division 1 for the 2010–11 season. Pitt looked to help replace 74.6% of its scoring, 64.1% of its rebounds, and 75.8% of its assists with its best ever recruiting class, ranked 18th by ESPN's Hoopgurlz, along with redshirt sophomore Abby Dowd, who began play with the team after transferring from Buffalo during the previous season.

Staff moves included moving Meghan Bielich to director of basketball operations and adding David Scarborough as the team's video coordinator. Assistant coach Patty Coyle was promoted to associate head coach.

The women's basketball team entered the season with modest expectations due to their inexperience, and were picked to finish 12th in the Big East Conference in a preseason poll of conference coaches.

Recruiting Pitt's 2011 women's recruiting class was ranked 18th by ESPN's Hoopgurlz and 23rd by All-Star Girls Report.

2011 Pitt Recruiting ClassRecruit Position Height High school Hometown ESPN grade Loliya Briggs Guard 5'11 Potter's House Christian Jacksonville, FL 93 Chyna Golden Forward 6'2 Neptune High School Bradley Beach, NJ 92 Brianna Kiesel Point guard 5'7 Thomas R. Proctor High School Utica, NY 93 Cora McManus Forward 6'0 Garfield High School Seattle, WA 82 TiAnna Porter Forward 6'2 Henry County High School Paris, TN 40 Overall ESPN Hoopgurlz Recruiting ranking: 18th

Roster

Schedule Pitt's 2011-12 women's basketball schedule.

!colspan=9| Exhibition

!colspan=9| Regular season

!colspan=9| PostseasonBig East Women's Basketball Championship

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Awards and honors The team won the Caribbean Classic at the Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort in Cancún, Mexico with victories over Indiana and Michigan State.

2011–12 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

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