For the first time ever, Head Coach Cindy Russo got her chance to partake in Conference USA’s media day. Last Tuesday, Oct. 8, Russo got a chance to share her thoughts surrounding the upcoming season. Russo is entering her 35th season at FIU ranked 9th in wins among active coaches in the NCAA with 689. […]
After capping last season with a 19-13 record and a loss to Florida in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament, this year the Panthers will have a tough road ahead during the regular season. “It’s probably our toughest schedule in the last 10 years, but we are going to compete and hopefully we pull out more […]
Head Coach Cindy Russo announced the schedule for the upcoming season on Tuesday. The schedule is one of the toughest in recent memory as the Panthers will go up against four NCAA Tournament teams and eight WNIT teams from last year. The Panthers will host 15 games on their newly named Lime Court at the […]
Senior point guard Jerica Coley has earned numerous awards and honors in her FIU tenure, and now she will have to make room for yet another award. Recently the native from St. Petersburg, Fla. was named the Sun Belt Conference Female Student-Athlete of the Year becoming the second FIU athlete ever to earn the honor. […]
Ruben Palacios/Staff Writer The women’s basketball team enjoyed their fair share of success away from home this past season, winning eight out of a possible 12 games in unfamiliar territory. Junior Marita Davydova enjoyed tremendous success away from home also, though, for her, it was on a vastly bigger scale. Davydova, a first-year transfer from […]
Ruben Palacio/Staff Writer It might not be a bestseller, but junior Jerica Coley’s record book is definitely a lengthy read. After another season of toppling FIU women’s basketball records, it just got a little longer. The St. Petersburg, Fla., native’s ascent in basketball is well documented. A breakout in her sophomore campaign where she led […]
Eduardo Almaguer/ Sports Director I can’t find a real reason to be mad at Richard Pitino. The former FIU men’s basketball coach bolted out the door less than three weeks after the end of a historic season, quickly working out a six-year, $7.2 million deal with the University of Minnesota. I had a thread of […]
Eduardo Almaguer/Sports Director Making history was not enough to keep men’s basketball Head Coach Richard Pitino rooted with the Panthers and now the search is on for a new coach. On April 3, news broke that Pitino reached a verbal agreement to be the new coach at the University of Minnesota. The stunning departure comes […]
FIUSM sports staff After just one season with FIU, basketball Head Coach Richard Pitino is expected to replace Tubby Smith as head coach at University of Minnesota. According to CBS Sports, Minnesota athletic director Norwood Teague met with Pitino on Wednesday and the two reached a verbal agreement. Pitino could not be reached for comment. […]
Kevin Castaneda/Staff Writer Imagine you are the biggest fan of FIU’s men’s basketball team. You not only go to every single home game, you travel to watch the Panthers on the road. Having watched basketball your whole life, you begin to nitpick some of the things the team does wrong – plays like Malik Smith […]
Ruben Palacios/ Staff Writer Put away your spring football gear because basketball season at FIU is not over yet. The women’s basketball team, after waiting anxiously for over a week, finally received an at-large bid to participate in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. FIU will host the University of Florida within the friendly confines of […]
Tymell Murphy/Men’s Basketball junior forward “Coach Pitino just got the job at Florida International, Tymell, I’ll call him up and tell him about you.” Those were the words of my junior college coach Hank Plona. I said “Who, coach Rick Pitino from Louisville?” He said no, his son. I laughed it off. I went […]
