Pittsburgh

===Basketball===
[[File:2009PittUConn2ndmin.jpg|thumb|A [[Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball|Pitt Panthers]] men's basketball game at the [[Petersen Events Center]] in 2009]]
[[Professional basketball]] in Pittsburgh dates to the 1910s with teams "Monticello" and "Loendi" winning [[Black Fives#Colored Basketball World's Champions|five national titles]], the [[Pittsburgh Pirates (NBL)|Pirates]] (1937–45 in the [[National Basketball League (United States)|NBL]]), the [[Pittsburgh Ironmen]] (1947–48 [[NBA]] inaugural season), the [[Pittsburgh Rens]] (1961–63), the [[Pittsburgh Pipers]] (first [[American Basketball Association]] championship in 1968) led by Connie Hawkins (team then moved); the Pittsburgh Condors (ABA returned in 1970–72), the [[Pittsburgh Piranhas]] (CBA Finals in 1995), the [[Pittsburgh Xplosion]] (2004–08) and [[Pittsburgh Phantoms (ABA)|Phantoms]] (2009–10) both of the [[American Basketball Association (2000–present)|ABA]]. The city has hosted dozens of pre-season and 15 regular season "neutral site" NBA games, including [[Wilt Chamberlain]]'s record setting performance in both consecutive field goals and field goal percentage on February 24, 1967, NBA records that still stand.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/history/records/regular_fieldgoals.html Regular Season Records: Field Goals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724045308/http://www.nba.com/history/records/regular_fieldgoals.html |date=July 24, 2013 }}. NBA.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.</ref>

The Duquesne University [[Duquesne Dukes men's basketball|Dukes]] and the University of Pittsburgh [[Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball|Panthers]] have played [[college basketball]] in the city since 1914 and 1905 respectively. Pitt and Duquesne have played the annual [[City Game]] since 1932.
Duquesne was the city's first team to appear in a [[Final Four]] (1940), obtain a number one [[AP Poll]] ranking (1954),<ref>See page 67 of the [http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2009/D1.pdf NCAA Men's College Basketball Records] (PDF file)</ref> and to win a post-season national title, the [[1955 National Invitation Tournament]] on its second straight trip to the NIT title game. Duquesne is the only college program to produce back-to-back NBA No. 1 overall draft picks with 1955's Dick Ricketts and 1956's Sihugo Green.<ref>{{cite web |title=NBA Number 1 Draft Picks Since 1947 |url=https://www.landofbasketball.com/draft/number_1_picks.htm|access-date=January 10, 2021 |website=www.landofbasketball.com}}</ref> Duquesne's [[Chuck Cooper (basketball)|Chuck Cooper]] was the first African American drafted by an NBA team.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/history/season/19501951.html NBA's Color Line Is Broken] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320095356/http://www.nba.com/history/season/19501951.html |date=March 20, 2015 }}. NBA.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.</ref>

The Panthers won two pre-tournament era [[Helms Athletic Foundation]] [[Mythical national championship|National Championships]] in 1928 and 1930, competed in a "national title game" against [[LSU Tigers basketball|LSU]] in 1935, and made a Final Four appearance in 1941. Pitt has won 13 conference titles, qualified for the NCAA tournament 26 times including a post season tournament every season between 1999-2000 and 2015-2016 during which time it regularly sold out the [[Petersen Events Center]]. The program has produced 27 NBA draft picks and 15 All Americans while ranking No. 1 in the nation as recently as 2009. The Petersen Events Center is home to the "[[Oakland Zoo (cheering section)|Oakland Zoo]]", a [[student section]] which is nationally recognized<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gentille |first=Sean |title=Inside 'the court flip' that fixed Pitt's bizarre problem |url=https://theathletic.com/1637308/2020/02/26/inside-the-court-flip-that-fixed-pitts-bizarre-problem/ |access-date=November 21, 2023 |website=The Athletic |language=en}}</ref> for its passionate members and perseverance through consecutive unsuccessful seasons from 2016 to 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pittsburgh Panthers Men's Basketball Index |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/pittsburgh/ |access-date=November 21, 2023 |website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

The suburban [[Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball|Robert Morris University's Colonials]] have competed in NCAA Division I basketball since the 1970s, qualifying for the NCAA tournament in each of the last four decades (8). In the [[2013 National Invitation Tournament]] the Colonials notched an upset win over the defending national champions Kentucky Wildcats.

[[Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball]] has qualified for 14 post season tournaments (including 4 NCAA tournaments) and boasts of 5 All-Americans selected 6 times with 3 WNBA players. Pitt women began play in 1914 before being reintroduced in 1970. Both Duquesne and Robert Morris also have competitive Division I women's basketball programs.

Pittsburgh launched the nation's first high school all-star game in 1965.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The sport business handbook : insights from 100+ leaders who shaped 50 years of the industry |last1=Horrow |first1=Richard B. |last2=Burton |first2=Rick |date=2020 |publisher=Human Kinetics |isbn=978-1-4925-4310-7 |oclc=1102593197}}</ref> The [[Roundball Classic]] annually featured future NBA hall of famers at the Civic Arena with [[ESPN]] televising. The Civic Arena also hosted the [[Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament|championship tournament for the Eastern Eight Conference]] from 1978 until 1982.