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WVU Transfer Joe Toussaint Puts Pitt in Top Three

The Pitt Panthers are a finalist to steal a transfer from one of their rivals.
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WVU Transfer Joe Toussaint Puts Pitt in Top Three
WVU Transfer Joe Toussaint Puts Pitt in Top Three

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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers are on the verge of both filling the final roster spot for their 2023-24 team and stealing a veteran guard from one of their biggest rivals all in one fell swoop. 

Joe Toussaint, a graduate transfer guard who is leaving West Virginia in the wake of head coach Bob Huggins' resignation, has released a top three that included Pitt alongside Kansas State and Texas Tech. He will make his decision on July 4. 

Pitt overcame some stiff competition to even get to this point. A litany of other high major programs - Gonzaga, Kansas State, DePaul, Seton Hall, Nebraska, Notre Dame, St. John's, Georgetown, Texas Tech, Okahoma and Oklahoma State, among others - have all contacted Toussaint as well in the hours since he decided to transfer.

Toussaint took a visit to Pitt this past weekend and also took trips to see the Wildcats and Red Raiders, according to a report from George Michalowski of The Portal Report. 

After transfering to West Virginia from Iowa last season, Toussaint stepped into a major bench role for the Mountaineers and thrived, averaging career-high averages in minutes (21.7), points (9.4) and rebounds (2.8).

He is not an outstanding shooter but would give the Panthers a strong backcourt defender and steady presence at the guard spot, which is all of a sudden very young after losing Jamarius Burton, Nike Sibande, Nelly Cummings and Greg Elliot to graduation. 

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Stephen Thompson
STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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