The Pittsburgh Panthers, commonly referred to as the Pitt Panthers, are the athletic teams of University of Pittsburgh. The university is a member of the Big East Conference, Eastern Wrestling League, East Atlantic Gymnastics League, and Eastern College Athletic Conference. Pitt fields 17 varsity teams at the highest level of competitive collegiate athletics in the United States, NCAA Division I. Recently, ESPN.com used the Sagarin system to rate universities based on the strength of their performance in football and men’s basketball over the course of the last five years. Pitt was tied for 10th as one of the nation’s top two-sport schools. In another recent ranking, an all-sports ranking done by Sports Illustrated on Campus, Pitt was ranked 17th among all of the country’s universities in terms of the overall strength of its athletic program. Pitt is one of only five current NCAA Division 1A schools to have won multiple national championships in both football (5) and basketball (2).

The Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball program, popularly known as the Pitt Panthers, is the NCAA Division 1 intercollegiate men's basketball program of the University of Pittsburgh. The team competes in the Big East Conference and plays their home games in the Petersen Events Center.