Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Pittsburgh/On this day/February 16

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  • (1935) In what may be the longest basketball game in history, the clock stops in the 2nd half at Notre Dame as the Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team use it to rally from 10 behind, scoring the game winner in the last second (after the clock once again was started), prompting Irish coach George Keegan to grab the clock and throw it the length of the court.[1]
  • (1940) The Polish Nationality Room is dedicated.
  • (1974) The Pitt basketball team breaks a 47 year old school record for most consecutive wins with their 21st of the season.
  • (2009) The Pitt campus celebrates the first ever Panthers basketball victory over a #1 team, the UConn Huskies.