More than 340 Division I teams started the season without a loss. After seven weeks, Pitt is one of only 15 remaining teams with an undefeated record.

Pitt improved to 9-0 with a 75-74 victory Saturday at the University of Washington. But having an unblemished record this time of year is nothing new for the Panthers, who have regularly gone deep into December and twice into mid-January before losing their first the past several seasons.

Pitt is 9-0 for a sixth consecutive season. The Panthers started 10-0 last season before losing at Wisconsin Dec. 16. They were 15-0 before losing to St. John's in mid-January in 2006, 10-0 in 2004-05, 18-0 in '03-04, and 9-0 in '02-03.

Despite winning two road games last week, Pitt moved up only one spot to No. 11 in The Associated Press poll and remained at No. 9 in the USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll. The Panthers moved ahead of one-loss Tennessee in the AP poll. Three other one-loss teams remain ahead of Pitt in the AP poll -- No. 8 UCLA, No. 9 Michigan State and No. 10 Marquette.

Pitt is in final exams week and the Panthers won't play again until Saturday, when Oklahoma State visits Petersen Events Center for a non-conference contest. Coach Jamie Dixon is giving his players time to concentrate on their academics.

Dixon gave the players off yesterday and attendance is expected to be sporadic today, with a return to a usual practice routine by tomorrow, or at the latest, Thursday.

Dixon appears to have settled on an eight-man rotation that will see the majority of the minutes when Pitt plays in competitive games.

Freshman guard Brad Wanamaker did not play against Washington and has played 10 minutes total the past three games.

Junior center Cassin Diggs and freshman center Gary McGhee did not play against Washington or Duquesne.

Pitt's five starters played 28 minutes or more at Washington. Freshman center DeJuan Blair played a season-high 31 minutes against the Huskies and junior point guard Levance Fields played 36 minutes, which represents his season high.

Oklahoma State lost three of its first five games, but the Cowboys have won three in a row, including a 25-point home win against Washington, the same team Pitt beat by one Saturday.

Cowboys coach Sean Sutton played with one post player late in the game against its latest opponent, East Tennessee State. With the score tied, 65-65, with 6:20 remaining, Sutton went to a four-guard lineup and the Cowboys pulled away for a 78-65 victory.

Sutton has three first-year players in the post -- Martavius Adams, Ibrahima Thomas and Anthony Brown -- who are learning on the job. But Sutton does have great confidence in his other freshman -- guard-forward James Anderson, who is averaging 20.8 points per game.

The Cowboys are 0-2 in road games, with losses at North Texas and Illinois. Their other loss came at home to Marquette by 30 points.

Pitt is expected to get the results on an MRI on Austin Wallace's knee today. Wallace, a redshirt freshman, injured the knee in practice Friday.