Some 2026-27 nonconference details for Pitt’s men’s basketball schedule filtered in Thursday afternoon, as the Panthers will face Oklahoma and DePaul on Thanksgiving week as part of the Fort Myers Tip-Off.

Pitt plays Oklahoma on Nov. 24 and DePaul on Nov. 26. Purdue is the final participating team in the tournament, to be held at Suncoast Credit Union Arena on campus at Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers.

Previously, Pitt won the tournament in 2019, dispatching Monmouth, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Kansas State and Northwestern over a nine-day span.

“We are excited to be part of this year’s Fort Myers Tip-Off and to return to a place that has been good to our program,” coach Jeff Capel said in a release. “Winning the tournament in 2019 is a memory our staff and Panther fans look back on fondly.

“Building a strong, challenging non-conference schedule is a priority for us, and competing against this caliber of program in late November will sharpen our team for the demands of ACC play. We are grateful for the chance to spend Thanksgiving Week with our players, their families and the Pitt fans who travel to Southwest Florida to support our program.”

Capel prepares to face the Sooners, the program he coached from 2006-2011 and led to the Elite Eight in 2009 with Blake Griffin on roster.

The Panthers last met the Sooners on the hardwood in 1989, a 99-91 win for Pitt. The programs met in the 1987 NCAA Tournament, Pitt losing 96-93 in the second round, and played a home-and-home series the following two seasons.

DePaul will be a familiar opponent for the Panthers dating to their Big East days. The teams last played in 2013, with Pitt holding a 9-2 all-time series advantage.

Pitt is coming off a 13-20 (5-13 ACC) 2025-26 campaign that saw the vast majority of scholarship players depart the program in the offseason.

In response, the Panthers did some heavy lifting in the transfer portal, bringing in 11 total players to restock the roster.

Comprising an exceedingly new-look Panthers roster are: guards Naithan George (Syracuse/Georgia Tech), Jonathan Powell (North Carolina/West Virginia), Jalil Bethea (Alabama/Miami), A’Lahn Sumler (Charleston Southern) and Colin Hawkins (Gardner-Webb); forwards Timofei Rudovskii (Bryant), Baye Ndongo (Georgia Tech), Dominique Diamante (BYU/Washington), Kraig Gilbert (Concord University) and Ibrahim Souare (Syracuse/Georgia Tech); plus Mercer center Armani Mighty.

Guard Macari Moore, a sophomore this upcoming season, was the lone scholarship player from a year ago to return to Pitt.