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Jason Capel upset with treatment from alma mater UNC; Jeff Capel responds

By Mitchell Northam, Sports Now Group Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Basketball FILE PHOTO: A basketball swishes through the net after a score by Pittsburgh against Virginia Tech during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh won 83-72. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) (Keith Srakocic/AP)

By Mitchell Northam, Sports Now Group Pittsburgh

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Shortly after Nike Sibande blocked Caleb Love’s shot to secure a win for Pitt at the Dean E. Smith Center, the Panthers piled into the hallway and visitors locker room to celebrate their victory.

And then, after the cheering settled, Jason Capel started to yell. The Pitt assistant coach wasn’t screaming at anyone in particular, but his visceral choice words were targeted at his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“Y’all gonna disrespect me? All I did for this program? Y’all gonna boo me? I held this sh*t together when Matt Doherty tore it apart,” Capel was overheard saying by a Pittsburgh Sports Now reporter. “F*ck that sh*t.”

See Jeff Capel’s response in continued coverage from our partners at Sports Now Group Pittsburgh.

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