Panthers fans watching tonight's Pitt-Gonzaga game were hoping to see the team win its season opener in Japan on Friday night. Instead, they were treated to a half of basketball and then a rare cancellation by the officials.
Due to a slippery floor, the game was called at halftime. Players on both sides looked visibly upset by the news and, from what we know, this wasn't the request of either team. The officials made the final call at halftime and not seeing any improvement to the floor conditions. Workers had been trying to make the surface playable with the teams in the locker rooms, but to no avail.