Amid key transfers, Capel aims to right his ship February 26, 2021 In his third season at the helm of Pitt Basketball, Coach Jeff Capel faces unprecedented challenges (Photo by Matt Hawley/ACC) By Nick Farabaugh, Assistant Sports Director It has been a tumultuous 48 hours for the Pitt Men’s Basketball Program and Head Coach Jeff Capel. Following the departures of two of the team’s top three leading scorers in junior G Xavier Johnson and junior G/F Au’Diese Toney, Pitt’s program was in a bit of frenzy — all while having lost seven of their last eight games down the stretch. With the departures of Toney and Johnson and the departure of G Trey McGowens to Nebraska this past summer, Capel’s first recruiting class with Pitt all have transferred out of the program.