Education
Pittman, a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, stayed in his home state to play college basketball. He attended University of North Carolina Asheville between 1994-1995 and 1997-1998 after graduating from high school in 1994. Through his first two seasons he only accumulated approximately 400 points and had an otherwise typical college career.
Then, in his junior season with the Bulldogs, Pittman averaged 18.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game.
The Bulldogs won the regular season Big South Conference championship behind Pittman"s league-leading scoring average, which was also the sixth-highest average in school history. In his senior season, he averaged 18.0 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game.
Foreign the first time in University of North Carolina Asheville history, the men"s basketball team repeated as the regular season conference champions. Consequently, Pittman became just the second Big South player (at the time) to be named the conference player of the year twice.
He finished his college career with 1,547 points—the most in the program"s history—and his 175 steals were a then-school record as well.