Six former University of Pittsburgh women’s basketball players filed individual lawsuits against the school and women’s basketball coach Tory Verdi on Friday. The lawsuits allege abusive coaching methods by Verdi, Title IX violations and a failure by the school to act after abuses were reported to multiple university officials. The lawsuits, obtained by The Athletic, were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania by former women’s basketball players Favor Ayodele,