To go where no Panther has gone before.......(since 1974)

Yinzers,

Last night was the sloppiest Pitt game I watched all season. But in the end a Win is a Win. In this day of never ending Sports Analysis, a Win has to be perfect for it to be accepted. Jay Bilias will spend half the day saying that the Pittsburgh win was just not a quality win- ok ass give me a break. When I was growing up if you won the game you won the game. So last night deal with it Pitt won the game.

As for the other winners last night- Mizzou upset JC and the Memphis chokewagon. I have never seen a bigger hyped team every year and they never win. Great job by Mizzou to get to the Elite Eight. Plus they threw 100 on the other tigers.

Nova continued to move on with their throw down of DUKE. You have to admit that this Duke team really wasn't that talented but had a good run. One of my overall picks plays tonight and I have a pretty good feeling that Louisville will take it to the Elite eight.

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LOU'ViLLE

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CARDS!

Heckler

Beast of the Big East

Yinzers,

The Big East Basketball tournament is by far the most exciting conference/tournament there is. Other than the Baylor Bears handing it to the Kansas gay hawks yesterday all the news was in the Big East.

Pitt choked it's chicken in the Back court brawl against West Virginia. My thought process is allot different this year, I do not think that the emphasis was on winning the Tournament but winning a National Championship. Think about it , it makes perfect sense. You would have to play, Uconn, Cuse',Louisville, etc etc etc- in a Four day romp. Leaving you exhausted to play one week later in the Tournament. The Pitt Panthers have enough time to rest and get over that Elite Eight Bump.

The Six Overtime Game UCONN and the Cuse' put on last night was unbelievable. Allot of players made shots that they had to. I think this ruined any chance of Syracuse winning the tournament because they will have to play at nine tonight and if you are a math major- 5 x6 overtimes meant that you played two and a half games last night just to win one game.

Finally the Villanova win yesterday was very apropo. Last second shot over Marquette was where it was at the whole game. Marquette just didn't have it in them .

Louisville cruised and they will be your Big east champ after this weekend. Look for them to roll.

Great weekend of Basketball ahead we will have a complete run down of Selection Sunday , Monday.

Erin GO BRAH,

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Finally other sports.........

Hey Yinzers,

So tonight the South Carolina Gamecocks had a pep-rally for their student section the Garnet Army. So far this season the Gamecocks are 17-5 and undefeated in SEC play at home. We have three home games remaining and I think that the gamecocks may make the tournament.

In Rivalry Week action PITT basketball went head to head in the Back-Court Brawl at the PETE up in Oakland tonight. early on the Panthers struggled with Blair and Fields going out about the 8 minute mark of the first half. Final at the PETE: PITT 79-59

Duke and North Carolina play tomorrow night in Durham, I have been lucky enough to go to that game a few years back. Franklin Street in Chapel Hill is the place to be.

Louisville KY is of course my second home next to the Burgh, the Cardinals are on the road to do big things this year. But they have to quit having nail bitters every night. I wish the heckler would have words with them .

In another knockout Rivalry game that I have been a part of, Mizzou hosted Kansas tonight. I can honestly say that Jay hawk fans( gus primus not included) are the biggest A holes- next to A rod( not our rod but the Yankees rod). The only tigers that I like.

More Burgh stuff to come this week. Trying to get back into my normal rotation.

Watch 3 seconds....in the paint

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