It’s hard to believe the College Basketball Season is almost upon us. Pitt has a couple meaningless exhibition games, but then has its first game in 3 weeks. November 14, against Alabama at Madison Square Garden in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. The game will be on ESPN2 at 7pm. Of course after that, looking at their schedule, they then hit full cupcake mode. So, it will be really hard to tell how good the team is. It also means I won’t be seeing them on TV again until they’re about a quarter of the way into the Big East conference schedule — January 12, 2004 at UConn.

With this schedule, and the questions about the team without Knight and Lett, and a new head coach, I can’t be surprised that as preseason rankings (guesses) trickle out, I don’t see Pitt listed in the top 25.

I don’t know how Pitt will do this year in basketball. Judging by the schedule, no one will be sure for a while.

Pitt has to stop scheduling like they are Georgetown, and play some real teams before conference play. It’s embarrassing and it doesn’t help the team get ready for real competition.