Apparently, in lieu of actually talking about the final regular season game of the season, the beat writers want to wax nostalgic and talk of historic achievements. The P-G writes of a Pitt win meaning 3 straight Big East regular season championships. UConn also accomplished this.

The Trib focuses on the most successful group of Seniors in Pitt basketball history — Julius Page, Jaron Brown and Torree Morris. In their 4 years at Pitt, the team has gone 102-28. With all the talk of Pittsburgh’s great pipeline from NYC, these three came from Buffalo, NY; Kentucky and Tennessee. I’ve taken shots at each of them this season for their poor shooting games (Page), bad free throw shooting (Brown), and generally soft play (Morris); but they will hold a special place in every Pitt fan’s memory as part of one of the most successful periods of Pitt basketball.

That said, there is still a game today and there is no information about it. The Philly papers are ignoring it still. There are no real scouting reports on the game. I don’t know whether ‘Nova plays man or zone defense. They are disappointing after some thought ‘Nova might make a move in the Big East this year. They have lost 4 straight, but the 4 teams they lost to are Miami (who Pitt needed OT to beat); UConn by one and a last second block by Okafor; Syracuse by only 5 (I think we all know what Pitt did against ‘Cuse last week); and Seton Hall by 2 (and we lost to the Hall).

Villanova has been a team that has been unable to close out games, but otherwise plays well. One of those classic “better than their record suggests” teams. They have been obliterated from consciousness in Philly because of St. Joe’s and even their own women’s team. Their coach is probably in danger of losing his job after this season. It really bothers me how lightly this game appears to be treated.