A few of the national websites give some breakdowns of the game.

At ESPN.com is this. Just the bare bones and a statistical comparison for the season.

There are a couple picks from SI.com. Mike Jarvis (the former head coach of St. John’s) picks the Cowboys. I could respect his pick, except that his logic is flawed.

Oklahoma State. The Cowboys have enough athletes to get Krauser out of his game and force the pace Sutton wants.

BUZZZZZZ! Wrong answer. The one thing no team has been able to do with Pitt this year is dictate pace. Not even in Pitt’s 4 losses. UConn came the closest in the first game they played, and even they were forced to go at Pitt’s pace after 10 minutes. Syracuse and Seton Hall beat Pitt by slowing the game down more than Pitt wanted. No one has been able to sustain a fast pace against Pitt. And while OSU may win, it won’t be because they dictated pace.

Seth Davis goes with OSU, and in his capsule makes the more compelling argument in favor of OSU. Essentially he compares the guards of OSU with the other OSU that went to the Final Four in 1999.

The CBS Sportsline breakdown gives a little more explanation for who has the edge and where. They see the game as very even, but ultimately give a slight edge to Pitt based on some intangibles. In a general breakdown of the Sweet 16, they put it this way:

Cowboys win if …: They make Pittsburgh beat them from the perimeter. Julius Page, Carl Krauser and Jaron Brown are going to take their shots, and usually they are going to miss. Oklahoma State can’t allow Pittsburgh post players Chris Taft and Chevon Troutman too many touches, because they will wreak havoc inside.

Panthers win if …: They get the Cowboys’ Ivan McFarlin in foul trouble and keep John Lucas III in check offensively. Those are common threads running through the Cowboys’ two worst performances of the season, losses to BYU and Texas Tech.

7:27 pm Eastern. A little more than 24 hours. Wheee.