The Big East had a slow week. Everyone has been off since Tuesday, and do not play until Saturday. Pitt plays Seton Hall this Saturday at Noon on ESPN Full Court and shown in the Pittsburgh area on WTAE (the ABC affiliate). With such a slow week, the game notes are out early (PDF). Unfortunately, Seton Hall hasn’t put its out yet. Hopefully Pitt will remember that the Pirates beat them in East Rutherford last year, though the way Pitt has played it is hard to imagine the Panthers looking past anyone at this point. Actually, it seems Seton Hall has won 2 of the last 3 games from Pitt. Of course, they haven’t won in Pittsburgh in about 10 years (January 25, 1995, pp 55-56).

Advanced storylines from Pitt (I mean in addition to the usual ones): Coach Jamie Dixon’s 50th game; and a Pitt win would be the 100th for the Seniors on Pitt, the Pitt record for wins by a class is 107 set last year. Don Criqui and Bucky Waters will be calling the action.

Seton Hall fans are not exactly expecting victory. The team hasn’t played very well this season, and even worse on the road.

Tonight is also the thank you to the Oakland Zoo from Jamie Dixon. If any of our readers are attending the event, drop me an e-mail describing what happened, so I can post it.