Sure I just stole a line from Dick Vitale that I just heard during the ACC semifinal, but last night was just awesome. I told my friends that against Louisville, we’d lose. Uh, way to go there Dennis. Then I told them we’d lose to Marquette just to keep the karma going strong. So I’ll say it again — Georgetown will beat us tonight. (wink, wink)

Levance Fields, who should have Madison Square Garden named after him, had to come through on something said before the game.

Levance Fields had his own end of the bargain to hold.

When top-seeded Georgetown went into its locker room at Madison Square Garden up 33-21 on West Virginia before Pitt’s semifinal game against Marquette last night, Hoyas guard Jessie Sapp, Fields’ friend, saw the Brooklyn-native point guard in the stands as he ran off.

“He gave me a high five and said, “I’ll see you tomorrow,” Fields said.

Fields played a great. So did Ramon. So did Sam Young, Keith Benjamin, Tyrell Biggs, and Gil Brown. How many Marquette players played a great game? You could say Jerel McNeal, who led his team in points and steals, but he was in foul trouble for much of the game and turned the ball over so many times that his good numbers are outweighed by the bad. A leader is no good on the bench or handing the ball over to the other team.

“Obviously, [McNeal]’s a great player,” Dixon said. “I liked the way that we got him. We took some charges, and that was something that we emphasized going into this game, and that was big.”

The 16-4 run to start the game really set the tone from the beginning. Our starters played well and Marquette’s didn’t even bother to show up until the second half. Sam Young has pleasantly surprised me with his play during the BET. His head seems to always be in the game and he’s playing offense and defense.

I think coming into New York City we were somewhere around the 8/9 seed. The last two wins have probably shot us into the 6/7 range and a win over Georgetown tonight could get us as high as a fifth seed. The committee likes to look at how a team has played in recent games leading up to the tournament, and a win tonight would put us under a great light in the committee’s eyes.