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September 10, 2009

The Big East released the full schedule, which means all the Big East team skeds are final. Including Pitt’s.

As this is a rebuilding year for Pitt, the national TV coverage dips a bit. The Panthers are “only” on national TV 11.5 times (I’m not sure if the CBS Sports channel should counts asĀ  national) out of the 31 games. For those of us out of the Pittsburgh market, that’s 19 games that we can hope Fox Sports Pittsburgh picks up so that it will be part of the ESPN Full Court and 360 packages.

Friday, Nov. 13

WOFFORD

Petersen Events Center

7 p.m.

O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Tuesday, Nov. 17

BINGHAMTON (ESPN2)

Petersen Events Center

5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 19

EASTERN KENTUCKY

Petersen Events Center

7 p.m.

O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic Semifinals and Finals (Kansas City, Mo.)

Monday, Nov. 23

vs. Wichita State (ESPN2)

Sprint Center

7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 24

Consolation Game (ESPN-U)

Sprint Center

7:45 p.m.

Championship Game (ESPN2)

Sprint Center

9:50 p.m.

(vs. Iowa or Texas)

Saturday, Nov. 28

YOUNGSTOWN STATE

Petersen Events Center

TBA

Wednesday, Dec. 2

vs. Duquesne (CBS-CS)

Mellon Arena

7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 4

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Petersen Events Center

TBA

Jimmy V. Classic (New York, N.Y.)

Tuesday, Dec. 8

vs. Indiana (ESPN)

Madison Square Garden

9 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 12

KENT STATE

Petersen Events Center

TBA

Saturday, Dec. 19

MOUNT ST. MARY’S

Petersen Events Center

TBA

Tuesday, Dec. 22

OHIO

Petersen Events Center

TBA

Monday, Dec. 28

*DePAUL

Petersen Events Center

TBA

Saturday, Jan. 2

at *Syracuse

Syracuse, N.Y.

TBA

Monday, Jan. 4

at *Cincinnati (ESPN)

Cincinnati, Ohio

7 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 13

at *Connecticut (ESPN2)

Hartford, Conn./XL Center

7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 16

*LOUISVILLE

Petersen Events Center

TBA

Wednesday, Jan. 20

*GEORGETOWN

Petersen Events Center

TBA

Sunday, Jan. 24

at *Seton Hall

Newark, N.J./Prudential Center

TBA

Thursday, Jan. 28

*ST. JOHN’S

Petersen Events Center

TBA

Sunday, Jan. 31

at *South Florida

Tampa, Fla.

TBA

Wednesday, Feb. 3

at *West Virginia

Morgantown, W.Va.

TBA

Saturday, Feb. 6

*SETON HALL

Petersen Events Center

TBA

Monday, Feb. 8

ROBERT MORRIS

Petersen Events Center

TBA

Friday, Feb. 12

*WEST VIRGINIA (ESPN)

Petersen Events Center

9 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 18

at *Marquette (ESPN)

Milwaukee, Wis.

9 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 21

*VILLANOVA (CBS)

Petersen Events Center

Noon

Wednesday, Feb. 24

at *Notre Dame (ESPN2)

South Bend, Ind.

7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 27

at *St. John’s

New York, N.Y./MSG

TBA

Thursday, March 4

*PROVIDENCE (ESPN)

Petersen Events Center

9 p.m.

Saturday, March 6

*RUTGERS

Petersen Events Center

TBA

Tue.-Sat., March 9-13

at Big East Championship (ESPN)

New York, N.Y.

TBA

Overall, looking at the full schedule for the Big East (PDF), it is Villanova with the major media love this year. They appear on the ESPN group and CBS a whopping 18 times. Louisville, UConn and WVU do it 15. Syracuse has 14. Georgetown and Pitt have 12 appearances. Cinci is the last to reach double-digits with 10.

The honor of fewest appearances (unsurprisingly) goes to USF with 2. Providence, Rutgers and DePaul each have 3. Then it is St. John’s with 5, Seton Hall and Marquette with 7 and ND with 9.

So the fun is about 2 months away. A season with a lot of questions, but lots of anticipation despite the lower expectations.





Not as bad as I thought it would be, but between this and FSN’s regional coverage, us in the market should be able to see plenty of games without having to splurge.

Comment by dugdog 09.10.09 @ 5:14 pm

19 – 9 this year. Mark it down.

Comment by Big Sexxay 09.10.09 @ 6:16 pm

22-9 according to P-G’s Ray Fittipaldo

link to community.post-gazette.com

Comment by wbb 09.10.09 @ 6:37 pm

31-0, sweep through the Big East tourney and the NCAAs, national champs.

Pitt football goes 13-0, national champs.

Steelers go 19-0, win the Super Bowl.

Penguins rack up 164 points in the standings (that’s 82-0 for you non-hockey guys), sweep every series and win the cup.

The Pirates…. still suck. Maybe they’ll sign Kevan Smith to a baseball contract….

Comment by Jimbo Covert's my Dad 09.10.09 @ 7:15 pm

LOL …. that’s a good one Jimbo Jr

You may have forgotten thought that Harold & Kumar are going to be hitting full stride next year as they realize the differences between cricket and baseball and battle each other next year for NL Cy Young award.

Comment by wbb 09.10.09 @ 8:05 pm

btw, pitt and the grizzlies (sam young) will be in MSG on the same day

Comment by go pitt 09.10.09 @ 8:50 pm

One thing we all should have learned over the tenure of Jamie Dixon– NEVER underestimate his abilities to reload and win. Forde, Bilas, Katz…pundits agree. Never underestimate Jamie. We will be a better team by the end of the season!

Comment by Pauly P 09.12.09 @ 11:05 am

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