PITTSBURGH — It’s been quite a while since Pitt and UConn have played.

Technically it was last year, as the Panthers defeated the Huskies Dec. 27 at Petersen Events Center, 78-63.

The two teams meet again at noon with a semi-final appearance in the Big East Tournament on the line. Here’s some of the chatter around the web as we head in to today’s game:

• Pitt will win if its big men play strong and it can contain UConn’s Jeremy Lamb.
• How does Ashton Gibbs shoot the way he does?
• Pitt might as well earn another banner and re-establish its ‘Big East Bully’ status at the Garden.
• PittScriptBlog.com will be at MSG all weekend live tweeting the event.

And here’s the schedule breakdown for today’s action!

Quarterfinals: Thursday, March 10

Pitt vs. UConn – noon, ESPN
Syracuse vs.  St. John’s 2 p.m. – ESPN
Notre Dame vs. Cincinnati 7 p.m. – ESPN
Louisville vs. Marquette 9 p.m. – ESPN

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Chris Gates | Area 4-1-Zoo Blog
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