Pitt Ends Regular Season at #3, Plays Thursday in Big East Tournament

The Big East Champion Pitt Panthers finished the regular season strong and were rewarded in the final polls of the regular season. The Panthers (27-4, 15-3) are currently third in both the ESPN/USA Today and AP polls, trailing Kansas and Ohio State in both. Considering their ranking of #4 in the preseason polls, the pundits knew exactly what they were talking about in looking forward to what lied ahead for Pitt in 2010-11. This was the seventh time in eight seasons that Jamie Dixon's team had single-digit losses, and was Pitt's second regular-season championship under Dixon. Pitt is now headed to New York for the 29th annual Big East Tournament, where they will earn a double-bye based on their #1 seed. The Panthers' first game will be Thursday, March 10 in the Noon ET Quarterfinal matchup against either No. 8 seed Georgetown, No. 9 seed Connecticut or No. 16 seed DePaul. Pitt was a combined 3-0 versus those teams this season, with a 15-point win against UConn, a 15-po...