Spend around 6 hours on the turnpikes of Pennsylvania and Ohio with a whining 3-year old and you miss some things. The great unanswered question these days is why there is no other rest stop heading West on the PA Turnpike after the one around mile marker 77, while the Eastbound side has two. Annoying.

Anyhow, the boys at Marquette Basketball have some pieces of information. It would seem one of Pitt’s three home & home opponents this season will be Marquette. Likely, WVU will be another for Pitt. My guess for the third home & home match-up would be either Notre Dame or UConn.

They also note, the HoopScoop ranking of the 2005 basketball recruiting classes. Pitt is ranked #23. The rankings are based on the total “value” of the entire class, not the average of each recruit — which is how Middle Tennessee State and Utah State are ranked ahead of Pitt. On a talent ranking per recruit scale, Pitt would be around #15.

A little late on the link, but Rivals Radio did an interview with the first commit for the 2006 class, Gilbert Brown (Windows Media).