While Pitt hasn’t put out it’s non-con, presumably because it is still being finalized, other schools have made announcements and there are set games. It looks like Pitt will kick off the season against Delaware State on November 14.

So, here’s what I am sure is part of the non-con right now. Most of the dates are unknown.

Delaware St. — Nov. 14

Robert Morris

Duquesne

Dayton

@ Auburn

@MSG, South Carolina — Dec. 21 (or 23)

@ Wisconsin

Am I missing some others? Penn State is done. As is usual, they don’t like voluntarily playing games where they are clearly inferior.

That leaves about 5 more games for Pitt to fill. Unless Pitt gets into a tournament at the last minute or the rumored SEC-Big East challenge finally comes off figure on 4 of the 5 being home games (last year Pitt hosted 9 of its 11 non-cons). The majority are going to be against minor-mid-majors. Guarantee games like the Delaware St. one.

I would like to see at least one other game, though, against a major conference team. A home-and-home with Temple (or St. Joe’s) might be A-10 overkill, but I’d really like to see Pitt make an effort to play some games against the other Philly schools. Might as well make an effort to play some of the other Pennsylvania schools.

A home-and-home with Arizona St. might be fun. Maybe Missouri. Perhaps NC State would be interested? Iowa would be a good one for booing Tyler Smith.