This nugget from Andy Katz at ESPN.com (Insider subs.) is very exciting.
Pitt is trying to rework some scheduling conflicts so it can play Duke in Madison Square Garden in December.
Oooohhh.
UPDATE (3:42): One of the games that Pitt might be trying to reschedule might be the December 15 home game against Oklahoma State.
The Cowboys’ return game from last year’s All-College Classic against Pitt is tentatively scheduled for Dec. 15 at the Petersen Events Center. That location — the Panthers’ home court — might be a tough one for OSU fans to swallow since it has previously been a neutral-neutral series (like last year’s game against Tennessee in Nashville). But head coach Sean Sutton said he’s happy with the deal because of a guarantee that Pitt will play in Stillwater sometime in the future.
I forgot about the OK State game as well. That would mean road games at Dayton and Washington, a home game with OK State and a neutral court with Duke. The Big East will be an 18 game schedule next year. Even with all patsies for the rest of the non-con (about 8 more games), that’s a hell of a good schedule.
No.
Not going to happen.
The best to offer is the lesser version of the SEC-Big East challenge of only 4 teams per year.
In any case… I would love to see Pitt win a big game like that next year! A win over Duke would really be big for the program.
Why don’t we just play them at Mellon Arena and call it a neutral site game? Quid pro quo.
I guess — for comparison’s sake — if Pitt played the game in Erie or say the Giant Center in Hershey. Clearly, the crowd would be pro-Pitt, but it wouldn’t exactly be a home game for Pitt.
