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With a potential Big East regular-season title, a No. 1 seed in the conference tourney, and possibly an overall No. 1 seed in the Big Dance, Pitt -- especially seniors Levance Fields and Sam Young -- pulled out all the stops to take down No. 1 UConn for the second time.

With Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green, UNC is the early favorite to win it all. Here's the early 2008-09 Top 25, writes Andy Katz.

Pitt coach Jamie Dixon is always one of the hot names in the spring coaching carousel. But he always turns down the suitors, proving his loyalty to a Pitt program that he has helped transform into one of the best in the country, writes Andy Katz.

It's never too early to look ahead and try to predict the Top 25, and the Texas Longhorns are the pre-preseason No. 1, writes Andy Katz.

Pittsburgh guard Levance Fields suffered a broken left foot in Saturday's loss to Dayton and will be out 8-12 weeks, which could end his regular season.

Official word is expected late Friday after Pitt fifth-year senior Mike Cook has an MRI on his left knee, but the Panthers' staff is expecting him to be out for the season with a torn ACL.

Pitt has built a program of recent success on playing with emotion and toughness. That was never more evident than in the Panthers' thrilling overtime win over Duke, writes Andy Katz.

It's only January but the Pitt Panthers have clearly established themselves as the team to beat in the Big East this season, writes Andy Katz.

Despite the emotion of playing in an event held for their coach's late sister, the Pitt Panthers showed why they are a legitimate Final Four threat, Andy Katz writes.