Though neither RU nor UConn saw action, it was still a big night in the Big East, and all fourteen of us who get CSTV could have seen two big games:

1. Perennial Big East doormat Georgetown upended the 'Cuse in DC a few week ago: last night, the Hoyas couldn't quite do it again.

Erica Morrow's last-chance trey bounced high, then gave her Orange a one-point win. Morrow finished with a game-high 22 points, sinking four out of six from long range.

'Cuse coach Hillsman harangued his team earlier, after they gave up a lead, but shouted himself hoarse after the win: "I don't give them nothing," he said. "I don't let them not play hard. I don't let them not compete. We don't settle for mediocrity."

SU improve to 21-6 (9-5), and might expect a Big Dance bid despite their rather fluffy nonconference schedule.

2. In the game we did watch, West Virginia's big scorer Olayinka Sanni took on Pitt's big center Marcedes Walker, and Pitt's Shavonte Zellous took on the universe as her Panthers survived overtime for a big home win.

Zellous burned the Mountaineers for 29 points, including some dramatic (Cappie-esque, even) pull-up drives. Skeptics might note her 9-17 performance from the line; Pitt fans might respond that Zellous missed the Panthers' prior game with a concussion, and had, last night, a nasty late-game fall: it's neat that she was able to play at all.

WVU's Owens, no longer suspended, came off the bench and saw extended minutes; her teammate Chakia Cole sent the game to the extra frame with a layup, but fouled out.

Pitt's dramatic victory ends a four-game losing streak, including a loss in Morgantown to WVU. "We're a good team, but we're banged up right now," said coach Berenato. "We need to get ready for March."

In last night's other Big East matches, a good team crushed a bad one, and a team way below .500 in conference flattened a team a bit farther down.