Pittsburgh at Connecticut

A huge heavyweight battle between the Pitt Panthers and the UConn Huskies takes shape tonight in Connecticut. This game definitely has No. 1 seeding ramifications for the NCAA Tournament attached to it. The Huskies Hasheem Thabeet is getting better by the game, and is off a 25-point, 20-rebound performance against Seton Hall, both career highs. The big man is playing good and is now averaging 16 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocks in his last five games - dominating the interior. The Huskies are the only team in the country that have two players, in Adrien and Thabeet, averaging a double-double per game. Pitt may regret having played just one non-conference game on the road all season, because when they have gone on the road against the top teams in the Big East, at Villanova, and Louisville, they suffered their only two setbacks of the season. UConn gets it done at home here.