Pittsburgh at Villanova

Pittsburgh sustained a pair of severe blows as Lavance Fields and Mike Cook have gone down with injuries. It's tough to go on the road in the Big East missing your playmaker and another guard. These two combined for 22.5 points per game, and 8.5 assists per game as well as leadership. The Panthers are suddenly young and thin in the backcourt. It showed in a big way as they dropped a decision on the road at Dayton by 25. The difference? The one-point win over Duke, the rest of the team shot 15-46 32.6%, and was 0-12 from the arc, and only only six assists. Villanova lost their top rebounder in Drummond to an injury as well, but their top two scorers are both guards in Reynolds and Fisher, and will present significant problems for the Pitt secondary backcourt. It just means Nova can collapse on the interior, and make life difficult for Pitt to find scoring opportunities. Riding the Cats at home.