College Basketball News

Big East powers Pitt, 'Nova set to meet (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Pittsburgh and Villanova endured a bruising Big East schedule to qualify for the NCAA tournament. They arrived that much better prepared to advance to the Final Four. But first, one of them has to get past the other. The cross-state rivals will meet in the East regional final at the TD Banknorth Garden on Saturday in a game that puts the Big East in the national spotlight.