Pitt Routs St. Johnâs; Rutgers Tops Villanova
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With two injured starters sidelined and with few able bodies on its bench, Pittsburgh seemed ripe for the taking Wednesday night, but St. Johnâs was, instead, soundly beaten. Just now getting into the heart of the Big East portion of its schedule, the Red Storm is having a bad season that only figures to get worse.
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Pittsburgh will limp into Madison Square Garden on Wednesday to face St. Johnâs with only eight available scholarship players, one of whom has taken only eight shots this season.
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After a weekend in which Rutgers beat South Florida and Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati, the Big East standings are a jumble.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (Sports Network) - Carl Krauser scored 15  points, including nine in the final 6 1/2 minutes, as  17th-ranked Pittsburgh rallied for a 68-64 victory over No. 9  Syracuse in a key Big East Conference clash at the Carrier  Dome.
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Chevon Troutman scores a career-high 29 points and Pittsburgh erases a 17-point deficit to upset No. 16 Connecticut, 76-66.
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The weather was lousy and the Miami Dolphins' offense worse, while the Pittsburgh Steelers' defense was terrific. Unfazed by torrential rain in the first half from the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne, Pittsburgh forced four turnovers, made a key fourth-down stop and beat the hapless Dolphins 13-3 Sunday night.
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Ty Lawson scored a career-high 26 points and Tyler Hansbrough had 20 points and 11 rebounds before leaving when he hit his head and No. 1 North Carolina beat Rutgers 93-71 on Sunday night.
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Dante Cunningham, above, hits two free throws with 15.9 seconds left and No. 17 Villanova forces a last-second Pitt turnover to seal a dramatic, 84-63 win over the No. 13 Panthers on Sunday.
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Levance Fields hit a 3-pointer with 4.7 seconds left in overtime to give No. 11 Pittsburgh a 65-64 victory over No. 6 Duke (10-1) in a matchup of unbeatens last night in New York.
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This hardly seemed possible when Pitt needed frantic rallies to overcome Division I-AA Furman or Big East cellar dweller Temple. Or when the Panthers could barely move the ball against Ohio &#151; not Ohio State, but Ohio U.
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The stage is set. No. 24 Boston College (6-2, 2-1 Big East) improved its position for a showdown against league-leading West Virginia with yesterday's raggedy 21-10 victory over Rutgers before an Alumni Stadium crowd of 41,162.
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PITTSBURGH (Sports Network) - Kevin Bettencourt scored five  of his 13 points in the final two minutes to lead Bucknell to a  69-66 upset over 10th-ranked and previously unbeaten  Pittsburgh.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (Sports Network) - Terrence Roberts  scored the game-winning basket with 7.2 seconds remaining as  fourth-ranked Syracuse rallied from an 18-point halftime  deficit to earn an 86-84 victory over Rutgers in Big East  action at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.
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Kia Vaughn had 21 points and 13 rebounds to lead No. 23 Rutgers to a 68-40 victory over Syracuse on Wednesday.
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Ronald Ramon and Keith Benjamin, playing new roles because of Pitt's numerous injuries, both scored 18 points and the 15th-ranked Panthers surprised No. 5 Georgetown, 69-60, last night in Pittsburgh.
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Zach Parise's overtime goal lifts New Jersey to a 4-3 win over Pittsburgh and creates a three-way tie atop the Atlantic.
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John Thompson was barking calls at his Georgetown players, a dominant big man was leading the way and, just like the old days, the Hoyas were on top of the Big East. Roy Hibbert scored 14 of his 18 points in the ninth-ranked Hoyas' big first half and Georgetown cruised past No. 13 Pittsburgh 65-42 to win the Big East tournament Saturday night.