DAYTON, Ohio - This basketball shrine on Edwin C. Moses Blvd. at the southern tip of Dayton has been host to hundreds of important college basketball games, especially in the NCAA Tournament. But tonight's match-up between No. 6 Pitt (11-0) and the host Dayton Flyers (10-1) is bigger than any regular season game played here in two decades.

This is the third time Dayton has won 10 of its first 11 under Brian Gregory. The Flyers started 10-1 in 2003-04, Gregory's first season, and were also 10-1 last season. Pitt enters today's game coming off of last Saturday's 65-64 victory over Duke.

Fans have been waiting for this game for a long time here, and they've only got about 20 more minutes to kill before tip-off against the highest-ranked opponent to play Dayton at UD Arena since No. 3 DePaul played here in 1984. The Flyers won that game 72-71 on a last-second shot by Ed Young. A sell-out crowd here at UD Arena wouldn't mind history repeating itself tonight.