NEW YORK, N.Y. - Pitt and Cinci are both playing with a lot of fire and intensity at the start of this game, and the refs are letting them play. The Panthers have threes from three different players and lead 11-6 at the first timeout.

#34 for Cincinnati (Adam Hrycaniuk) hasn't set a legal pick yet, and he and DeJuan Blair of Pitt are absolutely mugging each other in the post. None of that has been called. The refs also have a pretty liberal definition of traveling, although the one walk they did call had Bearcat coach Mic Cronin pretty hot.

This could turn into a real street fight.