NEW YORK, N.Y. - Pitt and Louisville are warming up and getting ready to start the evening session of the Big East tournament. It's the first game between two teams that are not trying to get into the NCAA tournament. Pitt figures to be a middle of the bracket team, while Louisville hopes to come out of here with a 2-seed.

The Cards struggled in the early part of the season, but once they got healthy, they started playing like the preseason top 10 team everyone thought they were.

Pitt also had some injury problems, notably the loss of Levance Fields for a while. They muddled through OK without him and now, they're back in form as well.

Pitt will probably have trouble with Louisville's front line. The Panthers do not have a lot of size.

Louisville won at Pitt by 2 in the regular season.