PITT'S BIG MEN OBSOLETE

Marquette pulled an unbelievable overtime upset against number six Pitt on Sunday. Dominic James had 21 points for Marquette, who struggled early to hit any free shots but ended up hitting their last 15 in a row to ice the Panthers. Marquette kept both Aaron Gray and Levon Kendall out of the game by attacking the perimeter. Three Golden Eagles had three or more buckets behind the arc and that helped erase the three turnovers they had in their final three possessions. Pitt had it's home crowd going crazy all game and they helped keep them close and bring them back. Pitt was down by nine three times in the first half and was down by eleven twice in the second. This is Pitt's first loss at home this season and in the Big East as well. Marquette has now beat Louisville, UCONN and Pitt at their venues. If Marquette wants to take the next step and make themselves a contender in March they need to all become better free throw shooters. Hitting only 64 percent this season is not going to win them games at the big dance. Dominic James and Quismine Barro are going to be the life force of Marquette and the two of them alone can run away with the Big East title. Barro had several key blocks in the game but no one was bigger than the one he had with about four minutes left. He told Antonio Graves to "Stop looking at his lemonade," and his block led to another key three by Dan Fitzgerald. Gray sat on the bench with under two minutes to go because he would be of no use to the Panthers. If this kid wants to go somewhere his is going to need to improve his foul shooting ability and grab some defensive boards. To be a top 10 team you need to have a big man that can do it all, block, rebound and shoot. this game might have been a great opportunity for Gray to showcase his skills, but America learned another big man's name, Barro. This kid is going to turn some heads.