quick notes from the big east ... georgetown (14-3/5-2) beat pitt (15-3/5-1) last night 74-66 ... first loss for pitt in conference ... villanova (17-1/6-0) is now the only unbeaten and sits atop the big east

villanova and west virginia (14-3/4-2) also won last night ... and uconn (12-6/3-3) broke it's 3 game losing streak, beating st john's 75-59 without jim calhoun on the sidelines (medical leave of absence)

another ranking out today ... cbs power ranking has syracuse #1 ... rpi.com also has the orange at #1 in their power ranking