What's that? We have a game tonight? You don't say.

Well FKPers, this is it. Senior night against Pitt with our tournament hopes on the line. To be honest, I wouldn't have it any other way - and I'm sure seniors Darris Nichols and Jamie Smalligan wouldn't, either. Congrats, boys...You guys have done a great job. Smalligan hung in there with the coaching change, in spite of facing a new system where his abilities just didn't fit in...And Nichols has gone down in history as the iron-mountaineer, playing in a school-record 133 games. Somewhere in Germany, Joe Herber shakes his fist in anger.

GET TO DA CHOPPAAAA!

Anyway, this is probably the hugest game we've played since Tennessee in November. Here are three things that we absolutely have to do to beat those a-hole yinzers from up I-79 and secure a legit shot at a tournament bid.

1. Take care of the ball.

For the love of Pete, look where you're passing. We can't afford to make the same mental mistakes we made in the first half of the UConn game. Turnovers and shitty rebounding put us in a huge hole in the first 20 minutes of Saturday's game, and it was a friggin' miracle Flowers and Alexander bailed us out of that as well as they did.

2. Defense, Defense, Defense.

Box out. Protect the paint. Grab those rebounds. GUARD RONALD RAMON OUTSIDE. Interior presence is definitely not our strong suit, but hopefully we come into this game inspired. If Smalligan can just pretend to be athletic tonight and grab 7 boards (as, we might have a shot. Pitt's teams are always so big and bulky, it's almost impossible to win on the inside - in the recent past we've outfinessed them with quality shooting and passing, but with this team's skillset and penchant for inconsistency that might be too much to ask.

3. Get to the line and make those free throws.

Self-explanatory. We're looking better and better at the stripe each game, but we really need a boost from Butler and Ruoff. They're both at the line quite a bit, but neither of them seem to be able to make those key foul shots. If we make 75% of our free throws, we've got a great chance to win.

The real X-factor here lies in our seniors. If Smalligan plays like a legit center and Nichols has the game he's capable of (see 2007 NIT championship), we'll score enough points, defend the bucket well, and take over the game. Let's hope we get some emotion from the boys tonight - hopefully the last home game of the year will give em enough spark to make things happen.

Prediction: WVU 64, Pitt 60. Let's go dancin', baby.