The genuine, impassioned and sometimes angry questions that surround the Pitt-Penn State football series, the ones wondering why the state’s pre-eminent programs aren’t scheduled to play each other beyond a brief four-game deal, can obscure another facet of an estranged rivalry — the two schools haven’t played each other consistently in men’s basketball in more than a decade.
That separation, however, might soon be a thing of the past.
The Panthers and Nittany Lions will meet Saturday at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., as part of the Never Forget Tribute Classic, an inaugural doubleheader that will help support the education of the children of the victims of the Sept.