Pitt has a couple of games under their belt this year, but the level of competition is about to pick up. The Panthers travel to Madison Square Garden tonight to face SMU in the first 'real' round of the 2K Classic. This is the early game with Marquette and Michigan tipping off afterwards.
Technically, the team's games against Eastern Michigan and Gardner-Webb were a part of that event, but regardless of the results, Pitt was already headed to New York City to play along with SMU, Michigan, and Marquette.
SMU has faced the same two opponents Pitt has and had an easier time of things, beating both teams by nearly 30 points each.