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Numerical Nonsense

4- Point spread favoring the Pittsburgh Steelers for Super Bowl XL. The pre-game… 4- Point spread favoring the Pittsburgh Steelers for Super Bowl XL. The pre-game favorite is 27-12 in Super Bowl play.

0-12- Pitt’s mark vs. top-ranked teams in their 100 years of men’s basketball. The Panthers hope to get lucky on the 13th try at UConn tonight at 7:30 p.m.

17- Largest lead for No. 6 Villanova in Saturday’s game at Notre Dame. A 24-4 run gave the Fighting Irish the lead, but the Wildcats salvaged a victory on Kyle Lowery’s last-second tip-in.

193- Games Ron Artest played in an Indiana Pacers uniform, with only 23 in the last two seasons. Artest played his first game with the Sacramento Kings on Friday night after being traded for Peja Stojakovic.

55.5- Kobe Bryant’s points per game average for the two games he played last week. Bryant followed his historic 81 point mark with a 30-point effort in the Lakers’ 106-105 victory over Golden State. Bryant scored 25 of those points in the fourth quarter.

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