The Preview You Must View: Pitt Panthers vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys at Madison Square Garden

If the Le'Bryan Nash roller coaster is going to continue as it has, the Oklahoma St. Cowboys might be in for a long New York City afternoon as they face the 14^th ranked Pittsburgh Panthers.

Over his last five games, Nash has followed up a double-digit scoring performance with single digit outputs. 16 against Stanford, zero against Virginia Tech. 21 against Tulsa, nine against Langston. Now coming off a team high 19-points, one has to wonder which LBN we'll see in NYC.

And it's not like he's facing a cupcake. Thought Pitt hasn't faced a ranked team this season, and are actually ranked close to Ok State in Jeff Sagrain's ratings (Pitt is 53^rd, Ok State 66^th) the experience-laden Panthers are distributing the ball at a frenetic pace, ranking 4^th nationally in team assists per game.

Scoring wise, Pitt is led by Ashton Gibbs (18.9 ppg) and Nasir Robinson (13.9). Second leading scorer Tray Woodall has an injured groin and will be out a month.

Similar to Nash, Pitt has a highly touted freshman that hasn't quit reached his potential in Khem Birch. The 6-9 forward was ranked ninth in last season final Rivals.com ranking (Nash was 6^th) but is struggling to find himself, averaging a pedestrian 4.3 ppg and 5.4 rpg.

For OK State, the winning formula is simple. Nash needs to lead the team in scoring, standing right beside Keiton Page and Jean-Paul Olukemi. As it was in the Missouri State victory, those three contributed 47 of the team's 72 points. If Nash, Olukemi and Page can light the scoreboard up, then Markel Brown can continue to contribute while Mike Cobbins can go for his third straight double off the bench.

The game tips tomorrow at 1:30p CST and can be seen on ESPN2.