If you find out that Enrico Pallazzo is singing the national anthem at tonight’s basketball game, do not be alarmed. If you notice someone who looks vaguely similar to the guy in the newspaper is an official tonight and he’s checking out the players and their shoes and the tucked-inedness of their jerseys before the tip and realize it’s 7:22, don’t say a word.

Everything is fine.

No one is stalling.

Of course, the men’s soccer team has a match at home against Xavier in the NCAA Tournament at 5 p.m. That’s two 45-minute halves with a 15-minute halftime. It’s a five-minute walk from the pitch to the Coliseum. It would be pretty easy to double dip tonight. Even the students don’t have an excuse. There are so few left in town that there won’t be great competition for seating in the student section at the basketball game — and that assumes the ones in town haven’t hopped off the bandwagon and are waiting until it swings back around in January. They can file in at 6:55 and get a good bleacher.

The only hindrance is overtime in soccer, in which case Mr. Pallazzo and the curious official have your back.

Speaking of having your back, the 11 a.m. WVU sports chat is back. Here is your link. See you there.