PITTSBURGH — The Big East Conference made an already tough league more difficult by adding schools such as Louisville, Cincinnati and Marquette. As it turns out, the old Big East is proving trouble enough for Syracuse.

Orange coach Jim Boeheim spoke out again Monday night about a schedule he says is so unfair, it's unlikely any school would be similarly challenged in the NCAA tournament.

"I know we never have," he said after an 80-67 loss to No. 12 Pittsburgh.

The 25th-ranked Orange were coming off losses to now-No. 1 Connecticut and now-No. 6 Villanova, and missed out on playing a third consecutive Top Ten team only because Pitt dropped from No. 9 to 12th earlier Monday. All three are longtime Big East members.

According to Boeheim, taking on Pitt senior guard Carl Krauser — he had a career-high 32 points — and an overly demanding schedule is too much on the same night for a team that barely stayed in the latest AP poll.

"We just played three teams I consider to be Top Ten teams and, right now, we're not a Top Ten team," said Boeheim, whose Orange have played five games in 13 days — four on the road.

"It's sad we have to play great teams back-to-back ... that's not the right way. Nobody else has to do that, play back-to-back Saturday and Monday games two weeks in a row with three of four on the road. That's too much to ask," he said.

Especially, Boeheim pointed out, when Syracuse plays only twice in the next two weeks.

"That's just stupid," Boeheim said. "We need to look at the right way to do things instead of the way we're doing them now."

In other games involving ranked teams, No. 4 Texas beat Oklahoma State 80-46 and No. 7 Gonzaga defeated San Francisco 84-75.

Boeheim initially spoke out last week, saying the Big East seems to be more concerned about getting high-profile games on TV during peak viewing periods than it is about the players and the quality of the games.

Pitt coach Jamie Dixon has hinted he's similarly unhappy about his team playing five games in 12 days, including three straight on the road. But he has not publicly criticized the Big East as Boeheim is doing.

"Maybe I should be fined," Boeheim said.

On the court, Krauser was too much for the Orange by topping his previous career high of 31 points against Richmond in 2004. Krauser had averaged only eight points, or half his season's average, over the previous three games.

With Syracuse's 2-3 zone defense packed inside to start the game to control 7-foot junior Aaron Gray, Krauser had more room to operate outside and was most effective taking the ball to the basket. Krauser was 13-of-14 at the free-throw line and helped to foul out three Syracuse players as Pitt went 23-of-35 at the line to the Orange's 3-of-5.

Gray, Pitt's leading scorer in four of its previous five games, was held to five points on 1-of-10 shooting but did have 11 rebounds.

"I had no idea I had 32," Krauser said. "I just went out and played the game. Without Aaron (scoring), it's something different for us and we had to look to go with something else."

Pitt (16-1, 5-1) bounced back from its first loss, 55-50 to St. John's on Saturday.

Eric Devendorf and Gerry McNamara each scored 18 points and tried to rally Syracuse (15-5, 3-3) in the second half, but the Orange could get no closer than 58-54 on Devendorf's jumper with 81/2 minutes left.

No. 4 Texas 80, Oklahoma St. 46

Brad Buckman scored 19 points and Daniel Gibson added 18 as the Longhorns remained unbeaten in the Big 12 with their ninth straight win.

Texas (17-2, 5-0) had 12 3-pointers and held their ninth straight opponent under 40 percent shooting in the blowout that matched Eddie Sutton's worst loss at Oklahoma State. Texas beat the Cowboys 92-58 in 1997 in the first matchup between these schools in the Big 12.

David Monds scored 11 points to lead Oklahoma State (12-7, 2-3), which had no fast-break points, committed 20 turnovers and was held to a season low in points.

No. 7 Gonzaga 84, San Francisco 75

Adam Morrison had 41 points and nine rebounds and J.P. Batista had 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Bulldogs to their seventh straight victory and a sweep of their three Bay Area rivals on the road. Gonzaga (16-3, 6-0) won its 15th consecutive West Coast Conference game.

Armondo Surratt had a career-high 30 points for San Francisco (7-11, 3-2), which was within 73-70 with 2:18 to go but Morrison made two free throws and Gonzaga stole the ball on the next possession.