NCAA Tournament March Madness

#100 Pittsburgh

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Projection: likely out

Pittsburgh’s projection as likely out reflects a resume with a few bright spots but too many damaging moments, because the Panthers’ signature wins — the upset of Ohio State, a neutral-site rout of Penn State and an eye-opening road victory at Georgia Tech — are overwhelmed by ugly setbacks such as a humbling loss to Louisville, road defeats at West Virginia and Villanova and nonconference losses to Quinnipiac and Hofstra. Conference play has featured too many missed chances, with poor results at Miami and Boston College and home losses to quality league foes that leave the group without much resume currency away from campus. The remaining schedule includes a string of winnable tests at Notre Dame, Florida State, Stanford and California and a slate of high-leverage trips to Clemson, Virginia, Duke, North Carolina and Syracuse that could change the picture, but until those opportunities are converted the overall profile reads as thin on quality wins and marred by avoidable losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Youngstown St220W74-59
11/7Longwood274W78-60
11/10E Michigan223W78-66
11/13@West Virginia58L71-49
11/17Bucknell327W84-50
11/20(N)UCF45L77-67
11/23Quinnipiac181L83-75
11/28Ohio St40W67-66
12/2Texas A&M33L81-73
12/7Hofstra115L80-73
12/13@Villanova27L79-61
12/17Binghamton362W103-63
12/21(N)Penn St125W80-46
12/30@Miami FL38L76-69
1/3Clemson29L73-68
1/10Syracuse77L83-72
1/14@Georgia Tech129W89-66
1/17Louisville19L100-59
1/21@Boston College145L65-62
1/24NC State24L81-72
1/27Wake Forest74W80-76
1/31@Clemson2913%
2/3@Virginia168%
2/7SMU3732%
2/10Duke37%
2/14@North Carolina2813%
2/21Notre Dame7954%
2/25@Stanford8133%
2/28@California6627%
3/4Florida St10161%
3/7@Syracuse7731%