NCAA Tournament March Madness

#101 Pittsburgh

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Projection: likely out

Pittsburgh’s résumé has clear highs and troubling lows: a marquee victory over Ohio State and routine wins against lower-tier foes give the profile some substance, but the rout at West Virginia and the neutral-site loss to UCF along with the upset by Quinnipiac expose inconsistency and limit the resume’s upside. The committee cares about road and neutral success and right now Pittsburgh has few signature wins away from home, so those bad results carry extra weight. The rest of the schedule offers meaningful chances to flip the narrative with tests at Villanova, at Miami, at Virginia and at North Carolina plus a neutral meeting with Penn State and several winnable home dates such as Hofstra and Binghamton; securing one or more of those higher-value wins while avoiding further damaging defeats is the clearest path to improving how the resume is viewed.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Youngstown St175W74-59
11/7Longwood295W78-60
11/10E Michigan185W78-66
11/13@West Virginia67L71-49
11/17Bucknell305W84-50
11/20(N)UCF61L77-67
11/23Quinnipiac178L83-75
11/28Ohio St37W67-66
12/2Texas A&M45L81-73
12/7Hofstra13371%
12/13@Villanova4018%
12/17Binghamton34997%
12/21(N)Penn St9450%
12/30@Miami FL3917%
1/3Clemson2229%
1/10Syracuse6347%
1/14@Georgia Tech13750%
1/17Louisville1319%
1/21@Boston College12348%
1/24NC State3534%
1/27Wake Forest5344%
1/31@Clemson2213%
2/3@Virginia2413%
2/7SMU4339%
2/10Duke312%
2/14@North Carolina2313%
2/21Notre Dame6949%
2/25@Stanford7833%
2/28@California7028%
3/4Florida St9360%
3/7@Syracuse6326%