NCAA Tournament March Madness

#108 Pittsburgh

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Projection: likely out

Pittsburgh’s résumé looks like a team that has flashes of quality but not enough signature work away from home to convince a committee, and that mix explains the projection. The best moments include beating Ohio State, a dominant neutral win over Penn State, a true road victory at Georgia Tech and solid wins over Wake Forest and Notre Dame, but those are outweighed by damaging losses and blowouts at Louisville, Villanova and Duke and tough road defeats at Virginia and West Virginia. Many of the other wins came against low level opponents that won’t move the needle, leaving the resume light on meaningful road or neutral victories and marked by too many occasions where they failed to compete with upper tier teams. Upcoming trips to Stanford and California plus home duty against Florida State and a road rematch at Syracuse are clear chances to change the narrative, but until Pittsburgh turns one of those into a statement the profile reads like a borderline group missing the dependable resume traits the committee rewards.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Youngstown St189W74-59
11/7Longwood279W78-60
11/10E Michigan241W78-66
11/13@West Virginia59L71-49
11/17Bucknell335W84-50
11/20(N)UCF49L77-67
11/23Quinnipiac208L83-75
11/28Ohio St36W67-66
12/2Texas A&M37L81-73
12/7Hofstra94L80-73
12/13@Villanova28L79-61
12/17Binghamton359W103-63
12/21(N)Penn St136W80-46
12/30@Miami FL39L76-69
1/3Clemson40L73-68
1/10Syracuse78L83-72
1/14@Georgia Tech167W89-66
1/17Louisville15L100-59
1/21@Boston College160L65-62
1/24NC State25L81-72
1/27Wake Forest76W80-76
1/31@Clemson40L63-52
2/3@Virginia18L67-47
2/7SMU33L86-67
2/10Duke2L70-54
2/14@North Carolina30L79-65
2/21Notre Dame87W73-68
2/25@Stanford7427%
2/28@California6625%
3/4Florida St7147%
3/7@Syracuse7828%