NCAA Tournament March Madness

#94 Pittsburgh

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Projection: likely out

Pittsburgh’s profile reads like a team that has flashed upside but not done enough to convince a committee, with a signature victory over Ohio State and a handful of helpful neutral-site wins including Penn State and Stanford balanced against damaging blowouts and bad losses; the team was thumped at West Virginia and at home by Louisville and dropped winnable games at Villanova, Virginia, Duke and North Carolina, while surprising defeats to mid‑majors undercut consistency. Road and neutral success is scarce enough that even the resume’s better moments — a gritty home win over Notre Dame and wins at California, Syracuse and Georgia Tech — look like bright spots rather than a pattern, and that inconsistency across a rugged conference slate leaves few clear résumé-building narratives. With limited favorable chances left to erase those bad losses, the overall body of work projects as short on quality and vulnerable to being left off the bubble.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Youngstown St214W74-59
11/7Longwood271W78-60
11/10E Michigan239W78-66
11/13@West Virginia59L71-49
11/17Bucknell331W84-50
11/20(N)UCF54L77-67
11/23Quinnipiac219L83-75
11/28Ohio St26W67-66
12/2Texas A&M39L81-73
12/7Hofstra87L80-73
12/13@Villanova33L79-61
12/17Binghamton359W103-63
12/21(N)Penn St138W80-46
12/30@Miami FL31L76-69
1/3Clemson36L73-68
1/10Syracuse83L83-72
1/14@Georgia Tech162W89-66
1/17Louisville19L100-59
1/21@Boston College156L65-62
1/24NC State34L81-72
1/27Wake Forest74W80-76
1/31@Clemson36L63-52
2/3@Virginia13L67-47
2/7SMU42L86-67
2/10Duke1L70-54
2/14@North Carolina29L79-65
2/21Notre Dame89W73-68
2/25@Stanford58L75-67
2/28@California73W72-56
3/4Florida St56L75-74
3/7@Syracuse83W71-69
3/10(N)Stanford58W64-63
3/11(N)NC State34L98-88