NCAA Tournament March Madness

#90 Pittsburgh

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Projection: likely out

Pittsburgh’s résumé is anchored by a gritty home win over Ohio State and a convincing neutral-site victory over Penn State, but those highlights are undone by brutal road losses at West Virginia and Villanova and damaging defeats at home to mid-major opponents like Quinnipiac and Hofstra plus a neutral setback to UCF. Many of the remaining victories came against low-end nonconference foes and therefore offer little protection when committee members examine the schedule, and the Panthers’ struggles away from home make the overall profile vulnerable. The rest of the slate provides clear chances to alter that view with quality road or neutral wins at Miami, Virginia and North Carolina and on the West Coast at Stanford and California as well as statement opportunities at home against Louisville and Duke and a showdown with SMU. Until Pittsburgh converts some of those opportunities into résumé-enhancing wins, the strong moments already on the ledger will be tempered by the bad losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Youngstown St161W74-59
11/7Longwood303W78-60
11/10E Michigan208W78-66
11/13@West Virginia67L71-49
11/17Bucknell305W84-50
11/20(N)UCF45L77-67
11/23Quinnipiac156L83-75
11/28Ohio St34W67-66
12/2Texas A&M49L81-73
12/7Hofstra109L80-73
12/13@Villanova24L79-61
12/17Binghamton363W103-63
12/21(N)Penn St128W80-46
12/30@Miami FL3619%
1/3Clemson3538%
1/10Syracuse7857%
1/14@Georgia Tech13555%
1/17Louisville1422%
1/21@Boston College14959%
1/24NC State2732%
1/27Wake Forest5952%
1/31@Clemson3519%
2/3@Virginia2314%
2/7SMU4142%
2/10Duke613%
2/14@North Carolina2114%
2/21Notre Dame6653%
2/25@Stanford8136%
2/28@California5730%
3/4Florida St11068%
3/7@Syracuse7835%