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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | Youngstown St | 214 | W74-59 |
| 11/7 | Longwood | 271 | W78-60 |
| 11/10 | E Michigan | 239 | W78-66 |
| 11/13 | @West Virginia | 59 | L71-49 |
| 11/17 | Bucknell | 331 | W84-50 |
| 11/20 | (N)UCF | 54 | L77-67 |
| 11/23 | Quinnipiac | 219 | L83-75 |
| 11/28 | Ohio St | 26 | W67-66 |
| 12/2 | Texas A&M | 39 | L81-73 |
| 12/7 | Hofstra | 87 | L80-73 |
| 12/13 | @Villanova | 33 | L79-61 |
| 12/17 | Binghamton | 359 | W103-63 |
| 12/21 | (N)Penn St | 138 | W80-46 |
| 12/30 | @Miami FL | 31 | L76-69 |
| 1/3 | Clemson | 36 | L73-68 |
| 1/10 | Syracuse | 83 | L83-72 |
| 1/14 | @Georgia Tech | 162 | W89-66 |
| 1/17 | Louisville | 19 | L100-59 |
| 1/21 | @Boston College | 156 | L65-62 |
| 1/24 | NC State | 34 | L81-72 |
| 1/27 | Wake Forest | 74 | W80-76 |
| 1/31 | @Clemson | 36 | L63-52 |
| 2/3 | @Virginia | 13 | L67-47 |
| 2/7 | SMU | 42 | L86-67 |
| 2/10 | Duke | 1 | L70-54 |
| 2/14 | @North Carolina | 29 | L79-65 |
| 2/21 | Notre Dame | 89 | W73-68 |
| 2/25 | @Stanford | 58 | L75-67 |
| 2/28 | @California | 73 | W72-56 |
| 3/4 | Florida St | 56 | L75-74 |
| 3/7 | @Syracuse | 83 | W71-69 |
| 3/10 | (N)Stanford | 58 | W64-63 |
| 3/11 | (N)NC State | 34 | L98-88 |