NCAA Tournament March Madness

#94 Pittsburgh

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Pittsburgh’s résumé reads like a team capable of flashes but not yet comfortable in the moments that matter, with a signature scalp in the win over Ohio State and a dominant neutral-site performance against Penn State plus easy victories over Binghamton and Bucknell standing in contrast to ugly losses at West Virginia and Villanova and surprising defeats to mid-major opponents such as Quinnipiac and Hofstra; those damaging results, and the pattern of struggling away from home and at neutral sites, outweigh the home wins and leave the program needing tangible proof in the stretch—road tests at Georgia Tech, Clemson, Virginia and North Carolina and marquee home dates against Louisville, Duke and NC State are the kind of opportunities that could flip perception while a home game with Florida State is a must-win chance to stabilize the profile.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Youngstown St209W74-59
11/7Longwood285W78-60
11/10E Michigan207W78-66
11/13@West Virginia59L71-49
11/17Bucknell319W84-50
11/20(N)UCF45L77-67
11/23Quinnipiac151L83-75
11/28Ohio St37W67-66
12/2Texas A&M41L81-73
12/7Hofstra101L80-73
12/13@Villanova25L79-61
12/17Binghamton361W103-63
12/21(N)Penn St105W80-46
12/30@Miami FL36L76-69
1/3Clemson29L73-68
1/10Syracuse60L83-72
1/14@Georgia Tech11949%
1/17Louisville1624%
1/21@Boston College15358%
1/24NC State2430%
1/27Wake Forest6250%
1/31@Clemson2915%
2/3@Virginia1510%
2/7SMU3233%
2/10Duke815%
2/14@North Carolina3316%
2/21Notre Dame6852%
2/25@Stanford8033%
2/28@California8234%
3/4Florida St11369%
3/7@Syracuse6029%