NCAA Tournament March Madness

#101 Pittsburgh

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Projection: likely out

Pittsburgh lands on the outside because its profile mixes a few eye-catching wins with a string of damaging defeats and too little proof it can win away from home against top competition. The resume’s best moments include the victory over Ohio State, a dominant neutral-site showing against Penn State and the road win at Georgia Tech, but those are offset by a heavy loss at West Virginia and an embarrassing home blowout to Louisville plus setbacks at Villanova, NC State, Clemson and Syracuse that expose a ceiling against quality opponents. Upcoming chances at Virginia and at North Carolina and the West Coast road swing to Stanford and California are real opportunities to flip the narrative and home dates against SMU, Notre Dame and Florida State offer manageable paths to boost the resume, yet until Pittsburgh converts those opportunities the committee will likely view the profile as short on durable signature results and too burdened by bad losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Youngstown St222W74-59
11/7Longwood282W78-60
11/10E Michigan223W78-66
11/13@West Virginia69L71-49
11/17Bucknell325W84-50
11/20(N)UCF45L77-67
11/23Quinnipiac193L83-75
11/28Ohio St42W67-66
12/2Texas A&M27L81-73
12/7Hofstra114L80-73
12/13@Villanova28L79-61
12/17Binghamton362W103-63
12/21(N)Penn St129W80-46
12/30@Miami FL37L76-69
1/3Clemson32L73-68
1/10Syracuse70L83-72
1/14@Georgia Tech133W89-66
1/17Louisville16L100-59
1/21@Boston College143L65-62
1/24NC State23L81-72
1/27Wake Forest79W80-76
1/31@Clemson32L63-52
2/3@Virginia178%
2/7SMU3633%
2/10Duke37%
2/14@North Carolina2912%
2/21Notre Dame8455%
2/25@Stanford8233%
2/28@California5425%
3/4Florida St9660%
3/7@Syracuse7029%