The scoring margin destroyed us. We dropped 4 spots to the 2nd to last team in.

Last 4 Byes
Prov
NC St
USU
PSU

Dayton
Miss St
Rutgers
Pitt
ASU

First 3 out (only 3 appear on more than 1 of the 93)

Nevada
Ok St
Clemson

But keep in mind, CUSA, Oregon, Vandy, Ohio State, or Clemson can steal a bid.

Lyke needs to answer some serious questions

Duke finished in 4th place and they are better than everyone in the Big 10. By far.

SMF may be a bit over the top.

Why so few minutes for Hinson, Fede and Elliott?

We had no interest in keeping the score closer?

My original predictions: Still "alive" for the finals ... will be interesting to see how the bids to the NCAAT flesh out after Saturday's finals. Wouldn't it be something if Clemson turns out to be the bid stealer??

Thursday Games:

Miami over WF - check
Dook over Pitt - check
BC over VA - big fail
Clemson over NC St - check

Semi-Finals:

Dook over Miami
Clemson over BC

FINAL:
Dook over Clemson

NCAA teams from ACC:

Duke
Miami
Clemson
Virginia
NC State
Pitt

i know we all hate Boheim and all but i am impressed with his retirement. no hoopla, no season long farewell tour, no big deal, just lost his last game and he retires...

in the day and age where everyone needs a big stage for themselves, i respect this..

that's all. carry on with your day.

Florida Atlantic advances over Middle Tennessee in the semis by 3. MTU had shots to win in the last dozen seconds but couldn't convert. Still have winner of UAB/North texas in the final. It won't be easy.

Florida Atlantic advances over Middle Tennessee in the semis by 3. MTU had shots to win in the last dozen seconds but couldn't convert. Still have winner of UAB/North texas in the final. It won't be easy.

That would bump Miami up to Q1 and probably keep UVa Q1. I cant see them leaving out a team who would be 5-4 in Q1.

A Clemson win tonight would be disastrous because it knocks UVa to Q2 and might push Clemson ahead of us

Who would you take?

For the purposes of this post, only the following teams are eligible (due to coach changes or possible transfers due to too much losing)

Louisville
GT
ND
Syracuse

Its amazing how much talent these teams have when you think about it.

1. Jesse Edwards
2. El Ellis
3. Javon Kelly (if we dont get Jesse Edwards)
4. Miles Kelly
5. JJ Starling
6. Ven Allen Lubin
7. Joe Girard

I wouldn't take Judah Mintz unless Dior left. I would fear a Xavier/Trey situation. And I probably wouldn't take Judah at all.

Just wondering on this one.

How is NC State ahead of Clemson in many of these seed & bracket projections?

Clemson beat NC State 3 times by scores of 14, 25, and 26. They finished 2 games ahead of them in the ACC standings. They both will have 10 losses, if Clemson loses tonight, and Clemson beat Penn St in the non-conference, and NC State beat Vanderbilt. Those are the only notable non-conference wins for either team that I can see.

Surprised he has NC State so safely in and Clemson out. I think right now, after some results last night, we are in but a lot of these teams are still playing and there's still bid stealers left.

One of the most accurate bracketologists

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Specifically when he said "whatever a Quad 1 actually means". (Or something to that effect.)

Hoping they get rid of that metric going forward. My biggest question has been when do those rankings "begin" and what is its initial population based on?

Cause it feels a lot like preseason football rankings that create an artificial landscape and unfairly judge teams from different conferences. But maybe the NET doesn't start until league play in December?

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History of Overperforming Seeds

Dayton is not a death sentence for the non-16 seeds that end up there. There is a long history of teams playing in first four games since the field expanded to 68 completing first round upsets, and even advancing far beyond expectations:

• 2011- #11 VCU made to the final four.
• 2012- #12 USF upset #5 Temple.
• 2013- #13 La Salle made it to the S16.
• 2014- #11 Tennessee made it to the S16.
• 2015- #11 Dayton upset #6 Providence.
• 2016- #11 Wichita St. upset #6 Arizona.
• 2017- #11 USC upset #6 SMU.
• 2018- #11 Syracuse made it to the S16.
• 2019- The only year there were no upsets.
• 2021- #11 UCLA made it to the final four.
• 2022- #11 Notre Dame upset #6 Alabama.

Teams clearly use the momentum provided from winning here as a jumping off point for the first weekend. No reason Pitt can't be one of those teams, if they were to get sent here.

Media Attention

Pitt would get the full singular attention playing in the first four, instead of getting swallowed up in coverage being thrown on say TruTV against a B10 team in Denver or Des Moines with 3 other games going on. This board is so concerned with media coverage all the time... Well here's a chance to show folks you belong on center stage with everyone watching, including future recruits.

Location

Dayton ain't that far folks. Do you want to support the team? Drive to Dayton (if you can get off work). For those of us who like Pitt road trips, this is great. Pitt, even in our good years, often ended up in the strangest locations, often west coast. I'll take this.

An Extra Game? Pitt will be Tired!

Well, we didn't exactly make a deep run in the ACC tourney, so any arguments for having to play an extra game would be silly, especially when compared to most teams that have played 3/4/5 games in the span of a week. And again, teams do pretty well that get sent here when it's all said and done.

Has Pitt in real danger of not making it. According to the bracket range, we’re 2nd to last team in over Arizona state. That would put Pitt in real danger of not making it if ASU wins tonight and there’s ANY sort of upsetS. This is so funking ridiculous

Good afternoon, Pitt takes on Duke today in the third round of the ACC Tournament. The 5th seeded Panthers will look to defeat No. 4 Duke to advance to the ACC Tournament semifinals for just the second time ever.

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This is a realistic and positive take on the season….

Is this the first time you will be watching the Selection Show genuinely nervous about whether or not the team will be selected?

As a Pitt fan of nearly 40 years I believe this is indeed the first time that us Panthers fans will be watching the Selection Show gritting our teeth.

Yes there have been a number of years when Pitt has been seeded 8, 9 or 10 (1989, 1993, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2016 come to mind), but the team was never truly in danger of missing those tournaments in my mind.

Thankfully, most of the years Pitt has been in the tourney we have only been stressing about seeding.

Any recollections to the contrary?

Listed in order of likelihood. My guesstimate as to the chances in parentheses.

1. North Texas/UAB (30%)
- Both are pretty good teams. If either of these beats FAU, they'll steal a bid.

2. San Jose State (20%)
- Would have to beat:
San Diego State
Boise State/Utah State

3. Oregon (10%)
- Would have to beat:
UCLA
Arizona/ASU

4. Vanderbilt (3%)
- Would have to beat:
Kentucky
Texas A&M/Arkansas
Alabama/Tennessee/Missouri/Mississippi State

5. Ohio State (3%)
- Would have to beat:
Michigan State
Purdue/Rutgers
Indiana/MD/NW/PSU

6. Someone other than Houston or Memphis in the AAC (3%)
It would be a monumental upset for UCF, Temple, Cincinnati, Wichita State, Tulane, or East Carolina to win this conference.