1st/2nd Round sites

[Sean Miller Fan]

Pitt has never played close to home unless it was a good seed (and sometimes not even then......Milwaukee as a 3 seed twice). Other lower seeds routinely get to play close. #10 WVU at PPG. #7 OSU last year at PPG. #7 Cincinnati in Columbus. Murray State was in Lexington a few years ago. I cant remember them all but it happens. So with the NCAA Tournament being in Columbus, it would be awfully nice to get placed there. And though I'd hate and 8/9 seed, Purdue will be the 1 in Columbus so I could see Pitt there in the 8/9 game. Greensboro also isnt a bad drive.

Sites by region of the country (not NCAAT regions)

East
Albany
Greensboro

South
Orlando
Birmingham

Midwest
Columbus
Des Moines

West
Denver
Sacramento

 

[JS School]

Greensboro, then Greensboro. With a week of golf in Pinehurst in between.

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

Pitt has never played close to home unless it was a good seed (and sometimes not even then......Milwaukee as a 3 seed twice). Other lower seeds routinely get to play close. #10 WVU at PPG. #7 OSU last year at PPG. #7 Cincinnati in Columbus. Murray State was in Lexington a few years ago. I cant remember them all but it happens. So with the NCAA Tournament being in Columbus, it would be awfully nice to get placed there. And though I'd hate and 8/9 seed, Purdue will be the 1 in Columbus so I could see Pitt there in the 8/9 game. Greensboro also isnt a bad drive.

Sites by region of the country (not NCAAT regions)

East
Albany
Greensboro

South
Orlando
Birmingham

Midwest
Columbus
Des Moines

West
Denver
Sacramento

I’d love Columbus, OH - proximity or Orlando, FL - weather and family in the area.

 

[hoclaw]

What is the venue like in Albany???

 

[Drew1208]

What is the venue like in Albany???

Like the Taj Mahal

 

[Upg bobcat]

What is the venue like in Albany???

What's the drive time to Albany from Pittsburgh? Can you do it in about 8 hours or less?

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

What's the drive time to Albany from Pittsburgh? Can you do it in about 8 hours or less?

Yeah it is about 7 1/2 hours either way (up to Erie, then I 90 throught NY) or I80 across PA to Scranton then up along the Hudson,

 

[Duneaux Harm]

But Vegas for the Sweet and Elite, right?

 

[KennyHeisman8]

But Vegas for the Sweet and Elite, right?

I hope they are in the east in case they make a run. I’ll be in NYC

 

[UPitt '89]

But Vegas for the Sweet and Elite, right?

That would be awesome.

 

[Duneaux Harm]

It would be mildly amusing if Capel got team into tournament and we exceeded our seed wildly.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

Hopefully they’ll get in when the have a round in Wheeling.

 

[DT_PITT]

Pitt has never played close to home unless it was a good seed (and sometimes not even then......Milwaukee as a 3 seed twice). Other lower seeds routinely get to play close. #10 WVU at PPG. #7 OSU last year at PPG. #7 Cincinnati in Columbus. Murray State was in Lexington a few years ago. I cant remember them all but it happens. So with the NCAA Tournament being in Columbus, it would be awfully nice to get placed there. And though I'd hate and 8/9 seed, Purdue will be the 1 in Columbus so I could see Pitt there in the 8/9 game. Greensboro also isnt a bad drive.

Sites by region of the country (not NCAAT regions)

East
Albany
Greensboro

South
Orlando
Birmingham

Midwest
Columbus
Des Moines

West
Denver
Sacramento

Most teams don’t play close to home unless they are a top seed.

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

Most teams don’t play close to home unless they are a top seed.

 

[HailToPitt725]

Des Moines, please!

 

[Pittnerski]

Orlando is going to get a couple 4/13 & 5/12 matchups like they always do

Usually a fun subregion game to go and watch some chaos

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Most teams don’t play close to home unless they are a top seed.

Correct but on occasion, teams do play close to home as lower seeds. Not sure anyone gets consistently shipped out as far as we do.

Boise
Denver
Salt Lake City
Orlando
Milwaukee

I'm not saying we SHOULD have been closer as lower seeds but we were shipped as far away as can be. Like, can we just catch 1 break and maybe end up in Columbus or Greensboro or Albany? It doesn't matter much but I'd like to drive there.

 

[DT_PITT]

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I said “most.” That one was nuts. But we overcame!! Best NCAA win in our program’s history. Not only did Wisconsin get to play in Milwaukee, they probably should have been a 4 seed that year.

 

[Atch]

Our Civic Arena game doesn’t count as a “close“ game?

 

[Pitt2006]

Lunardi has us as 9 vs MSU in Birmingham before Bama. It has been 13 years since they advanced to a sweet 16. If Capel makes that happen, it would be incredible. However, our perceived success overshadows how hard it is to even make it out of the first weekend (5 sweet 16s in the last 35 plus years). I am stoked that he got them back to the tourney (baring injuries it will happen), but even with higher seeds they have not made it past the first weekend. It will be exciting with this group of players who don’t back down. However, whereas those teams had more depth and defensive acumen, that helped in the regular season. But they always lacked an Elliot or Hinson who could go off from 3 like the lower seeds had that would take us down when points are needed in the tourney.

 

[KennyHeisman8]

I said “most.” That one was nuts. But we overcame!! Best NCAA win in our program’s history. Not only did Wisconsin get to play in Milwaukee, they probably should have been a 4 seed that year.

And we should have been a 1 or 2

 

[Pitt2006]

And we should have been a 1 or 2

Maybe, but I wonder if Pitt always peaked too soon regular season during the glory years. At the end of the day, it’s about tourney success. Would you trade Pitts glorious regular seasons for WVU or Villanova’s tourney success where they both finished with an elite eight, final four and two sweet 16s during that same time period, even though they didn’t have the regular season dominance of Pitt? In retrospect I would.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

I said “most.” That one was nuts. But we overcame!! Best NCAA win in our program’s history. Not only did Wisconsin get to play in Milwaukee, they probably should have been a 4 seed that year.

And we should have been a 2. If I remember correctly, I think it the final pre-NCAAT poll, we were 5th and Wisconsin was 9th

 

[4Mark_Marty]

That loss to Kent State is inexcusable. Just is.

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

Is it just me or are these sites below the line compared to the usual first round sites?

 

[DT_PITT]

And we should have been a 2. If I remember correctly, I think it the final pre-NCAAT poll, we were 5th and Wisconsin was 9th

We were 6th and the Badgers who finished the regular season 24-6 were 10th. They musta had a low NET ranking Lol.

 

[DT_PITT]

And we should have been a 2. If I remember correctly, I think it the final pre-NCAAT poll, we were 5th and Wisconsin was 9th

One more thing - we finished that year 5th in Pomeroy rankings and Wisconsin was 6th!

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

One more thing - we finished that year 5th in Pomeroy rankings and Wisconsin was 6th!

I wouldn't be surprised if that was the best 3/6 matchup of all time, in terms of polls and computer ranking sites. Should have been a 2/3 matchup. The NCAA Tournament does some weird stuff. Watch 9 seed Creighton play 2 hours from home in Des Moines. That stuff happens to everyone but us

 

[UPitt '89]

It's been 7 years. I would be ok if they shipped us to Anchorage. Just want to watch my team in the dance.

 

[Black Panther]

It's been 7 years. I would be ok if they shipped us to Anchorage. Just want to watch my team in the dance.

Or some kind of postseason other than the ACC tournament.