This is must have been written after a full night of drinking:
Pittsburgh Panthers
One might guess that a 21-10 team with a top-50 NET ranking, vanilla résumé metrics and a win at Duke would land closer to the cut line than "next four out." This dynamic can arise when something worrisome lurks in an otherwise satisfactory profile. Bubble Watch hasn't deduced what that might be in this instance, exactly, even if Pitt did lose at home to Missouri. (Northwestern lost at home to Chicago State. The Wildcats, quite rightly, do fine in mock brackets.) For our purposes it is sufficient to note this is occurring. The mocks tend to anticipate the committee's temperature extremely well. (updated March 10)
Pittsburgh Panthers
One might guess that a 21-10 team with a top-50 NET ranking, vanilla résumé metrics and a win at Duke would land closer to the cut line than "next four out." This dynamic can arise when something worrisome lurks in an otherwise satisfactory profile. Bubble Watch hasn't deduced what that might be in this instance, exactly, even if Pitt did lose at home to Missouri. (Northwestern lost at home to Chicago State. The Wildcats, quite rightly, do fine in mock brackets.) For our purposes it is sufficient to note this is occurring. The mocks tend to anticipate the committee's temperature extremely well. (updated March 10)
