Pitt's Current Place in the ACC Pecking Order

[DC_Area_Panther]

Per Sagarin's computer's ratings today (I added home vs away differential for Pitt) --

1 Duke = 94.05
4 Louisville = 91.43
13 Florida State = 87.56
17 Virginia = 86.86
29 North Carolina = 85.07
37 NC State = 83.99
XX Pitt (Home) = 83.67
54 Syracuse = 81.80
65 Pitt (Neutral) = 80.67
66 Virginia Tech = 80.42
85 Miami-Florida = 78.95
87 Notre Dame = 78.86
90 Clemson = 78.64
ZZ Pitt (Away) = 77.41
108 Wake Forest = 76.55
117 Georgia Tech = 75.78
137 Boston College = 74.11

We seem to be middle of the pack in an unusually weak ACC! HTP!

 

[DC_Area_Panther]

Right in the middle at #8 of 15 at the moment.

 

[wbrpanther]

Per Sagarin's computer's ratings today (I added home vs away differential for Pitt) --

1 Duke = 94.05
4 Louisville = 91.43
13 Florida State = 87.56
17 Virginia = 86.86
29 North Carolina = 85.07
37 NC State = 83.99
XX Pitt (Home) = 83.67
54 Syracuse = 81.80
65 Pitt (Neutral) = 80.67
66 Virginia Tech = 80.42
85 Miami-Florida = 78.95
87 Notre Dame = 78.86
90 Clemson = 78.64
ZZ Pitt (Away) = 77.41
108 Wake Forest = 76.55
117 Georgia Tech = 75.78
137 Boston College = 74.11

We seem to be middle of the pack in an unusually weak ACC! HTP!

Well if Pitt ends up in the middle of the pack this year we can celebrate. Avoiding the first day of the ACC tournament would be a major step forward, considering we won zero games two years ago and only three last year.

 

[TWPitt]

Thanks for consistently posting this, it is interesting.

from the eyeball test that looks right too-- I think we may end up above Syracuse but below Va Tech but still 8th

 

[California Panther]

Per Sagarin's computer's ratings today (I added home vs away differential for Pitt) --

1 Duke = 94.05
4 Louisville = 91.43
13 Florida State = 87.56
17 Virginia = 86.86
29 North Carolina = 85.07
37 NC State = 83.99
XX Pitt (Home) = 83.67
54 Syracuse = 81.80
65 Pitt (Neutral) = 80.67
66 Virginia Tech = 80.42
85 Miami-Florida = 78.95
87 Notre Dame = 78.86
90 Clemson = 78.64
ZZ Pitt (Away) = 77.41
108 Wake Forest = 76.55
117 Georgia Tech = 75.78
137 Boston College = 74.11

We seem to be middle of the pack in an unusually weak ACC! HTP!

On the Packer & Durham show this morning, one had Pitt 8 and the other had Pitt 9.

 

[Bethlehemjohn]

Per Sagarin's computer's ratings today (I added home vs away differential for Pitt) --

1 Duke = 94.05
4 Louisville = 91.43
13 Florida State = 87.56
17 Virginia = 86.86
29 North Carolina = 85.07
37 NC State = 83.99
XX Pitt (Home) = 83.67
54 Syracuse = 81.80
65 Pitt (Neutral) = 80.67
66 Virginia Tech = 80.42
85 Miami-Florida = 78.95
87 Notre Dame = 78.86
90 Clemson = 78.64
ZZ Pitt (Away) = 77.41
108 Wake Forest = 76.55
117 Georgia Tech = 75.78
137 Boston College = 74.11

We seem to be middle of the pack in an unusually weak ACC! HTP!

At this point, only Louisville, Duke, UNC, Virginia, FSU and NC St look like definite tourney teams.

 

[Chescat]

As far as I'm concerned the real issue is improving the wins and
losses over last year. If we finish in the middle of the pack, and
I believe we can, that will show the improvement we're looking for.
That is what's going to improve recruiting. Capel is doing a
great job IMO, but he can only coach them up so far. We still
are very much in rebuild mode, and obviously will still be after
this season. As the win number improves, so will the recruiting.
As the recruiting improves, so will the team talent level, and then
so will the wins. It's really pretty simple. Now getting it done is
the hard part, but Capel is on the right track in my mind.

 

[DC_Area_Panther]

As far as I'm concerned the real issue is improving the wins and
losses over last year. If we finish in the middle of the pack, and
I believe we can, that will show the improvement we're looking for.
That is what's going to improve recruiting. Capel is doing a
great job IMO, but he can only coach them up so far. We still
are very much in rebuild mode, and obviously will still be after
this season. As the win number improves, so will the recruiting.
As the recruiting improves, so will the team talent level, and then
so will the wins. It's really pretty simple. Now getting it done is
the hard part, but Capel is on the right track in my mind.

Yes, the possibility for an improved W-L record in the ACC (and overall)--at least at this moment-- looks promising.

If it happens, it would likely be due both due to our improvement and to an ACC field that is weaker (especially in the middle) compared to last season's ACC. Be that as it may--despite whatever the reason for it--an improved W-L record should give a boost to class of 2021 recruiting for next fall and hopefully even for finding a class of 2020 point guard this spring/summer.