I’ll leave it to the amateur NET experts to confirm.
So we’re officially good for the field of 64, right?
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Our NET won’t go up after this win. And it’s a Q3 win. A lot depends on what other bubble teams do including Clemson and UNC. If I had to bet, I would say it clinched Dayton. Playing Duke tough would help the cause.
Definitely in the field. Whether or not tuesday didn’t change today imo
With how we played today, I'm not so sure. So we won but gave up 50 points in the second half to a bad GT team. That's a piss poor performance.
In fairness, a handful of those points came off of hideous turnovers early in the half.
Find something better to do. You are a black cloud constantly spinning everything into a negative light. We won!
Doesn’t matter since we’re getting the AQ bid. 
True. So it was sloppy and careless play by Pitt that got GT back in the game. Not so much how good GT is offensively.
Agreed. Finally somebody with a winner’s mentality!Doesn’t matter since we’re getting the AQ bid.
The committee really isn't going to pay any more attention to this game than "oh, yeah, Pitt beat Georgia Tech by eight. Just what we figured they'd do."
We're in. It's a lock. No Dayton either. If we lose to Duke we're most likely a 10 seed. If we beat Duke we're a 9 which I'd rather not have. But I still want to pummel Duke.
I think 7 is our ceiling and we need to win the ACC Tournament to get it. If we beat Duke and Miami and lose in the championship game we're an 8.
So maybe it's better we lose to Duke, get a week+ of rest to get ready for the Dance.
But again, I still want to beat Duke lol
He’s not alone. My favorite is the yinzer who said Pitt wins feel like losses. I’m not sure why some of these folks watch sports if it’s that depressing
I think it probably is as well, but after we beat Duke and Miami let's beat Virginia too and see what happens.
Pitt covered the spread. In other words they did better than expected. That helps the perspective.
The committee always has tough decisions to make on Selection Sunday, and Pitt closing out the season by losing 3 in a row with 2 of those losses vs the bottom half of the ACC could have put us at risk. I think we are solidly in now in the 7-10 range.
ESPN Gasaway moved Pitt from work to do to should be in. “Things are looking much more solid for the Panthers” but he stopped short of moving Pitt into the lock category. He has 22 teams competing for the last 13 slots. 6 are should be in:
- Pitt
- WVU
- Auburn
- Memphis
- Boise
- FAU (if they aren’t a AQ)
16 are in the category for work to do including 3 PAC, 4 Big 10 teams and 3 ACC teams.
- Pitt
- WVU
- Auburn
- Memphis
- Boise
- FAU (if they aren’t a AQ)
16 are in the category for work to do including 3 PAC, 4 Big 10 teams and 3 ACC teams.
If Pitt is in that group we are fine. Those are all like 8-9 seeds.
Before the game Palm didn’t have Pitt on the bubble https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...or-key-wins-in-conference-tournament-openers/
Agreed. Pulling away at the very end a bit made it look better. I t try to remember that most aren’t watching every second of games with fine toothcombs like we do. They usually just see a score.
Pitt was favored by 7 and won by 8.
Literally none of the committee is going to think that Pitt "played poorly". None of them. Pitt won by the margin just about everyone thought they would.
Chris on the livestream didn't want to say Pitt is 100% in the field. But we are right? No way we can be left out imo after this win.
Chris is going to be cautious. But I don't think anybody serious thinks there's any way we're out now.
Pitt is at least 7 or 8 spots above "first team out".... and there are now only 7 potential "bid stealer" conferences... P12, SEC, B1G, ACC, B12, BE, and C-USA (FAU's conference). So there would have to be a bid-stealer in every one of those conferences just to get us down to last team in.
The odds Pitt is in the dance are very close to 100%.
100%, if you score 89 and cover, no one is looking at the other team's points (except KenPom).
Way too much game left.
I've seen enough 15-25 point second-half leads evaporate in the past few weeks.
Typically, I'd agree, but Wisconsin stinks and OSU has been playing with a bit more life the past few weeks. I don't think Wisconsin has the offense to come back and win.
I was focusing on actual performance of the team in defense, rebounding, transition, and turnovers. I don't pay much attention to betting lines. They mean little relative to actual performance.
The committee doesn't have the same anti-Pitt bias you have. They watch the entirety of the game and saw Pitt win by the margin they were expected to win by.
