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However, let's take a quick second and focus on Pittsburgh and its resume. The Panthers are sitting in an awfully precarious spot right now, having lost three in a row and only having won three of their previous nine games. They're sitting at 17-7 with only a 6-6 mark in the ACC, and both of those records are pretty soft. The Panthers played the 325th-ranked non-conference schedule in the country, and three of their conference wins came against Boston College, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech at home, whose combined conference record is 8-28.
The Panthers' three conference wins of note are not to be sneezed at though. They went on the road and beat Notre Dame and Florida State, as well as defeated Syracuse at home. Those three wins are what is holding up their resume right now. None of them elite, but all of them solid. But if those are your only three true wins of note during a 24-game season thus far, it's pretty tough to say that you're solidly in the field of 68.
Pittsburgh is a bubble team. That's just the reality of the situation. Unless the Panthers can get wins against Louisville and Duke in back-to-back games down the stretch or get a few big-time ACC Tournament wins, they're a pretty soft bubble team at that.
However, let's take a quick second and focus on Pittsburgh and its resume. The Panthers are sitting in an awfully precarious spot right now, having lost three in a row and only having won three of their previous nine games. They're sitting at 17-7 with only a 6-6 mark in the ACC, and both of those records are pretty soft. The Panthers played the 325th-ranked non-conference schedule in the country, and three of their conference wins came against Boston College, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech at home, whose combined conference record is 8-28.
The Panthers' three conference wins of note are not to be sneezed at though. They went on the road and beat Notre Dame and Florida State, as well as defeated Syracuse at home. Those three wins are what is holding up their resume right now. None of them elite, but all of them solid. But if those are your only three true wins of note during a 24-game season thus far, it's pretty tough to say that you're solidly in the field of 68.
Pittsburgh is a bubble team. That's just the reality of the situation. Unless the Panthers can get wins against Louisville and Duke in back-to-back games down the stretch or get a few big-time ACC Tournament wins, they're a pretty soft bubble team at that.
