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Pittsburgh was ranked #7 and #10 by Pomeroy and Sagarin and #20/#22 by the writers and the coaches and yet they were given an 8 seed, meaning the committee considered them to be somewhere in the #29-32 range. They seemed like an obvious pick to win their 8-9 game against Wichita State, ranked #33/#42 by P-S with 5 votes in the writer’s poll. In fact, with their years of frustration in the NCAA tournament, I figured the Panthers were due for a good run so I had then beating Gonazga and Wisconsin and losing to Ohio State in the regional final. Instead they were completely outplayed by the Shockers, who cruised to an easy 73-55 win.
We’ve certainly had our ups and downs in the NCAAs over the years. But how would like to have the Panther’s record in their current era of success?
2002 record after the BET: 27-5. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #9/#7. NCAA seeding: #3
Beat #14 C. Connecticut St. 71-54
Beat #6 California 63-50
Lost to #10 Kent State 73-78OT
2003 record after the BET: 26-4. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #4/#4. NCAA seeding: #2
Beat #15 Wagner 87-61
Beat #7 Indiana 74-52
Lost to #3 Marquette 77-74
2004 record after the BET: 29-4. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #9/#8. NCAA seeding: #3
Beat #14 Central Florida 53-44
Beat #6 Wisconsin 59-55
Lost to #2 Oklahoma State 51-63
2005 record after the BET: 20-8. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: none. NCAA seeding: #9
Lost to #8 Pacific 71-79
2006 record after the BET: 24-7. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #16/#16. NCAA seeding: #5
Beat #12 Kent State 79-64
Lost to #13 Bradley 66-72
2007 record after the BET: 27-7. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #12/#10 NCAA seeding: #3
Beat #14 Wright St. 79-58
Lost to #11 Virginia Commonwealth 79-84 (OT)
2008 record after the BET: 26-9. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #17/#19. NCAA seeding: #4
Beat #13 Oral Roberts 82-63
Lost to #5 Michigan State 54-65
2009 record after the BET: 28-4. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #4/#4. NCAA seeding: #1
Beat #16 E. Tennessee St. 72-62
Beat #8 Oklahoma State 84-76
Beat #4 Xavier 60-55
Lost to #3 Villanova 76-78 (Scotty Reynolds)
2010 record after the BET: 24-8. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #16/#16. NCAA seeding: #3
Beat #14 Oakland. 89-66
Lost to #6 Xavier 68-71
2011 record after the BET: 27-5. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #3/#3. NCAA seeding: #1
Beat #16 UNC-Ashville. 74-51
Lost to #8 Butler 70-71
2012 record after the BET: 17-16 They didn’t go to the NCAA tournament or even the NIT but did win something called the College Basketball invitational Tournament by beating Washington State 2 out of 3 games in the final series. (Yes, 2 out of 3!)
2013 record after the BET: 24-8. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #20/#22. NCAA seeding: #8
Lost to #9 Wichita State 55-73.
Overall NCAA record in that time: 14 wins 11 losses. Farthest advance: one Elite 8.
Expected wins based on seeding and ranking in Final Four: 23-11 with two final fours.
In their total history Pittsburgh has been to the NCAA tournament 24 times. They’ve made it to one Final Four, in 1941. It wasn’t actually a “Final Four” then as the tournament just had Eastern and Western regionals with the winners meeting for the title game. The first real “Final Four” wasn’t until 1952.
We’ve certainly had our ups and downs in the NCAAs over the years. But how would like to have the Panther’s record in their current era of success?
2002 record after the BET: 27-5. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #9/#7. NCAA seeding: #3
Beat #14 C. Connecticut St. 71-54
Beat #6 California 63-50
Lost to #10 Kent State 73-78OT
2003 record after the BET: 26-4. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #4/#4. NCAA seeding: #2
Beat #15 Wagner 87-61
Beat #7 Indiana 74-52
Lost to #3 Marquette 77-74
2004 record after the BET: 29-4. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #9/#8. NCAA seeding: #3
Beat #14 Central Florida 53-44
Beat #6 Wisconsin 59-55
Lost to #2 Oklahoma State 51-63
2005 record after the BET: 20-8. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: none. NCAA seeding: #9
Lost to #8 Pacific 71-79
2006 record after the BET: 24-7. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #16/#16. NCAA seeding: #5
Beat #12 Kent State 79-64
Lost to #13 Bradley 66-72
2007 record after the BET: 27-7. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #12/#10 NCAA seeding: #3
Beat #14 Wright St. 79-58
Lost to #11 Virginia Commonwealth 79-84 (OT)
2008 record after the BET: 26-9. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #17/#19. NCAA seeding: #4
Beat #13 Oral Roberts 82-63
Lost to #5 Michigan State 54-65
2009 record after the BET: 28-4. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #4/#4. NCAA seeding: #1
Beat #16 E. Tennessee St. 72-62
Beat #8 Oklahoma State 84-76
Beat #4 Xavier 60-55
Lost to #3 Villanova 76-78 (Scotty Reynolds)
2010 record after the BET: 24-8. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #16/#16. NCAA seeding: #3
Beat #14 Oakland. 89-66
Lost to #6 Xavier 68-71
2011 record after the BET: 27-5. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #3/#3. NCAA seeding: #1
Beat #16 UNC-Ashville. 74-51
Lost to #8 Butler 70-71
2012 record after the BET: 17-16 They didn’t go to the NCAA tournament or even the NIT but did win something called the College Basketball invitational Tournament by beating Washington State 2 out of 3 games in the final series. (Yes, 2 out of 3!)
2013 record after the BET: 24-8. Ranking in the writer’s and coach’s polls: #20/#22. NCAA seeding: #8
Lost to #9 Wichita State 55-73.
Overall NCAA record in that time: 14 wins 11 losses. Farthest advance: one Elite 8.
Expected wins based on seeding and ranking in Final Four: 23-11 with two final fours.
In their total history Pittsburgh has been to the NCAA tournament 24 times. They’ve made it to one Final Four, in 1941. It wasn’t actually a “Final Four” then as the tournament just had Eastern and Western regionals with the winners meeting for the title game. The first real “Final Four” wasn’t until 1952.
