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Bracketology Watch: Andy Katz Puts Pitt in Play-In Game

Andy Katz believes the Pitt Panthers will go dancing in Dayton.

Stephen Thompson

Bracketology Watch: Andy Katz Puts Pitt in Play-In Game
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PITTSBURGH -- Bracketologists around the country are handing in their final exams. With the NCAA Tournament Selection Show just hours away, they're getting in their last round of predictions before the final bracket is revealed. Most outlets and analysts have the Pitt Panthers on the bubble and Turner Sports' Andy Katz is no different. 

Katz has released his final predicted bracket and he has Pitt pegged as a play-in game candidate. He thinks the Panthers will be headed to Dayton, Ohio later this week to play Arizona State in one of the First Four games at UD Arena. 

The Sun Devils and Panthers would be playing for the right to join the first round in the East Region. The winner would face six seed Iowa State with the winner of Tennessee-Furman would await in the next round. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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