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Bracketology Watch: CBS Predicts Pitt Will Play Close to Home

Pitt Panthers fans won't have to travel far to see their team play in the Big Dance

Stephen Thompson

Bracketology Watch: CBS Predicts Pitt Will Play Close to Home
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PITTSBURGH -- Following a massive win over North Carolina - their second this year and the fifth in their last six attempts - the Pitt Panthers are undoubtedly in the NCAA Tournament picture. Just about every major Bracketologist has the Panthers off the bubble and avoiding a play-in game. 

In that sense, CBS pegging Pitt as an eighth seed in their latest projections comes as no surprise but where they will play is of note to the fans, who wouldn't have to travel far to see their team play in it's first NCAA Tournament since 2016 if their projections hold. They have the Panthers traveling to Columbus, Ohio to face Creighton in the first round. The winner earns the right to face No. 1 overall seed Purdue in the second round. 

Colombus is the closest NCAA Tournament site to Pittsburgh. It's just a 186-mile, three-hour trip down I-70 from the Steel City to Nationwide Arena, where the 8-9 game in the South Region would be played. That's much closer than Birmingham, Alabama, where Fox and ESPN currently have the Panthers playing. 

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Stephen Thompson
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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