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Bracketology Watch: ESPN's Joe Lunardi Drops Pitt to Last Four In

The Pitt Panthers and West Virginia are among Joe Lunardi's last Four In.

Stephen Thompson

Bracketology Watch: ESPN's Joe Lunardi Drops Pitt to Last Four In
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PITTSBURGH -- Even after adding a gutsy Quad 2 win over Wake Forest to their resume, the Pitt Panthers have dropped down in ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi's latest projected field. 

Lunardi has moved the Panthers down to among the Last Four In, right next to rival West Virginia. Pitt had suffered a Quad 4 loss to Florida State at the Petersen Events Center last weekend, severely harming their NCAA Tournament resume and dropping them from the line of nine-seeds down to among the 11-seeds. 

The path ahead of the Panthers only gets harder, with a top-20 ranked team in Miami visiting Pittsburgh this weekend and Quad 1 North Carolina looming on the other side. Pitt will need to at least split those two games to avoid falling completely off the bubble. 

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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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