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Bracketology Watch: Notre Dame Loss Sinks Pitt in Projections

CBS Sports dropped the Pitt Panthers in their latest NCAA Tournament projections.

Stephen Thompson

Bracketology Watch: Notre Dame Loss Sinks Pitt in Projections
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers suffered one of their worst losses of the season this week when they fell, 88-81, on the road at Notre Dame. With a chance to clinch at least a share of first place in the ACC, Pitt floundered at their position in both the conference standings and projected NCAA Tournament brackets suffered. 

Pitt moved down to a 10 seed in CBS Sports' Jerry Palm's latest bracketology predictions. Palm had the Panthers pegged as a nine seed prior to the defeat at Notre Dame and has since moved them down to a 10 seed. The Panthers are in the East Region, where'd they play Michigan State in the opening round at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The winner of Marquette-Eastern Washington would await the victor of Spartans-Panthers. 

ACC foe Virginia is the four seed in that region and West Virginia and Michigan - two opponents who decimated the Panthers earlier in the year - would meet in the First Four for the right to play in the true first round in the East Region. The regional finals for the East are played in New York City at Madison Square Garden. 

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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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