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CBS: Pitt First Team Out of NCAA Tournament

The Pitt Panthers are inching closer and closer to the NCAA Tournament bubble.

Stephen Thompson

CBS: Pitt First Team Out of NCAA Tournament
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers are on the verge of cracking the NCAA Tournament field, at least according to one bracketologist from a national outlet. 

CBS Sports college basketball insider Jerry Palm released a new set of NCAA Tournament projections at the onset of a new week and he has Pitt moving up to become the first team out of the projected field. The Panthers lead a "First Four Out" group also populated by Utah, Texas A&M and Iowa. 

The Panthers are chasing New Mexico, Colorado, Seton Hall and St. John's, who comprise the Last Four In in that order. Pitt trails three of those teams (Seton Hall being the lone exception) in NET Ranking but has more wins than the Pirates and Red Storm. 

Pitt rolled to an 11-3 record over their final 14 games in ACC play but still clearly has some work left to do as they prepare for the ACC Tournament in Washington, D.C. this week. 

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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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