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Pitt Lands in Very Early NCAA Tournament Prediction

The Pitt Panthers could make it back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since 2014.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Lands in Very Early NCAA Tournament Prediction
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PITTSBURGH -- We're closer to the last NCAA Tournament than we are to the next one but the Pitt Panthers have already started generating buzz about what is in store for them next season. 

National college basketball analyst Andy Katz believes the Panthers are in a prime position to return to the Big Dance and mark consecutive trips to the postseason's most prestigious tournament for the first time since 2013-2014. Katz has Pitt pegged as a nine seed in the Midwest Region in his first 2024 NCAA Tournament predictions. 

If that prediction holds, Pitt would meet old Big East foe Providence - the eight seed - in the first round at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. It would mark a step forward for the Panthers, who snuck into March Madness as an 11 seed relegated to the First Four in Dayton, Ohio. 

Nevertheless, Pitt won a tight contest at UD Arena in Dayton over Mississippi State before marching on to Greensboro, North Carolina, where they toppled six seed Iowa State before falling by double-digits to three seed Xavier. 

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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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