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Pitt Holds Seventh-Best Odds to Win ACC Tournament

The Pitt Panthers are a long shot to win the ACC Tournament.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Holds Seventh-Best Odds to Win ACC Tournament
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PITTSBURGH -- It is Champ Week and around the country, college basketball conference tournaments are in full swing. The Power 5 will begin their postseasons this week and take it right up to Selection Sunday. The Pitt Panthers will be in Greensboro, North Carolina for the ACC Tournament and either Florida State or Georgia Tech will meet them in the second round. 

Pitt, who was among the top-four in the ACC standing for most of the conference season, is not among the favorites to win their first conference tournament title since 2008. The Panthers have the seventh-best odds to win it all, according to SportsBetting.ag. They have +1400 odds, trailing the favorite Duke (+275), Miami (+325), Virginia (+325), North Carolina (+575), Clemson (+650) and NC State (+575). 

The advanced metrics rating system KenPom also has the Panthers as the seventh-most likely to win the tournament. Ken Pomeroy's system gives Pitt a 6.6% chance to emerge victorious in the finals. Duke (23.4%) is again the favorite, followed by Miami (18.4%), Virginia (15.7%), North Carolina (12%), Clemson (9.1%) and NC State (8.5%). No one else has a greater than 3% chance. 

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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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