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Pitt Players React to NCAA Tournament Selection Show

The Pitt Panthers are going to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven years.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Players React to NCAA Tournament Selection Show
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PITTSBURGH -- It's been a long wait but the Pitt Panthers are finally going dancing. On Selection Sunday 2023, the team learned they earned an 11 seed and one of eight spots in the First Four games played in Dayton, Ohio. This is the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance in seven years. 

Pitt is slated to play Mississippi State in the second First Four game at the UD Arena on the campus of the University of Dayton. Tip-off with the Bulldogs is scheduled for 9 p.m. on Tuesday. 

The Panthers' spot in the tournament was up in the air heading into the weekend. A win in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals seemed like it had locked down their spot in the Big Dance but a blowout loss to Duke put their standing in question.

There's no doubting it now - the Panthers are tournament bound and excited about it. 

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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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