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Pitt Narrowly Misses Preseason Coaches Poll Top 25

The Pitt Panthers are the unofficial No. 30 team in the country.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Narrowly Misses Preseason Coaches Poll Top 25
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers were not far off from cracking the first USA Today Coaches Poll of the 2023 season. 

Pitt earned 52 points in the preseason Coaches Poll, good for the 30th most in the country and fifth most among schools not in the top 25. Only Iowa, South Carolina, Florida and UTSA earned more points while not making the top 25. The Panthers trailed No. 25 Texas A&M by 142 points. 

Three ACC schools - No. 8 Florida State, No. 9 Clemson and No. 20 North Carolina - cracked the top 25. The Panthers have the Seminoles and Tar Heels on their schedule this year, along with No. 13 Notre Dame and two other schools - Wake Forest and Duke - who also received votes. 

Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi was one of the coaches to vote in the poll. 

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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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