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Pitt Has Eighth-Best Odds to Win ACC

The Pitt Panthers have been given long odds to emerge atop the ACC.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Has Eighth-Best Odds to Win ACC
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PITTSBURGH -- The start of the 2023-24 college basketball season is just around the corner and the Pitt Panthers are not favored to replicate their success from last season. 

Pitt has just the eighth-best odds to win the ACC, according to Betonline.ag, not far off from their position at ninth in the preseason media poll. Duke, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia, Clemson, Virginia Tech and Syracuse all have better odds than the Panthers' 1/35 chances.  

The Panthers lost four of their top five scorers from an NCAA Tournament team a year ago, the program's first postseason berth in seven years. They added some talented transfers in Zack Austin and Ishmael Leggett, plus a top-20 recruiting class, but the extreme roster turnover makes them an unsure bet. 

Pitt finished in a tie for third in the ACC standings last year but dropped to the fifth seed in the conference tournament after tiebreakers. They beat Georgia Tech in the second round but were bounced by Duke, the eventual champion, the following day.  

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Stephen Thompson
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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