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Pitt Ranked ACC's Best Athletic Department

The Pitt Panthers own the best Athletic Department in the ACC by one metric.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Ranked ACC's Best Athletic Department
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers had a successful academic year in 2022-23 and the numbers back it up. 

CBS Sports compiled a ranking of every athletic department in Division I by awarding points for success in five sports - men's and women's basketball, football and two other wild card sports, with extra weight given to wins in sports with more national attention. The Panthers checked in at No. 13 nationally - tied with Notre Dame - and first among ACC schools. Duke and Florida State were the closest at 15th and 16th, respectively. 

The Panthers enjoyed a strong end to a football season that began on shaky ground, ripping off five straight victories to close the year with nine wins and a spot in the final AP top 25 poll of the year. 

Volleyball continued its dominance of the ACC, clinching a share of the conference title for the third time in six seasons and advancing to the Final Four of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament for the second consecutive year. 

Men's and women's soccer both made noise in the NCAA Tournament as well. The women's team played in the Big Dance for the first time in program history, hosting their opening game in Pittsburgh and winning two contests. Meanwhile, the men's team advanced to the College Cup for the second time in as many years. 

Men's basketball put a cap on the athletic year that was at Pitt by reviving their sluggish program. The Panthers won 24 games - including a program record 14 in ACC play. They also earned a ranking in the AP top 25 and made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven years, then won multiple games in that event for the first time since 2009. 

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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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