Pitt is 20-6 in the ACC, and yet Lunardi lists them on his bubble watch. "Still have work to do"
Teams that should be in: North Carolina
Work left to do: Pittsburgh, Florida State
Pittsburgh [20-6 (8-5), RPI: 33, SOS: 50] Speaking of weird, lopsided profiles: The Panthers are 1-6 against the RPI top 50 and 19-0 against teams ranked 50 or below. Sunday's home game against Florida State won't move the needle. Actually, save a possible late RPI boost for NC State (which would be immaterial anyway) the Panthers have zero opportunities for top-50 wins in the rest of the regular season. They'll probably get in the tournament, but their seed will be far lower than it could have been if any of their tight marquee losses (to Cincinnati, Virginia, UNC or Syracuse twice) had gone the other way.
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LOL. The idea that Jamie Dixon "games" the RPI is one of the biggest myths in all of sports. Pitt's entire resume, year after year, is predicated on what they do in conference. So when they play in a shitbag league like the ACC happens to be this year, and they don't win a single tough game, what you get is a 20 win team that has the worst RPI of any 20 win team in the country, and finds itself firmly on the bubble counting on beating mighty NC State to "boost" their pathetic resume.
Think about this. Pitt plays 15-11 Florida St Sunday (at 15-11 FSU actually has the stronger resume to most experts), and if Pitt loses they will fall from the 8/9 line (which is pathetic enough for a 20-6 ACC team), to flirting with "last four in" territory. A loss to NC State, and there is a decent chance Pitt could be something like 21-9 and miss the tournament.
If Dixon wants to "game" the RPI, he should do it the way other big time coaches do it. Play a real schedule, dope.