PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – Leading a Power 5 conference, seven road wins this year including at Syracuse, North Carolina and Northwestern. They have 18 wins overall. Yet Pitt again does not return to the AP Top 25.
Here are some of the teams that are ranked ahead of the Panthers
The 8-loss teams
18. Creighton (17-8)—3-4 on the road, beat Texas Tech and Arkansas, lost to Big 10 doormat Nebraska
19. Iowa State (16-8) – 2-6 on the road, beat Baylor, Texas, Kansas, lost 4 of last 5
22. TCU (17-8) – 2-5 on the road, lost to Northwestern State, best Kansas State, Kansas, lost 4 of last 5
The other 7-loss teams
14. Indiana (18-7) – 4-5 on the road, lost to Northwestern & Penn State, beat UNC, Purdue, Rutgers
20. UConn (19-7) – 4-5 on the road, beat Alabama, Iowa St, lost to St. John’s, Seton Hall
Non-Power conference
25. Florida Atlantic (24-2) – 9-2 on road, lost to Ole Miss and won at Florida as its only Power 5 opponents
It’s been 369 weeks since Pitt was last ranked. They continue to wait and win.
“That’s why we have just tried to focus on us,” said Pitt head coach Jeff Capel Monday about outside attention. “Not tried to allow these other things to seep into our program or to put pressure or cause worry.”
“These guys that we have, they have been so locked in and focused on us. The guys in the locker room and the staff and focus on what we can control and that’s us.”
Panthers host Boston College Tuesday night at 9 with Pitt pregame at 8:30 with Bill Hillgrove, Curtis Aiken and Cale Berger on 93.7 The Fan.