Pitt took a tumble in the rankings this week, but not nearly as bad as I feared. It probably helped to have so many other highly ranked teams suffer losses that all things stayed bunched. Pitt ultimately dropped 7 spots in both rankings. From #8 in the AP to #15, and #9 in the Coaches to #16.

Pitt’s non-con Strength of Schedule is now in the crapper. Even UConn has a higher non-con SOS. Now, heading into the Conference Tournaments, these are the teams that Pitt should hope to see have good tourney runs: Wisconsin, South Carolina, Auburn, Penn St. (I can’t do it), St. Peter’s, Duquesne (yeah, sure that’s gonna’ happen), Vermont and Coppin St. The others are already finished in their tourneys.

It would also help the overall RPI and appearances if Rutgers and ND could win a game. Perhaps even Syracuse to keep their RPI in the top 50.