It’s probably a good thing, but Pitt is getting no buzz in the West region. What little mention there is, suggests Pitt will have a hard time making it to the Sweet 16 — let alone any further.
I get that. Syracuse and K-State are the top two teams in the region. Syracuse, especially, tends to dominate media attention.
Then there is the fact that a Pitt-Xavier rematch would be a toss-up. The two teams are so close statistically. It means that about half the punditry doesn’t even need to consider Pitt after the first weekend.
I am hoping that this is good for Pitt. The expectations are low. They have a very respectable seed, but not pressure. They get to keep playing with that same “no body believes in us” mentality that seemed to serve them well to start the Big East portion of the schedule. Or, at least that is what I am telling myself.
