At long last the ACC released its full basketball schedule. All the conference games (PDF).

This also means individual ACC teams could put out their full schedules. Including Pitt. Obviously we knew bits and pieces. Some have been announced. Others assumed.

Time to see the full picture.

2013-14 PITT MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

(as of August 22, 2013/All tipoff times are subject to change)

                                            Legends Classic (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

                                            Legends Classic (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

                                            Big Ten/ACC Challenge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

                                            Jimmy V Classic (New York, N.Y.)

Okay, let’s look closer.

Season ticket holders will complain about the non-con. Unfortunately this is the reality these days for major programs. Most of the good non-con match-ups take place in tournaments at neutral sites. Pitt has 12 non-con games (not including exhibitions). Only 8 are actually at the Pete.

Penn State is the highlight of the non-con at the Pete. There’s the City Game at the Con. Not even Robert Morris this year.

By my quick count I see 15 games that will get national broadcast (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or CBS).

Then there is the conference schedule. Duke, Virginia, Syracuse, Maryland and NC State are the best of the bunch at home. I can’t say that the conference schedule is particularly hard or easy. The ACC does not have the same level of putridness at the bottom (DePaul and USF) that the Big East often had.

Pitt only faces Duke and UNC once, but gets Syracuse, NC State, Maryland and Clemson twice.

Hardest conference games: At Syracuse, Duke, Syracuse, Virginia, At ND, At NC St.

Easiest conference games: VT, Wake Forest, Clemson, At BC, At Clemson.