Sit down, this is going to take a while.
Last year, Pitt’s volleyball team went a ridiculous 30-1 before losing in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to Michigan. Despite that nearly perfect regular season, the Panthers received only a No. 12 seed in the postseason event with cries of a weak schedule.
This year, the Panthers upgraded said schedule. They played a top ten Penn State team twice. They played Top 20 Utah. They played an Oregon team that was then rated No. 10 before, admittedly, falling off the face of the earth.