Despite a 12-1 record and a Top 25 ranking, the jury is still largely out on Pitt's basketball team. The Panthers have defeated just about everyone in their path, but truth be told, Pitt still doesn't have that statement win to declare them a true contender for a deep NCAA Tournament run. But while we don't yet know how good the Panthers are quite yet, we do know one thing - they're better than last year.
ACC play is just underway but the non-conference portion of the schedule shows pretty clearly that this year's team is better than last year's squad and they have had a much easier time of things so far.