Like a lot of us, ESPN.com is carefully following the NCAA Tournament situation. All of the major projections out there have Pitt in the tournament right now, but as we've all suggested over the past couple of weeks, the Panthers certainly have work to do:
Pittsburgh [18-7 (7-6), RPI: 41, SOS: 45] On Tuesday, Pittsburgh narrowly avoided a loss that might have, for the first time all season, pushed them to the wrong side of the field-of-68 cut, at least in concept, and the Panthers needed overtime and the benefit of their own venue to pull off the 101-96 maneuver against Wake Forest.