Pitt is as close as its been to achieving is first Associate Press Top 25 ranking since Jan. 11, 2016, when it earned a slot at No. 20 before falling out the previous week for good.
And, for the next six-plus years.
But this resurgence the Panthers are on -- as one of the three teams tied atop the ACC standings in the second week of February -- is not exactly getting looked at by the in-depth analytics which are so coveted nowadays.
The Panthers, as of this posting, are 51st in the NET rankings, which are updated daily to reflect standings among all 363 teams in college basketball.