Pitt was picked to finish sixth in the ACC this year. Seems about the right range. Upper-half, NCAA bid. Safely within two spots of where they might finish come the end of the season.
1. Duke (50) 805
2. Syracuse (3) 753
3. North Carolina (1) 668
4. Virginia 612
5. Notre Dame 608
6. Pitt 477
7. Maryland 473
8. Boston College 457
9. Florida State 334
10. NC State 332
11. Georgia Tech 311
12. Miami 224
13. Wake Forest 220
14. Clemson 141
15. Virginia Tech 65
Something that will take getting used to is that the ACC’s preseason All-ACC team is limited to just five players. No 6th man. No 2d and 3d and honorable mention. Just the projected best five players. No surprise that Pitt had no player on the list.
Atlanta Panther had an intruiging comment about ODU as a measuring stick for the program yesterday in my Know Your Enemy column:
In a weird way, this game is also kind of a yardstick about where we stand as a program.
I don’t think anybody expected us to hang with Florida State, and I don’t expect anybody *really* expected us to win against VT (though I’m sure we all thought we had a shot if we played a perfect game).
That being said, a solid program always wins the game it is supposed to win. This is a game we are supposed to win. We’d better go out and win it.
I disagree on VT, but he makes an interesting point. Is ODU a measuring stick for the program because it’s a game Pitt should win? (more…)
