No pressure guys. You just lost almost all the wiggle room.
“Our attitude for these last two games was we have to win (both) to get in the tournament,” he said.
But didn’t Pitt lose those games? OK, what happens now?
“We know to get into the tournament, we have to make a deep run in this ACC Tournament,” he said.
That’s asking a lot, but Jeter knows the NCAA window is closing. It could slam shut on the Panthers (20-10) and their cold-shooting hands if they can’t defeat Syracuse (19-12) in their first tournament game at noon Wednesday at Verizon Center.
Realistically, Pitt is safe if it wins against Syracuse. They just have to find a way to do that a third straight time in the season. Win, a second (or even more ridiculous a third) game in the ACC Tournament, and Pitt is playing for a seed in the 7 to 8 spot. But that is definitely getting ahead of things.
