Pitt Basketball
Preseason Rankings for All Three Pittsburgh Basketball Teams
The season has finally arrived.
I am writing this on Nov. 4 — the morning of the first game of the season. I’ll have this post bookmarked to reference throughout the season, too. The goal here is to find any and all predictions from national media outlets on the three local teams — Pitt, Duquesne, and Robert Morris — so that we can compare the preseason outside expectations to the end results.
Let’s go through the various national outlets/polls here.
Pitt – picked No. 7.
Duquesne – picked No. 8.
Duquesne men’s basketball head coach Dru Joyce III in a practice. Photo via George Michalowski.
RMU – picked No. 9.
Pitt – picked No. 46 overall, No. 6 in ACC.
Duquesne – picked No. 113 overall, No. 7 in A10.
RMU – picked No. 298 overall, No. 9 in Horizon.
Pitt – picked No. 40 overall, no. 6 in ACC.
ESPN BRACKETOLOGY WITH JOE LUNARDI
Pitt – picked as second-to-last team in the field, playing in the first four as an 11 seed. Lunardi predicted that Pitt will be the sixth out of six ACC teams to make the tournament.
Pitt – picked No. 37 overall, No. 4 in ACC.
Pitt head coach Jeff Capel at Allen Greene’s introductory press conference
Duquesne – picked No. 142 overall, No. 12 in A10.
Robert Morris – picked No. 287 overall, No. 8 in Horizon.
Pitt – picked No. 41 overall
Duquesne – picked No. 140 overall
Robert Morris – picked No. 282 overall
Andy Toole March 10, 2020 — David Hague/PSN
Pitt – picked No. 50 overall
Duquesne – picked No. 113 overall
Robert Morris – picked No. 301 overall.
