Pre-tourney Rankings
Pittsburgh
Big East
2010-11
Overall
Predictive Rating+18.6#4
Expected Predictive Rating+19.1#5
Pace62.8#294
Improvement-1.8#253

Offense
Total Offense+9.4#4
Improvement-3.7#323

Defense
Total Defense+9.2#5
Improvement+1.9#79
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 5.8% n/a n/a
#1 Seed 44.9% n/a n/a
Top 2 Seed 90.3% n/a n/a
Top 4 Seed 100.0% n/a n/a
Top 6 Seed 100.0% n/a n/a
NCAA Tourney Bid 100.0% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 100.0% n/a n/a
Average Seed 1.7 n/a n/a
.500 or above 0.0% n/a n/a
.500 or above in Conference 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Conference Champion 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Last Place in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Four0.0% n/a n/a
First Round100.0% n/a n/a
Second Round95.6% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen71.8% n/a n/a
Elite Eight47.5% n/a n/a
Final Four27.5% n/a n/a
Championship Game15.0% n/a n/a
National Champion7.6% n/a n/a

Projected Seeding 1 seed  


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 08, 2010 124   Rhode Island W 83-75 95%     1 - 0 +7.5 +0.0 -0.1
  Nov 10, 2010 249   Illinois-Chicago W 97-54 99%     2 - 0 +34.7 -2.9 -3.5
  Nov 13, 2010 233   North Florida W 95-49 98%     3 - 0 +39.1 -2.5 -2.4
  Nov 18, 2010 38   Maryland W 79-70 76%     4 - 0 +20.0 +5.6 +5.8
  Nov 19, 2010 5   Texas W 68-66 51%     5 - 0 +20.4 +9.2 +9.3
  Nov 23, 2010 157   Robert Morris W 74-53 96%     6 - 0 +18.5 -1.0 -0.5
  Nov 27, 2010 177   Penn W 82-58 97%     7 - 0 +20.0 -0.9 -1.8
  Dec 01, 2010 53   Duquesne W 80-66 81%     8 - 0 +23.3 +4.8 +5.1
  Dec 04, 2010 110   Rider W 87-68 95%     9 - 0 +19.3 +0.9 +0.3
  Dec 08, 2010 310   Delaware St. W 70-42 99%     10 - 0 +14.8 -5.8 -5.7
  Dec 11, 2010 56   Tennessee L 76-83 82%     10 - 1 +1.9 +4.5 +4.1
  Dec 18, 2010 334   Maryland Eastern Shore W 97-64 99.7%    11 - 1 +14.7 -8.0 -8.8
  Dec 22, 2010 174   American W 61-46 97%     12 - 1 +11.3 -1.8 -1.1
  Dec 27, 2010 16   Connecticut W 78-63 74%     13 - 1 1 - 0 +26.9 +6.2 +6.4
  Jan 04, 2011 86   @ Providence W 83-79 83%     14 - 1 2 - 0 +12.4 +4.3 +4.3
  Jan 08, 2011 23   Marquette W 89-81 80%     15 - 1 3 - 0 +17.8 +5.8 +4.4
  Jan 12, 2011 22   @ Georgetown W 72-57 59%     16 - 1 4 - 0 +31.2 +8.5 +8.5
  Jan 15, 2011 52   Seton Hall W 74-53 87%     17 - 1 5 - 0 +27.3 +3.6 +3.8
  Jan 17, 2011 15   Syracuse W 74-66 72%     18 - 1 6 - 0 +20.5 +6.3 +6.5
  Jan 22, 2011 194   @ DePaul W 80-50 93%     19 - 1 7 - 0 +31.5 +1.0 +1.8
  Jan 24, 2011 8   Notre Dame L 51-56 68%     19 - 2 7 - 1 +8.6 +6.7 +6.6
  Jan 29, 2011 70   @ Rutgers W 65-62 78%     20 - 2 8 - 1 +13.6 +5.2 +5.6
  Feb 05, 2011 19   Cincinnati W 71-59 79%     21 - 2 9 - 1 +22.2 +5.2 +5.6
  Feb 07, 2011 17   @ West Virginia W 71-66 55%     22 - 2 10 - 1 +22.2 +8.8 +8.6
  Feb 12, 2011 28   @ Villanova W 57-54 61%     23 - 2 11 - 1 +18.7 +7.5 +8.4
  Feb 16, 2011 112   South Florida W 67-55 95%     24 - 2 12 - 1 +12.2 +0.4 +0.5
  Feb 19, 2011 32   @ St. John's L 59-60 63%     24 - 3 12 - 2 +14.2 +7.3 +7.8
  Feb 24, 2011 17   West Virginia W 71-58 77%     25 - 3 13 - 2 +23.8 +5.9 +5.6
  Feb 27, 2011 11   @ Louisville L 59-62 OT 47%     25 - 4 13 - 3 +16.3 +9.1 +10.0
  Mar 02, 2011 112   @ South Florida W 66-50 87%     26 - 4 14 - 3 +22.6 +3.6 +3.8
  Mar 05, 2011 28   Villanova W 60-50 81%     27 - 4 15 - 3 +19.4 +4.8 +5.2
  Mar 10, 2011 16   Connecticut L 74-76 63%     27 - 5 +13.1 +8.1 +6.9
Projected Record 27.0 - 5.0 15.0 - 3.0




Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.



Projected Big East Finish

0-18 1-17 2-16 3-15 4-14 5-13 6-12 7-11 8-10 9-9 10-8 11-7 12-6 13-5 14-4 15-3 16-2 17-1 18-0 Total
1st 100.0 100.0 1st
2nd 2nd
3rd 3rd
4th 4th
5th 5th
6th 6th
7th 7th
8th 8th
9th 9th
10th 10th
11th 11th
12th 12th
13th 13th
14th 14th
15th 15th
16th 16th
Total 100.0 Total



Big East Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3 100.0% 100.0    100.0
14-4
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
Total 100.0% 100.0 100.0



NCAA Tournament Selection

Conf RecordRecord ChanceTourney
Bid		AutoAt-LargeAvg
Seed		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 No Bid At-Large if not Auto
18-0
17-1
16-2
15-3 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 1.7 44.9 45.4 9.2 0.5 0.0 100.0%
14-4
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
8-10
7-11
6-12
5-13
4-14
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 1.7 44.9 45.4 9.2 0.5 0.0 100.0%