Pre-tourney Rankings
Pittsburgh
Big East
2011-12
Overall
Predictive Rating+7.1#68
Expected Predictive Rating+6.1#85
Pace61.9#293
Improvement-2.2#254

Offense
Total Offense+6.6#31
Improvement-5.8#341

Defense
Total Defense+0.6#151
Improvement+3.5#37
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
#1 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 2 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 4 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
Top 6 Seed 0.0% n/a n/a
NCAA Tourney Bid 0.0% n/a n/a
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% n/a n/a
Average Seed n/a n/a n/a
.500 or above 0.0% n/a n/a
.500 or above in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Conference Champion 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Last Place in Conference 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
First Four0.0% n/a n/a
First Round0.0% n/a n/a
Second Round0.0% n/a n/a
Sweet Sixteen0.0% n/a n/a
Elite Eight0.0% n/a n/a
Final Four0.0% n/a n/a
Championship Game0.0% n/a n/a
National Champion0.0% n/a n/a

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 11, 2011 202   Albany W 89-56 88%     1 - 0 +27.6 +21.2 +11.1
  Nov 13, 2011 221   Rider W 86-78 90%     2 - 0 +1.4 +16.8 -14.5
  Nov 16, 2011 39   Long Beach St. L 76-86 52%     2 - 1 -3.4 +10.0 -14.0
  Nov 22, 2011 53   La Salle W 73-69 59%     3 - 1 +8.8 +0.2 +8.5
  Nov 25, 2011 141   @ Penn W 78-58 56%     4 - 1 +25.5 +17.6 +10.3
  Nov 27, 2011 148   Robert Morris W 81-71 81%     5 - 1 +8.0 +12.1 -3.4
  Nov 30, 2011 114   Duquesne W 80-69 63%     6 - 1 +14.7 +8.8 +6.1
  Dec 03, 2011 51   @ Tennessee W 61-56 33%     7 - 1 +16.7 +6.4 +11.3
  Dec 06, 2011 281   VMI W 97-70 94%     8 - 1 +16.7 +7.3 +6.9
  Dec 10, 2011 90   Oklahoma St. W 74-68 57%     9 - 1 +11.4 +10.4 +1.6
  Dec 17, 2011 343   South Carolina St. W 69-55 99%     10 - 1 -7.3 -3.5 -1.3
  Dec 20, 2011 312   St. Francis (PA) W 71-47 97%     11 - 1 +9.6 +4.2 +9.9
  Dec 23, 2011 109   Wagner L 54-59 73%     11 - 2 -4.3 -9.0 +3.9
  Dec 27, 2011 40   @ Notre Dame L 59-72 27%     11 - 3 0 - 1 +0.3 +4.0 -6.2
  Jan 01, 2012 33   Cincinnati L 63-66 49%     11 - 4 0 - 2 +4.3 +2.3 +1.6
  Jan 05, 2012 156   @ DePaul L 81-84 60%     11 - 5 0 - 3 +1.4 -2.3 +4.0
  Jan 11, 2012 117   Rutgers L 39-62 75%     11 - 6 0 - 4 -22.9 -29.0 +4.9
  Jan 14, 2012 18   @ Marquette L 57-62 18%     11 - 7 0 - 5 +12.0 +3.4 +7.6
  Jan 16, 2012 7   @ Syracuse L 63-71 11%     11 - 8 0 - 6 +12.6 +7.1 +4.6
  Jan 21, 2012 19   Louisville L 62-73 40%     11 - 9 0 - 7 -1.3 +1.9 -3.7
  Jan 25, 2012 121   Providence W 86-74 76%     12 - 9 1 - 7 +11.8 +8.4 +3.2
  Jan 28, 2012 17   Georgetown W 72-60 38%     13 - 9 2 - 7 +22.2 +7.8 +14.7
  Jan 30, 2012 37   @ West Virginia W 72-66 26%     14 - 9 3 - 7 +19.8 +14.5 +6.1
  Feb 05, 2012 83   Villanova W 79-70 67%     15 - 9 4 - 7 +11.5 +5.5 +5.9
  Feb 08, 2012 55   @ South Florida L 51-63 34%     15 - 10 4 - 8 -0.5 -6.9 +5.2
  Feb 12, 2012 44   @ Seton Hall L 66-73 31%     15 - 11 4 - 9 +5.2 +5.7 -1.0
  Feb 16, 2012 37   West Virginia L 48-66 51%     15 - 12 4 - 10 -11.0 -15.4 +1.8
  Feb 19, 2012 55   South Florida L 47-56 59%     15 - 13 4 - 11 -4.3 -6.8 +0.1
  Feb 26, 2012 19   @ Louisville L 54-57 19%     15 - 14 4 - 12 +13.5 -1.8 +15.1
  Feb 29, 2012 146   St. John's W 89-69 80%     16 - 14 5 - 12 +18.1 +21.8 -2.2
  Mar 03, 2012 36   @ Connecticut L 65-74 26%     16 - 15 5 - 13 +4.8 +4.7 -0.7
  Mar 06, 2012 146   @ St. John's W 73-59 59%     17 - 15 +18.9 +5.8 +13.8
  Mar 07, 2012 17   Georgetown L 52-64 27%     17 - 16 +1.6 -4.0 +3.6
Projected Record 17.0 - 16.0 5.0 - 13.0




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



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
14-4
13-5
12-6
11-7
10-8
9-9
8-10
7-11
6-12
5-13 100.0% 100.0
4-14
3-15
2-16
1-17
0-18
Total 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 100.0 0.0%