Pitt's win over Syracuse has to be the one that puts the nail in the coffin of any ideas that the Panthers aren't firmly and solidly in the NCAA tournament field.
I thought they were in before they beat the Orange, but now that they did — and avoided a bad home loss — they have to be in, and that's even if they lose to Notre Dame and Miami this week and get knocked out of the ACC tournament early.
The Panthers have done enough and have proven they are legitimately an NCAA tournament team. And Saturday was incredible, a day I didn't know we would ever see again: a completely sold out Petersen Events Center, loud and electric for 40 minutes of a big, important late-season game.