Latest NET Rankings and National Bracketology; Bubble Games For Pitt To Watch

It will be a huge day of college basketball with the opportunity for teams on the NCAA Bubble to strengthen their cases and also to have their bubble popped.

For Jeff Capel and Pitt, it’s a pretty simple scenario. The Panthers (18-10, 9-8) will need to win their remaining 3 regular season games, win at least a game in the ACC Tournament and hope they receive some help along with the way.

That road will start tonight as they’re in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts to take on Boston College.

Entering Saturday’s action, here’s where Pitt stands in the all-important computer numbers:

NET RANKINGS: No. 49

KEN POM RATINGS: No. 52

Here is the latest Bracketology with Joe Lunardi, which was released this morning.

Obviously, this isn’t the only Bracketology out there but using this as a guide the teams that Pitt needs to keep their eyes on are: New Mexico, Seton Hall, Providence, St. John’s, Villanova, Colorado, Utah, Kansas State, Drake and Iowa.

With that in mind, here are the games to keep an eye on today:

-Tulane at Florida Atlantic
-Villanova at Providence
-Oregon at Arizona
-Iowa at Northwestern
-Wake Forest at Virginia Tech
-Virginia at Duke
-Texas A&M at Georgia
-Kansas State at Cincinnati
-California at Utah
-Gonzaga at St. Mary’s
-Ole Miss at Missouri
-New Mexico at Boise State
-Mississippi State at Auburn

Here is the latest NET Rankings entering Saturday and we’ll focus on the Rankings starting in the 30’s thru the 50’s. Lets’ see what impact today’s action has on these rankings.

NET RANKINGS
No. 30- Colorado
No. 31- Mississippi State
No. 32- Villanova
No. 33- Texas
No. 34- Florida
No. 35- Florida Atlantic
No. 36- Utah State
No. 37- TCU
No. 38- Washington State
No. 40- Nevada
No. 41- Oklahoma
No. 42- Texas Tech
No. 43- Nebraska
No. 44- SMU
No. 45- Cincinnati
No. 46- Virginia
No. 47- South Carolina
No. 48- Northwestern
No. 49- PITT
No. 50- Utah
No. 51- Princeton
No. 52- Drake
No. 53- James Madison
No. 54- Grand Canyon
No. 55- McNeese
No. 56- Providence
No. 57- Bradley
No. 58- Texas A&M
No. 59- Virginia Tech
No. 60- Iowa