Pitt-Florida State Preview: Everything You Need to Know

On Tuesday night, Pitt will host Florida State in the Panthers’ second-to-last home game of the year.

PITT’S OUTLOOK

Pitt dominated Boston College over the weekend, jumping up in the NCAA’s NET rankings and jumping right back up in the NCAA Tournament bubble picture. ESPN currently has the Panthers as the sixth team out of the tournament field, so there is clearly still work to do.

The Panthers have a Quad 3 opportunity in front of themselves on Tuesday night with the Seminoles coming to town. Florida State is 2-2 in its last four games, and is coming off a loss to Georgia Tech. Let’s preview their squad now.

FLORIDA STATE (15-14, 9-9 ACC)

HEAD COACH

Leonard Hamilton

TOP SCORERS

Jamir Watkins

Watkins has started all 29 games for the ‘Noles, and is leading the team in scoring with an average of more than 15 points per game. Watkins is also leading the team on the glass with a team-high 169 rebounds.

Darin Green Jr.

Green, the former UCF Knight, is one of the top shooters in the league. He has hit 64 of his 171 three-point tries this year (37%).

Primo Spears

The former Duquesne Duke joined the Seminoles this year after a year at Georgetown. Spears is averaging 10.8 points per contest on 38% from the field and 28% from three.

METRICS

According to the NCAA’s NET Rankings, Pitt is ranked No. 44, while FSU is ranked No. 93. Pitt is ranked No. 43 in KenPom.Com’s ratings, while FSU is ranked No. 88.

GAME TIME

Pitt Vs. FSU will start at 9 p.m. EST on ESPN2.

SPREAD

Pitt is favored by 7.5 points in Tuesday’s matchup, per DraftKings Sportsbook. The over/under is hovering around 148 points. You can take Pitt ML at -340, or FSU ML at +270.

TV

You can find Tuesday’s game on ESPN2. Anish Shroff and Tom Crean will be on the call.