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Pitt Picked 14th in ACC Basketball Preseason Poll

Expectations are once again low for the Pitt Panthers.
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Pitt Picked 14th in ACC Basketball Preseason Poll
Pitt Picked 14th in ACC Basketball Preseason Poll

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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers have once again been picked to finish at the bottom of the ACC in the preseason men's basketball poll. Media picked the Panthers to finish 14th out of 15 teams by the end of the 2022-23 season. 

Pitt has struggled to find their footing since joining the ACC. The Panthers have never finished inside the league's top four. They finished fifth once during their first season after moving over from the Big East, but haven't finished higher than ninth ever since. During current head coach Jeff Capel's four-year tenure, Pitt's finished 14th, 13th, 12th and 11th. 

2022 National runner-up North Carolina was picked to win the league after returning large parts of the team that lost to Kansas in the national championship game last year, receiving 90 of 101 first-place votes. They were followed by Duke, Virginia and Miami. Virginia Tech was the only other team to earn a first place vote. 

The full poll is below:

1. North Carolina (90)

2. Duke (2)

3. Virginia (6)

4. Miami (2)

5. Florida State 

6. Notre Dame

7. Virginia Tech (1)

8. Syracuse

9. Wake Forest

10. NC State

11. Clemson

12. Louisville

13. Boston College

14. Pitt

15. Georgia Tech

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Stephen Thompson
STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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