Pitt basketball earns No. 10 seed in NCAA Tournament

The Pitt men’s basketball team earned a No. 10 seed in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, as they will take on the No. 7 seed Wisconsin Badgers in St. Louis, Missouri.

The team finished the season with a 21-11 record, going 9-9 in conference play.

The tournament berth is Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon’s 11th in his 13 seasons at Pitt.

Tip-off is scheduled for 6:50 p.m.

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