Analysis: Quality wins needed, but Pitt also isn't sustaining 'bad' losses

Nelly Cummings dribbles on Saturday against Georgia Tech in Atlanta.LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- When a team beats the opposing teams that it should, things tend to fall into place in the big picture.

Pitt is a quality example of this, as it heads into Wednesday's 7 p.m. tip-off at Louisville inside the KFC Yum! Center.

The rankings will be an oft-discussed topic inside this space, especially for as long as Pitt remains a "bubble" team with respect to the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA NET is an all-encompassing tool for measuring a team's success throughout the course of the season, based on a myriad factors that we will lay out, and there are plenty of other tools to help determine which team has built a…