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Pitt's NCAA Tournament resume sustains blow with loss to Florida State

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This one will sting on Selection Sunday.

In a world where every win and loss is measured, the separator between an NCAA Tournament team, a "bubble" team, and one which misses the cut for the field of 68 is the ability to upend inferior teams.

The Panthers' bubble is not burst with 11 games to play, but the 71-64 loss to a once 1-9 Florida State on Saturday at the Petersen Events Center certainly put a tarnish on it.

"They were terrific this afternoon," Jeff Capel said about the Seminoles. "I thought coming in they had been playing so much better than their record.