Colorado Buffaloes vs Pittsburgh Panthers Point Spread Picks

Pitt is the higher seed and stays on the East Coast, heading to Orlando, Florida for this one. Colorado is a #9 seed and has to fly a longer way and cross two time zones. Pitt is on a 3-0-1 ATS run and has a strong resume, beating North Carolina in the ACC tourney, plus losing to Syracuse twice by a total of 4 points when the Orange were ranked #1 and #2 - and one loss was on a stunning last second three-point heave. Pitt is one of only seven programs nationally to advance to the NCAA tournament in 12 of the last 13 seasons (2002-14). Those schools include Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Michigan State, Pitt, Texas and Wisconsin. Colorado limps into tourney play after losing 9 of their last 18. The slide coincided with the loss of leading scorer Spencer Dinwiddie (14.7 ppg), ruled out for the remainder of the season after suffering a torn ACL at Washington in late January. Pitt is 5-2 on neutral courts, Colorado just 2-3 SU and on a 2-5-1 ATS run at neutral sites. Take Pitt to win outright.