TD_6082 said:

These aren't really make or break games. A big reason Pitt & UVA found themselves squarely on the bubble last year is because they lost 7 or 8 conference games, in a league that as strong as the Big 12 or SEC. If you expect this team to lose 8 games in the ACC, then yeah, they probably are games Pit needs to win.

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BadgerInSpartyland said:

Decent scouting report. I would argue that Blackwell and Tonje are both go-tos so far, but Tonje is getting most of the attention because of his 41-burger against Arizona (and I would argue the bigger factor in Arizona's failings against Wisconsin was sending Tonje to the line 22 times where he hit 21 of them). UW did not get to the line much in yesterday's UCF tilt for the first time all season, which didn't seem to matter, but was a tendency breaker. Wisconsin is a VERY good FT shooting team, so Pitt (or any team) would do well to limit FT opportunities.

Wisconsin is definitely suspect on defense so far. Especially in that UTRGV game, they were baffled and had to bench the two bigs in order to match up better. UW should match up better against more traditionally-built rosters and offenses that use bigs "normally". Crowl, the 5-man, makes the offense better when he's out there (leads the team in assists), but has had trouble with defense and fouls.

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