The Pitt men’s basketball team did not have long to celebrate their Fort Myers Tip-Off tournament win this past weekend as the Panthers will have to get right back to work to kick off the month of December.

It would not be an overstatement to suggest that this is the biggest week of the early season for the Panthers, who face Rutgers on Tuesday, Dec. 3, as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, followed by a road matchup against no. 1 ranked Louisville on Friday, Dec. 6.

The first of this week’s contests comes against Rutgers, who sport a 6-1 record with their only loss coming against St. Bonaventure.  This is a home game for the Panthers, but it will not be shoe-in by any means. ESPN gives the Panthers a 60.2 percent chance to win tomorrow night’s matchup.

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