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I wouldn't be too scared by USC. Washington State beat the Trojans by a combined 40 points in 2 games. We are often compared by both national media and fans to the Wisconsin teams captained by his father Dick. Dick is obviously a major influence on Tony. Bo has influenced Tony directly as well, having assisted him in his first two seasons at Wisconsin. Also, they have a perimeter player tabbed as arguably the best defender in their conference, who's from Wisconsin (Weaver). We have a perimeter player who is tabbed as arguably the best defender in his conference, who's from Wisconsin (Flowers). Weaver was matched up on USC's best player, OJ Mayo, and Flowers will receive the same assignment. Their experience doesn't compare to Wisconsin. Bring em on.
Kansas State is a one man show, spearheaded by Michael Beasley. Landry should at least contain him from going ballistic. If so, we're in great shape. That's another extremely inexperienced team too. Bring them on too.
If the Badgers can't be either of those teams, we aren't going anywhere anyways.
I like our matchup with Georgetown too. They are very similar when you combine offense and defensive efficiency stats. We both have a lot of size. Ours can pull theirs out of the paint, though. That game would remind me of our matchup last year with Pitt and Aaron Gray.
Kansas is the only team I don't have confidence in beating.
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