The Pitt men’s basketball team knows it can’t play like it did against Wofford when it… The Pitt men’s basketball team knows it can’t play like it did against Wofford when it begins Big East conference play.

But before the Panthers worry about Connecticut or Villanova, they take on the Binghamton Bearcats (1-0) at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Petersen Events Center.

ESPN2 will broadcast the game as part of the network’s 24-hour College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon.

Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon said Wofford primed his players for Binghamton and for the season.

“I think we rushed some things early [against Wofford] … and we just got away from it,” he said. “I think it was a good learning experience.”

Binghamton won the America East conference championship last season, but that team has since dismantled.

The university kicked six players, including last year’s top three scorers, off the team in September for unspecified legal and academic issues.

Binghamton also placed coach Kevin Broadus — who, according to the New York Times, built a successful team with “high-risk and second-chance recruits” — on leave in mid-October.

Mark Macon took over and guided the Bearcats to a season-opening 54-49 win over Bloomsburg Saturday afternoon.

Meanwhile, Pitt enters Tuesday’s matchup coming off a three-point victory over Wofford 63-60.

Guard Brad Wanamaker led the Panthers with 15 points in the game.

“In the second half, [Gary McGhee and I] had to come out and lead,” Wanamaker said, “and we did.”

Pitt’s backcourt will improve from its performance against the Terriers, Dixon said.

Ashton Gibbs, who led the Big East in the 3-point field goal percentage last season, went 0-for-5 behind the line against Wofford.

“[Gibbs] had some open looks and didn’t knock them down,” Dixon said, adding that he is confident Gibbs will “knock them down” against the Bearcats.

In addition, redshirt freshman Travon Woodall shot 3-for-10 from the floor and 8-for-10 in the team’s previous game, an 83-40 exhibition win against Coker College.

Pitt also must improve its rebounding against Binghamton.

“We were out-rebounded by seven in the first half [against Wofford],” Dixon said. “We’ve got to get our rebounding figured out … We knew our rebounding was an issue and we’ve been addressing it.”

Wofford topped Pitt in defensive rebounds 21-20.

Dante Taylor had just two rebounds under his own rim against the Terriers, often out-contested by Wofford’s Noah Dahlman.

Still, Dixon said Taylor played well in his regular-season debut with the Panthers, and the combination of McGhee and him will continue to evolve against Binghamton.

“Between the two of them, we have good production,” Dixon said.

McGhee’s seven points and eight rebounds against Wofford both matched career highs. In addition, the Pitt junior had three blocks.

Another cog for the Panthers defense against Binghamton will be senior Chase Adams.

The transfer from Centenary College who won defensive player of the year in the Summit League last season had two steals in 22 minutes against Wofford.

On the Bearcats’ side, junior forward Moussa Camara led the depleted Binghamton squad against Bloomsburg with 16 points.

Camara is one of three players who have returned from last year’s tournament team.

For Pitt, Jermaine Dixon remains out with a foot injury.