Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers (2-2) vs St. Thomas (MN) Tommies (4-2)
Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 3:00 pm
Milwaukee made an excellent hire in first-year head coach Bart Lundy, who arrives from Queens College where he earned seven Division II NCAA Tournament appearances and four 30-win seasons. Lundy utilizes analytics to maximize his team’s talent and the Panthers are employing a full-court pressure defense together with an offense that shoots a lot of three-pointers. Queens College averaged 85.5 points per game last season and Lundy believes Milwaukee has the requisite talent and depth to employ a similar style of play in 2022-23. The Panthers are averaging 80.0 points per game on 49.2% shooting from the field and enter off a competitive 68-53 loss to Iowa State as 23.5-point underdogs. Milwaukee is limiting opponents to just 59.0 points per game on 33.7% shooting from the field and 25.5% from beyond the arc. My math model favors St. Thomas by just 0.97 points in this game so grab the points with the Panthers and invest with confidence.