Stetson vs Wisconsin-Milwaukee Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 3/19/23

The Milwaukee Panthers and the Stetson Hatters meet in college basketball action from the Ocean Center as part of the CBI tournament in college basketball action on Sunday.

Milwaukee Panthers Team Preview

The Milwaukee Panthers found their way into the CBI as the 11-seed, finishing the year at 21-11 overall including a 14-6 mark in Horizon League play to finish with the 2-seed in the Horizon League Tournament. As the 2-seed, the Panthers dropped Wright State before falling to Cleveland State in the semifinals. BJ Freeman leads the Panthers in scoring and assists with 17.4 PPG and 3 APG while Kentrell Pullian has 10.8 PPG and 4.3 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Milwaukee so far this season. Markeith Browning II also has 9.7 PPG and a team-high 5.2 RPG to lead the Panthers on the glass as well this season. As a team, Milwaukee is averaging 78.3 PPG on 46% shooting from the field, 35.2% from three and 73.2% from the foul line this season.

Stetson Hatters Team Preview

The Stetson Hatters come in as the 6-seed out of the ASUN, finishing the year 17-13, including a 12-6 mark in ASUN Conference play to finish with the 4-seed at the ASUN tournament. The Hatters’ stay in the ASUN tournament was short-lived, as they were bounced in their quarterfinal matchup by Lipscomb. Jalen Blackmon led the Hatters in scoring with 15.2 PPG while Stephan Swenson has 10.5 PPG and a team-high 4.8 APG to lead the Hatters in the assist department this season. Luke Brown has 10.2 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Stetson so far this season while Josh Smith also has 9.8 PPG and a team-high 6.2 RPG to lead the Hatters on the glass up to this point in the year. As a team, Stetson is averaging 76.6 PPG on 46.5% shooting from the field, 38.9% from three and 77.3% from the foul line this season.

Trends

Milwaukee is 1-11 ATS in their last 12 neutral site games and 0-4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a double-digit loss at home. Stetson is 0-4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a double-digit home loss while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 neutral site games.

Pick

I like the over here. There wasn’t a ton of defense played on either side down the stretch, and truth be told I’m not expecting that to change here. Both teams averaged 80+ PPG in their last 5 games to get to this point and a game that gets into the 160s wouldn’t surprise me in the least. Give me the over here.