{"id":20016,"date":"2011-12-05T10:52:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T15:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20016"},"modified":"2011-12-05T10:52:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T15:52:45","slug":"college-basketball-picks-wisconsin-milwaukee-panthers-vs-depaul-blue-demons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-wisconsin-milwaukee-panthers-vs-depaul-blue-demons-20016\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers vs. DePaul Blue Demons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers at DePaul Blue Demons
\nMonday, 12\/5\/11, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 DePaul -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 DePaul -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 134
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 136
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The DePaul Blue Demons are 10-0 SU all-time against the Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wisconsin-Milwaukee is off to its best beginning to a season since the 1992-93 campaign, posting a 7-1 record that includes a 73-71 overtime win over Illinois-Chicago as 14.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Panthers were living and dying with the three-point shot early in the season, attempting 131 shots from beyond the arc in the first six games.\u00a0 \u201cIf we\u2019re going to take that shot, we can wait a little bit and grind it out, but those are the shots that presented themselves,\u201d commented Panthers coach Rob Jeter.\u00a0 Wisconsin-Milwaukee is 20-12 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Panthers have held five of their eight opponents to fewer than 60 points and currently lead the Horizon League in scoring defense.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has two starters that average in double figures, with junior forward James Haarsma leading the way with 11.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game.\u00a0 He sat out last season after transferring from Evansville.\u00a0 These two teams met at the Allstate Arena a year ago, as Wisconsin-Milwaukee dropped a 61-47 decision as 1.5-point underdogs.<\/p>\n

DePaul will attempt to bounce back from a disappointing 70-68 loss to the Ole Miss Rebels as one-point favorites, while the team has fallen \u2018under\u2019 the total in three consecutive games.\u00a0 The Blue Demons have lost their two games by a combined three points, which has many players in the locker room dreaming of a 6-0 start rather than their current 4-2 record.\u00a0 \u201cI think we\u2019ve got a chance to make a major leap from year one,\u201d stated Blue Demons coach Oliver Purnell in his second season with the program.\u00a0 DePaul is 6-7 ATS as a favorite the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Blue Demons are in the midst of their 32nd season in playing inside the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL, posting a 307-133\u00a0 all-time mark.\u00a0 It\u2019s still important to note that DePaul was picked to finish 16th in the Big East Conference in a vote conducted by league coaches in October.\u00a0 The previous 10 meetings have all been captured by DePaul on its home court.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Blue Demons due to their 6-1 ATS mark in non-conference action, while the Panthers are 1-6 ATS in the same situation.<\/p>\n

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Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers at DePaul Blue Demons Monday, 12\/5\/11, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN3 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 DePaul -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 DePaul -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 134 Current Total:\u00a0 136 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Wisconsin-Milwaukee is off to its best beginning to a season since the 1992-93 campaign, posting a 7-1 record that includes a 73-71 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[6022,2497,4366,4085,6023,6021],"class_list":["post-20016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-allstate-arena","tag-big-east-conference","tag-depaul-blue-demons","tag-horizon-league","tag-oliver-purnell","tag-wisconsin-milwaukee-panthers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20016"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20018,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20016\/revisions\/20018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}