Previewing the Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers

Later today, we'll be tipping it off against Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers from Anderson Arena.  It is our second home game, and our first D1 home game.BG is 1-2 with a couple road losses that were to pretty big teams, but not close games.  Coach says we are a work in progress, and the game Saturday looks to be a decent test.UWM is a good team, but they aren't Xavier or Iowa.They are 4-2 on the season, but they have not had a really solid test yet this year.  They lost to WKU and Indiana State, who are both good (like top 120 teams), and beat Concordia and Hillsdale (non-D1) and Colgate and Texas State, both pretty weak opponents. They were 17-14 last year, and are picked to be 4th in the Horizon League.  You can argue about the varying strengths of conferences, but last year the MAC had a losing record against the Horizon.Tone Boyle is an all-conference guard who is coming back, and F James Eayrs was on the all-newcomer team in the league last year.Also, ...