Wisconsin Milwaukee at Ball State

Last year was a far cry from the team we saw playing Cinderella in the dance two years ago. This is a school that can't just reload, but needs to rebuild and those pieces are coming together. Ten of the top 11 scorers return from a year ago including four starters. Coach Rob Jeter has also added transfer Torre Johnson from Oklahoma State, Deion James from Tulsa as well as some talented FR. This will be a much improved team over a year ago. Ball State is a mess right now. There are racial allegations as well as possible NCAA violations surrounding the program, and it led to the resignation of coach Thompson in July. The news was worse when Perryman and Horton exited the program - two reserves a year ago that expected to make contributions this year. So we have a Coach from Lehigh, Billy Taylor that has had about two months with this team and is still getting used to his personnel. Ball State took it on the chin at home against Butler in their opener, they never even in the game, so expect more of the same here.