Traditionally, Oakland is a great baptism by fire. They play a very tough schedule, take some lumps, enter January undervalued and are better for the wear. Both teams are playing three games in seven days but Oakland is playing back-to-back home games, so it is a rare case of being on a level playing ground as far as scheduling.

OU is 42-5 over its last 47 league home games and have won 21 of the last 24 games inside the Orena. UWM played a much easier schedule, bloated their record and it is catching up to them. UWM failed to convert a 3-pointer in its loss to Cleveland State (77-49) on Saturday, going 0-for-16.

On the other hand The Golden Grizzlies rank sixth in the NCAA in 3-point field goal attempts (376) and 3-pointers made (141), and 12th in assists (255). OU is 42nd in assist/turnover ratio (1.34) and 45th in free-throw percent (73.7).

Both teams regress to the mean, which means Oakland is on the way up and Milwaukee down.