Milwaukee, WI
Whitnall graduate Danilo Jovanovich shines but UWM gets blown out by Indiana
UWM men’s basketball coach Bart Lundy explains pride in first 3 season
Bart Lundy marks his fourth season as head coach of the Panthers in 2025-25. Here’s what he feels best about over the first three.
The Indiana Hoosiers might be a problem for college basketball this season. Just ask the teams residing in the 414.
Three days after the Hoosiers laid a beating on Marquette, they turned their sights to its neighbors on the east side and beat the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 101-70, at Assembly Hall on Nov. 12.
The Panthers managed to hang with the new-look, high-octane Hoosiers most of the first half and even a bit into the final 20 minutes before first-year head coach Darian DeVries’ crew ran their visitors out of the gym and into their next difficult non-conference challenge down the stretch.
BOX SCORE: Indiana 101, UWM 70
Indiana became the first team to hang 100 points on Milwaukee since Oakland hit that mark on Jan. 4, 2024, doing so with four players scoring in double digits, led by Lamar Wilkerson’s 24. The Hoosiers have now put up 100 points or more in back-to-back games after doing so in a 23-point win over Marquette Nov. 9. They shot 56.7% from the field against the Panthers, who struggled to keep them from clean looks from deep early and in the paint late.
“To come here someone’s going to have to score 90 to have a chance to win,” Panthers head coach Bart Lundy said.
Despite being outmanned, Milwaukee still shot 46.8% from the field with Danilo Jovanovich (18 points) and Seth Hubbard (17 points) leading the charge.
“A lot of positives to take out of the game,” Lundy sai. “I thought the atmosphere and some of the adversity we handled pretty well. We absorbed the scouting report. We had some chances to make it a much closer game. They’re a really good team. They can really score. They made us pay for every mistake that we made. They hurt us with some things we knew we were going to have to give up.”
Three-point defense lacks in first half
If there was one thing the Panthers couldn’t do against the Hoosiers, it was allowing open looks from three. It turned out to be a far too common sight in the first half.
Indiana hit 9 of its 14 attempts from deep in the first half, with Wilkerson, a certified marksman who hit 10 threes in the Hoosiers’ first two games, left with space to operate too many times on his way to sinking five. Those looks came in a variety of ways, with being untagged in transition to too much space with the shot clock winding down, but Lundy thought the Panthers otherwise did a good job of following the scouting report against him.
“We were keyed in on him and (Tucker) DeVries,” Lundy said. “Wilkerson got us on a couple of turnovers. Both those guys are NBA shooters.”
While the Panthers buckled down on Indiana’s perimeter attack in the second half – keeping Wilkerson without a triple over the final 20 minutes – their defensive issue became attempting to contain the Hoosiers in the paint. Indiana made 11 of 16 two-point field goals in the period while going to the free throw line 17 times thanks to 12 Milwaukee fouls.
The team defense left something to be desired, but it wasn’t all bad.
Jovanovich showcased some stopper potential on DeVries, who torched Marquette for 27 points and is a potential all-American, in the first half and Tate Mackenzie stepped forward to give the Panthers some rim protection that was absent the first three games of the year. The reserve big man and former Michigan football recruit showcased his athleticism with three blocks in 10 minutes.
“He and Faizon (Fields) at the rim were phenomenal. Both of them were walls,” Lundy said. “You want to learn from these types of games, and we’re learning that Tate’s really pretty good.”
Indiana is going to give plenty of opponents fits with its scoring prowess in the months to come, but nevertheless the total effort wasn’t one that Lundy walked away from feeling good about – and that’s the third time that has happened through four games.
Danilo Jovanovich shines
On his way to leading Milwaukee in scoring, Jovanovich put together a sequence on offense that displayed his top-end ability.
The Panthers had been within six points at 31-25 before the Hoosiers rattled off rapid 11-2 run in less than two minutes. With the arena rocking on the heels of an off-the-glass alley-oop to Reed Bailey to put Milwaukee in a 15-point hole, the ball went to Jovanovich at the top of the key. He slowly backed down DeVries and as the shot clock neared zero calmly hit a fadeaway off one leg in slow motion.
That bucket slowed the roll of the Hoosiers momentarily, sparking a 9-2 run to draw the Panthers within 43-36 with two minutes to go in the first half.
Defensively, Jovanovich was tasked with guarding DeVries and held him to just two points in the first half by presenting him with a physical challenge off the dribble and not allowing his shifty back cuts to work. DeVries hit a pair of threes in the second half to finish with 12 points but was, on the whole, outdueled by Jovanovich.
“I thought D-Lo did an unreal job on DeVries,” Lundy said. “This was D-Lo’s best college game on both sides of the ball, to play like that against an all-American.”
Bucks co-owner Jimmy Haslam talks greater involvement, Giannis future
Bucks co-owner Jimmy Haslam says that he will have a greater involvement with the team and that includes the decision on if to re-sign Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The Milwaukee Bucks know their placement in the 2026 NBA Draft, slotted No. 10 for their first lottery pick in a decade. Who are some of the possible selections at that spot when June 23 rolls around?
Check out what the first post-lottery wave of mock drafts has to say, most of them pointing to same prospect, that being Nate Ament of Tennessee, a 6-10 freshman small forward.
Nate Ament, forward, Tennessee
From Spencer Woo of ESPN: “While Ament’s stock has slipped from an early top-five projection, he had productive stretches this season within a tricky team context and has room to help himself in workouts. Although scouts are split on whether he has star potential or projects better as a long-term supporting player, there is still plenty of intrigue around Ament in the lottery. As a tall skill player with shotmaking upside, Ament fits a player archetype that teams often love to swing on. As Milwaukee considers a post-Antetokounmpo future, a malleable upside swing such as Ament could be a fit.”
Kevin O’Connor of Yahoo! Sports: “The Bucks should take a swing to jump-start their new era, whether or not Giannis Antetokounmpo is part of it. Players who can handle, shoot off the dribble, and stand at 6-foot-10 don’t grow on trees. This physical foundation kept Ament in lottery consideration even after a dreadful start to his freshman season when he struggled to score efficiently and make an impact defensively. But over the second half of the year for Tennessee, he flipped a switch and shots began to fall. He averaged 23.8 points over a six-game stretch in January and February that reminded everyone why he was a top recruit in the country. Then he dealt with an ankle injury that ruined his momentum entering March and he severely struggled during the tournament. Bucks general manager Jon Horst has never been afraid to take risks though. If Ament pans out, it could look like a stroke of genius.”
Gary Parrish of CBS Sports: “Ament had an up-and-down freshman season for the Vols – but the upside isn’t hard to spot. Less than a year ago, the 2025 McDonald’s All-American was considered a possible top-five pick. So getting Ament here would be nice for a Bucks franchise that seems on the verge of rebuilding after presumably trading Giannis Antetokounmpo this offseason.”
The Ringer: “Barring some transactional magic, this could be Milwaukee’s best bite at the talent apple in the draft for a while. The Bucks don’t currently have control over a first-round pick until 2031. If Giannis Antetokounmpo decides it’s time to move on, this roster will be rudderless and talent-deprived. If Giannis decides not to move on, it’ll have a rudder but still won’t go anywhere. Less than ideal, but that makes this a ‘best player available’ scenario, or rather ‘best wager available.’ There are definitely more stable options in this range, but Ament’s higher possible outcomes justify this pick. Ament fell short of expectations this past season, and he slid from top-five consideration as a result, but the jumbo-sized, smooth-moving ball handler is still a worthy bet here. Handling the ball at 6-foot-10 is an intriguing enough skill to instill some belief that he could develop into a quality asset. And the Bucks can take the risk given their circumstances.
Adam Finkelstein of CBS Sports: “Ament is a polarizing prospect with a wide range of outcomes on draft night. A late-blooming 6-foot-10 combo-forward who is fluid, has touch, and skill, he’s also inconsistent and needs to get stronger. While his freshman year was up and down, Ament’s overall arc has been linear, and there’s still glaring potential. That upside makes him a logical choice for a Milwaukee team that has a very uncertain future ahead of them.”
Brian Lewis of New York Post: “After the run on guards, taking an upside swing on a gifted developmental player here seems like a worthy gamble for a Bucks team that could be in full-on rebuild in a post-Giannis era.”
Two other names mentioned
From Eric Nehm of The Athletic: “This was an incredibly difficult pick to make without knowing what the Bucks are going to do with Giannis Antetokounmpo. If the 10-time All-Star forward remains in Milwaukee, it might make more sense to look at someone like Yaxel Lendeborg, who could make an impact right away and give the Bucks more size and skill. Instead, though, I went with Philon, who has a lot of offensive upside and could be protected on the defensive end by Ryan Rollins. Philon is an electrifying offensive player who shot 50 percent from the field and 39 percent from 3 while averaging 22 points, 3.5 rebounds and five assists per game last season.”
From Kurt Helin of NBC Sports: “The Bucks need all the backcourt help they can get, and Burries may not be flashy, but he does a lot of things well — he can play on and off the ball, can knock down catch-and-shoot jumpers but also attack closeouts, and he gets downhill off screens and has a midrange pull-up game.”
Brad Paisley (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)
MILWAUKEE – Brad Paisley is scheduled to perform at the BMO Pavilion in Milwaukee on Sept. 4.
Ticket information
What we know:
The ticket pre-sale for Brad’s fan club members, Paisley Nation, begins on Tuesday, May 12 at 10 am. All tickets available at BradPaisley.com.
The tour will also offer a variety of VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level.
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Packages vary but include premium seats, a guided backstage tour, VIP-exclusive gift item, early entry & more. VIP package contents vary depending on the selected offer. For more information, visit VIPnation.com.
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Billionaire Wes Edens, co-founder of Fortress Investment Group and co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks NBA club, is shown at Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 9, 2015. The Wall Street Journal on Sunday identified Edens as the victim of a billion-dollar extortion plot allegedly hatched by an ex-lover. File Photo by Andrew Gombert/EPA
May 10 (UPI) — Wes Edens, the billionaire co-founder of Fortress Investment Group and an owner of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, was the target of a billion-dollar extortion scheme allegedly perpetrated by an ex-lover, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
A spokesman for Edens, 64, confirmed to the newspaper that the financier is the unnamed alleged victim in a federal indictment brought against Changli “Sophia” Luo of New York City.
Edens, one of world’s most successful global investment management firm leaders with Fortress, has developed and owned businesses in real estate, transportation, infrastructure, health care, financial services, media and entertainment.
He is also a high-profile sports team owner, including the Bucks and soccer club Aston Villa of the English Premier League. He is credited turning the Bucks from a perennial cellar dweller into a champion squad over a five-year span, culminating in the 2021 NBA championship.
But he also fell victim to a lurid alleged “sextortion” scheme, his spokesman confirmed to the WSJ, admitting the Edens is the unnamed “Victim 1” cited an indictment filed last year in Manhattan federal court against Luo.
The indictment reportedly accuses her of trying to extort Victim 1 of more than $1 billion by threatening to release videos and photos of them engaged in sex. Prosecutors alleged Luo also threatened to contact the victim’s family members and business partners in a threat to destroy his fortune if he did not pay up.
According to the indictment, Luo was arrested June 14 at JFK International Airport as she tried to board a flight to China, the New York Post reported.
“Mr. Edens will be making no comment on the case as the indictment speaks for itself with respect to the charges against the defendant,” his spokesman told the Journal. “Mr. Edens expects to testify under oath at the upcoming trial.”
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