The Stony Brook Seawolves and Marquette Golden Eagles meet in college basketball action on Monday at Fiserv Forum. We will look at this from a betting perspective and identify the best bets for this game. Here's a prediction between Stony Brook and Marquette.

Summary of Stony Brook

The Stony Brook Seawolves enter this season with the goal of building on a decent 2023-24 season. They finished the year 17-14 in the regular season and made it to the CAA tournament final as a seventh seed, but lost in OT to Charleston. The Seawolves did not participate in any postseason tournaments. It was a big deal for Stony Brook to have as much success as they did since they lost four players for most of the season and the Seawolves were actually the best ATS team in the country. The problem is losing Chris Maidoh and Keenan Fitzmorris from last year's team as it takes away a significant amount of size from Stony Brook's interior. But the Seawolves brought in a double-digit scorer in Joe Octave from Holy Cross to bolster the backcourt alongside returnees like Jared Frey and Andre Snoddy, as well as star JUCO transfer CJ Luster II. Only time will tell if Stony Brook can repeat the magic of 2023-24 this time.

Why the Stony Brook Seawolves will win

• Stony Brook has won five of its last six games against non-conference opponents.

Marquette Summary

The Marquette Golden Eagles will look to have another successful season under Shaka Smart. They finished the season 27-10, including 14-6 in the Big East, and lost to national champion UConn in the conference championship game. Marquette defeated Western Kentucky and second-seeded Colorado before losing to NC State in the round of 16. The Golden Eagles return much of the corps from last season, led by Kam Jones, who had 17.2 PPG while shooting 40.6% from three, along with David Joplin, who scored 10.8 PPG, and Stevie Mitchell in the backcourt. The key for Marquette will be replacing big-time lost players like Tyler Kolek and Oso Ighodaro, who both ended up in the NBA. Ighodaro was integral to Marquette's success last year, so replacing him won't be easy, but Shaka Smart has done nothing but win since arriving at Marquette, and I wouldn't trust him to make another NCAA Tournament appearance.

Why the Marquette Golden Eagles will win

• Marquette has won 20 of its last 21 games at Fiserv Forum against opponents not ranked in the AP rankings.
• Stony Brook has lost 15 of its last 16 road games against non-conference opponents.

Stony Brook vs Marquette Prediction

I'm here in Marquette. It will be interesting to see how Marquette manages to replace key pieces like Ighodaro and Kolek, and I don't want to say it will be easy, but Shaka Smart is a good enough coach to get over that, and Marquette has Really had success last season It's clear to the teams that they were far better than. Teams like Northern Illinois, Rider and Southern won early with 22, 30 and 37 wins, respectively. I think a lot of people will be tempted to back the most profitable ATS team in the country from last year, but I think there's just a talent gap here that's hard to fill. Give me Marquette.