Ball State Cardinals vs Dayton Flyers Point Spread Picks

The Cardinals should struggle against the Dayton defense and it could snowball in this tough environment. Underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points against teams that averaged 77+ points last season are 27-60 ATS. Dayton is on a 19-10 ATS run and 44-4 straight-up in home openers. It's a big night as the Flyers introduce new coach Anthony Grant. Dayton is one of 19 schools to have made the last four NCAA Tournaments. This is a tall team that likes to shoot the three. In their exhibition game against Ohio Dominican, Xeyrius Williams and Josh Cunningham combined for 24 rebounds and the team attempted 22 three-pointers. Home favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points from a winning team the previous season with one or fewer starters returning are 72-35 ATS in the first 10 games of the new campaign. Play Dayton.