Ball State Cardinals vs Oregon Ducks Point Spread Picks

This is the third game in five days for Ball State, a long way from home, and on a 5-2-2 run UNDER the total. The Cardinals are also in the middle of a stretch in which they play five games in 11 days. Ball State can play good defense for head coach James Whitford, coming off back-to-back 20-win campaigns. Ball State senior guard Jeremie Tyler was suspended indefinitely before the team's game Wednesday at Oklahoma, so they won't want to get into an uptempo battle. They head to Oregon, a team that lost seven of its top 10 scorers from last season's Final Four squad, including a trio of NBA Draft picks. Elijah Brown (10.3 points per game) is the Ducks' lone returning starter. Ball State has an edge in returning starters, and the UNDER is 100-52 in the first five games of the new season where the total is between 150 and 160.5 points and one team has two or more starters returning from last year than opponent. Play this game UNDER.