The No. 23 Dayton Flyers (2-0) and UNLV Rebels (2-0) tangle Tuesday in Las Vegas. The opening tip at Thomas & Mack Center will be at 11 p.m. ET (CBSSN). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Dayton vs. UNLV odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Dayton had a little trouble late in its Friday game against SMU. The Mustangs pulled level with the Flyers (59-59) by the 5:04-mark of the 2nd half, but UD finished the game on a 15-3 run to cover an 11-point spread in a 74-62 triumph. Six-foot-10 F DaRon Holmes'tallied 20 to lead the Flyers.
The Rebels are 0-2 against the spread, having played a couple of games more worthy of bigger routs than they cranked out. That’s despite the Rebels being the beneficiary of a combined 51 turnovers in their wins over Southern (66-56, Nov. 7) and Incarnate Word (88-63 Saturday).