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The 10th seed Wichita State Shockers face the 7th seed Dayton Flyers in a South Region first round NCAA Tournament game that will take place at a neutral site at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana Friday March 17th at 7:10 PM ET. Wichita State is the lower seed, but that didn’t stop the lines makers from making them a six point favorite over Dayton. The total line for this has fallen from 148 points to 145.5.
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Wichita State is coming off a 71-51 win over Illinois State in their last game where they covered the 7-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 122, which was under the closing line of 133. The Shockers have covered the spread in five of their last six games and in their last three games the total has gone under every time. Wichita State has won their last 15 games.
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Dayton is coming off a 73-67 loss to Davidson in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 4-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 140, which was under the closing line of 142.5. The Flyers have failed to cover the spread in their last two games after doing so in three in a row and previous to the Davidson game the total had gone over in 11 straight games. Dayton has lost their last two games.
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Offensively, Wichita State is putting up 82.1 points per game, which ranks 20th in the nation, on a 47.2% FG average. On the defensive side of things the Shockers are allowing 62.4 points per game, which ranks 14th in the nation, on a 37.9% FG average, which ranks 5th in the nation.
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Dayton is putting up 76.5 points per game on a 46.7% FG average. On defense the Flyers are allowing 66.5 points per game on a 41.3% FG average.
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This is the first ever match up between these teams.
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Wichita State Shockers at Dayton Flyers Betting Trends<br />
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Wichita State is 7-1 against the spread in their last 8 games overall.
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The Shockers are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games.
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The game total has gone under in 10 of Wichita State’s last 14 games.
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Dayton is 9-2 straight up in their last 11 games overall.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this NCAAB matchup between Wichita State and Dayton have the public leaning to the visiting Shockers minus the 6 points with 62%. The over/under bettors are banking on this game staying under the posted total line of 148 with 54% on board.
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