Marquette vs Dayton Game Information

Marquette vs Dayton Preview

Dayton (8-2, 7-0 at Home) welcomes No. 6 Marquette (8-2, 1-1 on Road) to Rubber City on Saturday night for this Big East-Atlantic 10 Conference battle. The Flyers have won three straight, knocking off two-time defending national champions and then-No. 2 Connecticut (85-67) in the 7th-place game of the Maui Invitational in Hawai’i, Western Michigan (77-69), and Lehigh (86-62) after losing to No. 3 Iowa State and No. 12 North Carolina (92-90) in their Maui openers. The Cyclones also handed the Golden Warriors their last loss (81-70) with Marquette beating Georgia (80-69), Stony Brook (84-59), Western Carolina (94-62), and Wisconsin (88-74) for its last 4 wins. Dayton is No. 32 in the Ken Pomeroy Ratings with Marquette at No. 10. The Flyers are 100/1 to win the 2025 NCAA Tournament (DraftKings) while the Golden Warriors are currently priced at 35/1.

No. 6 Marquette Enjoying a Fantastic Start

Marquette (7-3-0 ATS, 5-5-0 O/U) has been very kind to its backers at the betting window with the Golden Warriors and superstar G Kam Jones (20.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 6.5 apg), F David Joplin (14.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg), G Stevie Mitchell (11.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg), G Chase Ross (10.7 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.6 apg), and F Ben Gold (8.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg) fine tuning their game before Big East play tips off and everything gets extremely harder. Marquette (15.7 apg, #99) averages 83.4 ppg (#42) and allow 66.4 ppg but the Golden Warriors need to do a better job Rebounding (34.2 rpg, Tied-#302) if they are going to get where they want to go. Jones and Marquette are a profitable 28-18-1 ATS in their last 47 games overall (60.9%).

Marquette Betting Trends

• Marquette is 7-3-0 ATS in its last 10 games overall
• The Over is 3-1-0 in Marquette’s last 4 games 
• Marquette was 21-15-1 ATS last season
• The Golden Warriors are 6-1-0 ATS at Home this season
• Marquette is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games

Dayton Has Played Just One Under in 9 Games

Dayton (7-2-0 ATS, 7-1-1 O/U) has been an incredible side both ATS and betting the Over in the Totals market and the Flyers are led by G Enoch Cheeks (16.0 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 1.9 spg), F Nate Santos ( 14.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg), F Zed Key (12.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg), G Malachi Smith (11.6 ppg, 5.5 apg), G Javon Bennett (8.6 ppg), G Posh Alexander (6.7 ppg, 3.8 apg), F Amael L’Etang (6.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg), and F Jacob Conner (5.6 ppg). The Flyers average 80.7 ppg and allow 67.9 ppg, 17.9 apg (Tied-#29) and 35.6 rpg (Tied- 252). Last year Dayton finished No. 24 in the Top2 5 rankings, went 14-4 in the A-10 and 25-8 overall. The Flyers defeated Nevada in the First Round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament (63-60) but then lost to Arizona in the Round of 32 (78-69) in the West Regional.

Dayton Betting Trends

• Dayton is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games (Losses to UNC, IOWA ST)
• The Flyers are 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 games overall
• Dayton was 16-16-1 ATS in the 2023-24 NCAAB season (50%)
• The Over is 7-1-1 in the Flyers last 9 lined games
• The Over is 5-0-0 in Dayton’s last 5 games
• Dayton has now won 23 straight games at Home

Marquette vs Dayton Prediction

The last time these two teams played was here in Dayton where the Flyers won outright (89-75) as big 9-Point Home Underdogs in a game that went Over the closing Total of 138 by 26 points. With the Flyers (+104 Moneyline, Marquette -125) an unbeaten 7-0 at Home this year and an unblemished 15-0 at UD Arena last season, this Marquette vs Dayton NCAAB pick picks itself by the strength of the Site. This is a team that also manhandled the two-time defending national champions, Connecticut, already this year. The Flyers last loss at Home came 658 days ago on February 25, 2023 vs George Mason (74-69) and with a streak of 23 straight victories at Home, why would you dare stand on the train tracks when you hear the train coming?

Kevin’s Pick: Dayton +1.5