The 10th-seeded Syracuse Orange (19-13) will look to avenge an upset loss to the seventh-seeded Dayton Flyers (25-7) in the Big Dance two years ago when they meet again in a Midwest Region first-round matchup Friday.
The Flyers defeated the Orange 55-53 as 8.5-point underdogs in the second round of the 2014 NCAA tournament en route to making it to the Elite Eight for the first time under head coach Archie Miller.
Point spread: The Orange opened as one-point favorites; the total was 131, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark. (Line updates and matchup report)
March Madness pick, via Odds Shark computer: 72.