“Dayton is the most exciting mid-major in the country, no question,” college basketball analyst Evan Miyakawa wrote on X on Saturday.

“The Flyers now have the resume that matches the eye test we all saw on Maui,” one NCAA Tournament expert wrote. “Dayton is moving comfortably from bubble territory to the field, and rightly so.”

Dayton coach Anthony Grant warned the media not to build this team too quickly in his postgame press conference on Saturday.

“We’re not a finished product,” Grant said. “We won the game tonight. In three days it will be a different challenge. The most important game is the next one. I hope you understand this and help our boys understand this. Let’s not make too much of a game.”

The next game is coming quickly. Dayton (9-2) plays UNLV (5-4) at UD Arena on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Here are 10 things you should know about the game:

1. Delayed Matchup: Dayton lost 60-52 at UNLV in the third game of the 2022-23 season. UNLV was scheduled to play in Dayton on Dec. 6 last season. The game was canceled that day due to a shooting on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas, Nevada.

2. Series history: This is the second matchup of the series. Fifth-year Dayton guard Brady Uhl, who played the final 19 seconds against UNLV in 2022, is the only Flyer on the roster who played in that game. Malachi Smith missed the game due to injury.

Ten UNLV players saw action in the game against Dayton two years ago. Only two are still in college basketball and none are at UNLV. Keshon Gilbert is Iowa State’s leading scorer (16.4 points per game). Jackie Johnson III is Fordham’s leading scorer (19.0).

3. Tight schedule: UNLV has lost to four teams ranked in the top 70 of the NCAA Evaluation Tool: 80-74 at home to No. 30 Memphis; 80-58 over No. 24 Mississippi State at the Arizona Tipoff event in Tempe, Arizona; 66-61 to No. 59 Northwestern in Tempe; and 83-65 at No. 69 Creighton.

4. Last game: UNLV ended a three-game losing streak with a 72-65 win over Pacific (5-7) on Saturday in Henderson, Nevada. UNLV turned a three-point lead into a nine-point lead with back-to-back three-pointers late in the game.

“I’m really proud of the guys,” UNLV coach Kevin Kruger said in an article on the UNLV website. “I thought we implemented a lot of things that we wanted to implement based on the scouting report and our approach. They hit some really hard shots. We guarded them the way we wanted and placed them where we wanted. Our boys didn’t let that affect them too much. As they took the lead, DJ (Dedan Thomas Jr.) switched gears and ultimately made the difference. He made some great shots and great plays. We came up with some stops to regain the lead and of course Julian (Rishwain) extended it with back-to-back threes.”

5. Top returnees: Thomas, a 6-1 sophomore guard, leads UNLV in scoring (16.7 points per game). He also led the team in rushing as a freshman (13.4).

6. Top Newbies: Jeremiah Cherry, a 6-11 junior forward, ranks second in scoring (11.0). He played at New Mexico Junior College the last two years.

• Jailen Bedford, a 6-4 sophomore guard, ranks third in scoring (10.4). He played at Oral Roberts last season.

• Rishwain, a 6-5, sixth-year guard, plays for his fourth school. He played one season at Boston College, three at San Francisco and one at Florida.

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7. Ohio Connection: Former Miami RedHawks coach John Cooper is in his third season as an assistant coach on Kruger’s staff.

8. On the rise: Kruger improved UNLV’s win total in each of his first three seasons. After going 12-15 in TJ Otzelberger’s final season in 2020-21, UNLV finished Kruger’s first season at 18-14, then 19-13 the season it beat Dayton and 21-13 last season.

9. Strong Conference: UNLV finished fourth in the Mountain West Conference last season with a 12-6 record. The three teams before that – Utah State, Nevada and Boise State – all reached the NCAA Tournament. The three teams directly below in the standings — San Diego State, New Mexico and Colorado State — also received bids.

UNLV, which last played in the NCAA Tournament in 2013, was picked to finish fifth in the 11-team league this season.

10. Odds and Endings: KenPom.com gives Dayton an 89% chance of winning and predicts a score of 79-66. Dayton climbed from No. 32 to No. 26 in the Pomeroy standings after defeating Marquette. UNLV is No. 113.

• Dayton is No. 23 in the NCAA Evaluation Tool. UNLV is No. 154. This is a Quadrant 3 game for Dayton and a Quadrant 1 game for UNLV. If UNLV goes 76-160, it remains a Quad 3 game for Dayton.

Dayton is 2-2 in Quad 1 games, 1-0 in Quad 2 and 5-0 in Quad 4. UNLV is 0-3 in Quad 1, 0-1 in Quad 2 and 5-0 in Quad 4.

THE GAME ON TUESDAY

UNLV at Dayton, 7 p.m., Peacock, 1290, 95.7