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Flyers Move
To 3-0 In A-10 Play With Win At Richmond
 Ramod Marshall scored six of his 18 points during a 14-2 Dayton
spurt in the second half Wednesday night as the Flyers held off
Richmond 55-50. Dayton (13-3, 3-0
Atlantic 10) took a 50-44 lead with 5:05 remaining after the burst.
The Spiders closed within a basket late in the game, but never
pulled even again.
 Discussion
& Game Review Here
Scott &
Williams Step Up in 60-56 Victory Over Temple
 Monty
Scott scored 20 points and Warren Williams 16 -- both coming off the
bench to hit career highs -- to lead Dayton to a 60-56 victory over
Temple on Saturday. On a day when the majority of starters for both
teams had trouble finding the basket, Scott and Williams provided
the difference for the Flyers (12-3, 2-0 Atlantic 10). Scott's two
free throws with 9.3 seconds left gave Dayton some breathing room.
Discussion
& Game Review Here
Next Up...
Temple on ESPN2
The
national spotlight of ESPN2 will be shining on the Atlantic 10
Conference and the University of Dayton Arena as the 11-3 (1-0 A10)
Dayton Flyers take on 6-6 (0-1 A10) Temple Owls. Game time is
1:00pm Saturday.
Dayton Beats
The Bonnies 76-72
 Conference play is never easy, and tonight was no exception.
Marques Green lead all scorers with 31, but it was Mark Jones
leading the Flyers with 20 (11 in the second half) in what was a
slow start - turned into high gear in the second half.
Dayton moves to 1-0 in A10 play and 11-3 overall in their triumph
over St. Bonaventure 76-72.
Discussion
& Game Review Here
Wyoming Wins At The Buzzer 61-59
 David
Adams canned a 16-footer at the buzzer to lift Wyoming to a 61-59
victory over Dayton on Saturday. It was the Cowboys' only basket in
the final 9 minutes, 24 seconds. The Flyers' Ramod
Marshall led all scorers with 24, while Keith Waleskowski had 13.
Discussion
& Game Review Here
Dayton
Thumped by Cincinnati 82-53
As fans, we saw this coming. Close games against poor to fair
warm up teams in a weak schedule. Now, critics who called the
Flyer's unbeaten record the softest 9-0 in the country, may have
been correct. UC came out with fire and Dayton responded with
turnover after turnover (28 in total). Keith Waleskowski had
his worst game this year, fouling out and seeing limited playing
time. The flustered
Flyers (9-1) threw away their best season-opening streak since
1955-56. Dayton won its first nine by surviving a few close calls
against overmatched teams, including two-point wins over Wagner and
IUPUI.
Discussion
& Game Review Here
Game
Photo's Here
Game
Preview: UD vs. UC
 Dayton
will get its first real test of the season when it plays at
Cincinnati on Tuesday in a battle of unbeatens. The
14th-ranked Flyers (9-0) are off to their best start since opening
11-0 in 1965-66. Dayton coach Brian Gregory said the 23rd-ranked
Bearcats (6-0) will be a litmus test for his Flyers. ``We're
excited about it,'' Gregory said. ``Our guys wouldn't be human
if they weren't thinking about it. We'll find out where we're at.''
Discussion Here
Finn Has
Career Points Game As Dayton Beats PV
 Sean
Finn made sure Dayton capitalized on its height advantage over
Prairie View. Finn, a 7-foot center, scored a career-high 27
points to lead No. 24 Dayton to a 78-65 victory over Prairie View
A&M on Saturday. Finn shot 12-for-13 from the field and finished
with 10 rebounds for his third straight double-double.
Full
Story & Discussion Here
Photo
Gallery
Dayton
Flyers #24 in Both National Polls
The AP and ESPN Polls released
today have the Flyers ranked nationally for a second straight week
at #24. Dayton retained it's position this week in the ESPN
poll and moved up one slot from #25 in the AP Poll. Both polls
are good news for the club as a top 25 ranking ensures coverage on
TV, Radio and Newspapers and grants exposure to the program on a
national scale. The Flyers next challenge comes against
Prairie View this Saturday.
It Wasn't
Pretty, But UD Moves to 8-0
 Sean Finn lead the Flyers with
18 points and 11 rebounds in a hard fought 61-59 victory over the IUPUI Jaguars Saturday night at the University of Dayton arena.
Keith Waleskowski chipped in 14 and Ramod Marshall 9 in the winning
effort. Dayton's poor performance from 3 point land continued
in the game hitting only 5-26 for 19% and an overall 39% from the
floor.
Full
Story & Discussion Here
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Gallery
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Flyers 7-0
After Hard Fought Victory Over Cajuns
The 24th ranked Flyers found themselves
down at halftime by 9 but went on a 14-0 run to start the second
half and take control of the game behind solid defense and
rebounding efforts. Still turnovers and poor 3 point shooting
plagued Dayton. The Cajuns, missing a number of their starters
for this game appeared to have the Flyers number, but Dayton held on
to pull the game out in the final minutes. The final score,
66-59.
Dayton
Ranked #25 & #24 - Face Ragin' Cajuns
 Monday's
national rankings for Division 1 have been released and the Dayton
Flyers appear to have caught the eyes of the pollsters coming in at
#25 in the AP Poll and #24 in the Coaches Poll after being unranked
previously this season. Dayton will have their first chance to
defend their ranking tonite as they go up against the Ragin' Cajuns
(1-1) of Louisiana-Lafayette.
Flyers
Battle Wagner to Finish - 67-61
Sean Finn was 5-of-6 from the field,
including a jumper with 53 seconds to play, to help unbeaten Dayton
hold on for a 67-65 victory over Wagner on Saturday night. Finn also
hit 6 of 8 free throws to finish with 16 points for Dayton (6-0).
Ramod Marshall added 12 points, and Keith Waleskowski had 11 points
for the Flyers. The Flyers have not started a season with six
straight wins since they went 8-0 in 1999-2000.
Story & Discussion
Flyers
Squeak By Miami Red Hawks 67-61
In a tough fought game that saw Dayton go
cold for 5 minutes in the second half, the Flyers prevailed down the
stretch 67-61 at the UD Arena in the home opener. Keith
Waleskowski and Ramod Marshall lead the team with sharp play 19 & 12
points respectively. Mark Jones and Sean Finn also chipped in
12. Finn got into foul trouble early which reduced his
effectiveness. Dayton, now 5-0 will challenge Wagner this
Saturday at home. Game time is 8pm.
Nick
Stafford Joins Flyers Roster
University of Dayton men's basketball
coach Brian Gregory has announced that Nick Stafford, a 6-9,
215-pound center, has signed an institutional letter of intent to
join the Flyers. Stafford, a 2003 graduate of Worcester Academy,
will be eligible to practice and play for UD on December 18, which
is the day after the University's first semester ends.
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Flyers Win
The Maui Invitational 82-72
 The game was at times, painful to
watch but the Flyers and head coach Brian Gregory hung in there and
came back to erase an 8 point deficit at half time and go on to win
by 10, 82-72. Ramod Marshall led Dayton with 27 but the gritty
play of Keith Waleskowski earned him the tournament MVP. Could
a top 25 ranking for the Flyers be next on Monday? We at
UDFlyers.com are skeptical, but 3 days of national exposure on ESPN
and the Maui Classic crown certainly can't hurt.
Full Story
Photos From The Game
Dayton
Hangs Tough Against San Diego State
 Ramod
Marshall scored 17 points, including three free throws with 1:50
left that broke the game's final tie, and Dayton beat San Diego
State 76-71 Tuesday night in the semifinals of the Maui
Invitational. The Flyers (3-0) will play Hawaii
in Wednesday night's championship game broadcast nationally on ESPN.
It will be Dayton's best finish in the eight-team tournament,
topping the third place it took in 2000.
Full Story
Photos From The Game
Dayton
Triumphs in Round One of Maui Classic
 Keith
Waleskowski had 17 points and 13 rebounds and Dayton dominated
inside in an 82-63 victory over Central Michigan on Monday in the
opening round of the Maui Invitational. The Flyers (2-0) will play
San Diego State game in the semifinals on Tuesday night at 7pm on
ESPN.
Full Story
Welcome
Back... Men's Basketball Schedule Times Out!
Get ready to plan your
weekends Flyer Fans! The 2003-2004 Schedule is out complete
with game times for the season.
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Fairfield
Star to Play Hoops for UD
Norman Plummer, a 6-foot-6, 200-pound wing forward from Fairfield,
Ohio, has informed University of Dayton basketball coach Brian
Gregory that he will accept a basketball scholarship to attend UD in
2004-2005. Plummer, who averaged 26 points and nine rebounds last
season for Brewster Academy of Wolfeboro, N.H., will play next
season at Hargrave Military Academy. Plummer is the first player to
commit to UD since Gregory became head coach in April.
It's
Official, Brian Gregory Named Head Coach
 Brian
Gregory, a 36-year-old assistant coach at Michigan State University,
has been hired as head basketball at the University of Dayton. He
was introduced at a mid-afternoon media conference at UD Arena.
While at MSU, he was part of two Final Four teams, including
Michigan State's national championship team in 2000. This is his
first head coaching position.
Discuss
Here
Purnell
Leaves Dayton For Clemson
 No
replacement has been named as of yet though Senior
Assistant Coach Ron Jirsa has been mentioned as a candidate.
The University released this statement from UD Vice-President and
Director of Athletics Ted Kissell: "The worst curse for any AD is to
have a coach no one wants, and after our great non-conference
season, it was obvious that people would be interested in pursuing
Oliver. So we have prepared for the possibility that we could be
looking for a new coach come spring. We have identified
candidates with whom we wish to speak and we will begin the
interview process immediately"
Discuss
Here
UDFlyers.com
Bracketology Challenge! 
 The UDFlyers.com
Bracketology Challenge for the Big Dance is now in play... where the users of the site
pick the brackets! What's at stake? The three best bracketologists who are also registered users of the boards will
receive a UDFlyers.com t-shirt with the UDFlyers.com Angry
Basketball Logo! Hey, we know it's not much but cut us a break,
we're new... and Free Stuff is Free Stuff!
Rules and details here
Purnell & Dayton Fall
Short Again in the Big Dance
Oliver Purnell's jinx
continues as he and the Dayton Flyers were unable to get past their
first round opponent Tulsa in a disappointing loss, 84-71.
Purnell as head coach at Dayton has yet to get past the first round
of the NCAA Tournament. The Golden Hurricanes came out strong
in the first half while Dayton appeared sleepy at best and couldn't
buy a basket at times, especially from 3 point land. UD made a
run at Tulsa late in the second half but it was a case of a little
too little, a little too late. The Flyers are the only seed
above a 5 to loose in the first round this year so far.
Game
Thoughts & Discussion
Flyers a #4 Seed in
NCAA Tourney vs. Tulsa
 The
selection committee has spoken and Dayton is headed to Spokane,
Washington in the Midwest Bracket and will face the Golden
Hurricanes of Tulsa on Thursday. Also of note, Xavier
pulls a #3 Seed against Troy State and St. Josephs racks up a #7
seed vs. Auburn.
Discuss the Flyers Seed here
NCAA
Brackets
Printable Bracket
Dayton Flyers Win the
Atlantic 10 Title!
 One of the country's
best home teams can start packing for the ultimate road show. Sean
Finn scored a career-high 20 points Saturday as No. 22 Dayton put
the finishing touch on its best home season, beating Temple 79-72
for its first Atlantic 10 tournament title. The victory
unfortunately was marred with an ugly event at the end of the game
in which over zealous University of Dayton Arena Security tried to
thwart fans from rushing the floor.
(posted 3.15.03)
Game
Coverage
The Real Story on Rushing the Floor
Flyers Defeat Rhode
Island 74-57
The Flyers, despite a 12 day layoff looked fairly solid in their
Quarterfinal match up against the Rhode Island Rams. The
jumped out to a lead early and ended the half up 39-16.
However, the Rams came out hot in early in the second half and hit 3
point after 3 point shot till most in attendance including the
UDFlyers.com staff were wondering if the game would go down to the
wire. However, the Flyers got their second wind and pulled
away in a decisive 74-57 victory.
Details and discussion
UDFlyers.com Live
from the A10 Tourney
The staff of UDFlyers.com will be at the A10 tourney this week and
will be reporting back to the site via our Discussion Boards with
thoughts, comments, observations and maybe even a score or two!
Be sure to check the boards regularly on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday for updates. See you at the A10!
Discussion
Boards
Flyers Finish 21 & 22
in Regular Season Polls
A week off from basketball thanks to St. Bonaventure hut the Flyers
in the Associated Press poll as they dropped from #21 to #22 this
week. Dayton's fortunes were reversed however when it came to
the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll where the Flyers advanced from #22
to #21 this week. Other polls of note: CBS SportsLine
#19, The Sporting News #22, Fox Sports (Burlison) #13 Also, of
note, UD's RPI has hung tough at #20 and St. Josephs squeeked into
this weeks AP poll at #25 giving the A10 3 top 25 teams in total.
Discuss
here
Scrimmage: The Flyers
Anti-Freeze?
 A
warm Saturday morning and a very conflicted pep-band set the stage
for a real treat for Flyer Faithful. In an attempt to prevent a
freeze up before the A10 tournament began The Flyers held an
inter-squad scrimmage and UDFlyers.com was there with a blow by blow
report.
(posted 3.8.03)
full
game report by UDMEE
Scrimmage Saturday at
the Frericks Center
 The
University of Dayton men's basketball team will hold an open
scrimmage on Saturday, March 8, beginning at 11:30 a.m. The
intra-squad battle will take place in the Frericks Center on the
campus of UD and is open to the general public. Admission is
free. UDFlyers.com staff member UDMEE will be on hand and will
file a "game" report at the conclusion of the events. The scrimmage is a
result of Saturday's originally scheduled men's basketball regular
season finale between Dayton and St. Bonaventure not being played.
(posted 3.6.03)
Full
story & discussion here
It's Official - St.
Bonaventure Will Not Play
 The lingering questions have
been answered. According to 107.7 WNSA, St. Bonaventure has
announced that that their team has voted not to play their two remaining games this
week which included an away game at UMass and at home vs. Dayton on
Saturday. With that forfeit, the Flyers 2003 regular season is
now in the record books and will finish up 21-5 overall and 14-2 in
Atlantic 10 league play. Dayton gets the credit of a forfeit
for league play purposes but it adds nothing to their overall record. (posted 3.4.03)
discuss
here
Final Game vs. St.
Bonaventure Game Moving to Neutral Site or Being Cancelled All
Together?
 The Buffalo News is reporting
that "the (A10) conference is still pondering the possibility of
pulling Saturday's season finale against Dayton out of the Reilly
Center and making the teams play at an undetermined neutral site."
In addition, ESPN is raising the question as to whether the Bonnies
will even finish out their season. According to their sources
"St. Bonaventure players and coaches are holding a team meeting this
morning to determine whether they want to continue the season after
being told Monday they had to forfeit six Atlantic 10 victories for
using an ineligible player."
(posted 3.4.03)
Full
story & discussion
Dayton Ranked #22 and
#21 In National Polls
 Yesterday's
poll results saw the Flyers advance in the national spotlight.
The
Associated Press has Datyon ranked #21 while the ESPN/USA Today
Coaches Poll lands the Flyers at #22 in the nation. Other poll
results were also encouraging with
Fox Sports at #16,
Sporting News #21 and the
CNNSI Power Poll came in at #19. Meanwhile, on the
bracketology front, according to
Joe Lunardi at ESPN,
our seed has dropped from a #6 to a #7 with Dayton playing in
Boston, MA vs. Arizona State on March 21.
(posted 3.4.03)
St. Bonaventure
to Forfeit 6 Wins, Spot In A10 Tourney
The Associated Press is reporting that the St. Bonaventure men's
basketball team will forfeit six Atlantic 10 Conference victories
and is barred from the postseason tournament for using an ineligible
player. St. Bonaventure's games have been in question since last
week when the school declared junior center Jamil Terrell ineligible
for failing to meet NCAA junior college transfer guidelines.
(posted 3.3.03)
Full story & discussion
Next Up - The
St. Bonaventure Bonnies
The
Flyers head to the Reilly Center at St. Bonaventure for their final
regular season game. Dayton will have it's hands full with St.
Bonaventure junior point guard Marques Green, who was named Atlantic
10 men's basketball Player of the Week for the period of Feb.
24-March 2. Green shares the award (his third this season), with
Xavier's David West.
(posted 3.3.03)
#25 Dayton (21-5, 13-2) at St. Bonaventure (13-14, 7-7)
When: Saturday March 8, 2 pm
TV: Fox Sports Ohio/DirecTV 626, 637 & 638
Radio: WHIO-AM (1290)
Dayton Squeaks
Past Fordham on Senior Day
The
Fordham Rams looked like a team with a mission today... to prove
that they are better than their 2 and 22 record indicated.
They almost succeeded. In a closely fought battle that went
right down to the wire, the 25th ranked Dayton Flyers managed to
pull out a 69-64 victory in front of a sell out crowd at the
University of Dayton Arena. The Rams successfully stayed in
the game by pairing a deadly combination of 3 point shooting and
stall ball offense. Dayton breathes a sigh of relief and
advances to 21-5 and 13-2 in conference play.
(posted 3.1.03)
Full
story & discussion
From One Ram to
Another
After
a sizable triumph over the Rhode Island Rams, the next hurdle in the
Flyers’ NCAA chase is the Fordam Rams this Saturday at the UD Arena.
While many would agree that the Flyers soared over the bigger of the
two Rams this past Wednesday, it’s always a big mistake to
overestimate your opponent. To be cliché, it is not the size of the
Ram in the fight but the size of the fight in the Ram.
(posted 2.28.03 - coverage by
staff writer
UDMEE)
Full story & discussion
Flyers Hit 20
Win Season With 80-72 Victory
 Brooks
Hall lead the Flyers with 20 points (4 from 3 point range) and Ramod
Marshall hit the 1000 career point mark with his 17 point backup
effort as the Flyers emerged victorious in a 80-72 battle of wills
with the Rhode Island Rams. This brings the 25th ranked teams
record to 20-5 overall and 11-2 in conference play. Dayton
also upped their road record to 7-4. The Flyers have now hit 20
victories for their fourth straight season, the best run of success
since five straight 20-win campaigns from 1965-69.
(posted 2.26-27.03)
Full story & discussion
ESPN:
Dayton Makes 12 3 Pointers
CBS Sportsline: Game Recap
Norwich Bulletin: Jones Puts on a Show
Sporting News: Dayton's D Shuts Down Rhode Island
Looking Ahead
To The Rhode Island Rams
This
Wednesday the flyers will travel to Rhode Island to lock up with the
Rams. After loosing a heartbreaker on Saturday against Xavier, the
outcome of this game is now even more vital. While the 15-9 Rams may
seem to be overshadowed by the 19-5 Flyers; this will certainly be
no easy sailing for the Flyers.
(posted 2.23.03 - coverage by
staff writer
UDMEE)
Complete Story & Discussion
Flyers Ranked
#25 In the Coaches Poll & AP Polls!
Today's poll results have been released and the Flyers broke into
the national spotlight of ESPN by earning a ranking of #25 in this
weeks poll. They also held tough at #25th in the nation
according to the Associated Press. CBS Sportsline held Dayton steady
at #23 and said "Despite losing to Xavier twice, the Flyers proved
they deserve mention as one of college hoops' top teams."
Sporting News ranked the Flyers at #24, down from a last weeks #20
spot
(posted 2.23.03)
Discussion
Dayton Comes Up
Short Against Xavier... Yet Again
 Dayton
(#25) had the chance to defeat Xavier(#14) for the first time in
their last five meetings, but Ramod Marshall's last-second shot fell
short as the Musketeers 73-72. The Flyers 13 game home winning
streak was also broken in front of a sellout crowd of 13,409 at the
University of Dayton Arena.
(posted 2.23.03)
Dayton Daily: Near miss: Flyers fall short of ‘X'
Dayton Daily: Xavier ‘wax’-es UD again
ESPN.com: Dayton Misses Shot At Last Second
CBS Sportsine Last-second basket - Xavier hand Dayton first home
loss
Next Up...
Xavier
Musketeers & The Battle For 1st Place
 #25
Dayton (19-4, 11-1) vs. #14 Xavier (19-4, 10-1)
Place: University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OH
Time: 2 p.m. Saturday February 22
TV: ESPN / Radio: WHIO-AM 1290
(posted 2.20.03)
Flyers Squeak Past Richmond...
Earn A10 Tourney First Round Automatic Bye
A solid defense and a balanced Flyer offense gave Dayton its 19th
victory, 70-63, over the Richmond Spiders. Four Flyers were in
double-figures. During the game, Sean Finn established a new school
record by connecting on his 18th-straight field goal attempt.
His streak ended later on a failed alley-oop attempt Dayton, ranked
#25 by the Associated Press, won as a ranked team for the first time
since 1969.
The victory was the
12th in 13 games for Dayton
(posted 2.20.03)
Story & Discussion
Next Up...
Richmond
Spiders
 #25
Dayton (18-4, 10-1) vs. Richmond (12-10, 6-5)
Place: Robbins Center, Richmond VA
Time: 7 p.m. Wednesday February 19th
TV: WHIO-TV Dayton, OH / Radio: WHIO-AM 1290
Series Record: Dayton leads 3-1; Richmond is 1-0 in Richmond.
Their last Meeting Dayton won 66-53 on 1/15/03 @ UD Arena
(posted 2.19.03)
Flyers Now
Nationally Ranked - #25 AP
The Associated Press poll for the week of February 17 has been
released and the Dayton Flyers have moved into the #25 slot after
their impressive win over St. Joseph's. Also of note, Dayton
is presently ranked #23 in the CBS SportsLine poll and #20 in the
Sporting News Power Poll. The disappointment is the ESPN/USA
Today Coaches Poll where the Flyers got hosed with a #26 ranking...
placing them just below the limelight of the top 25. Guess
we'll be waiting at least another week for Sports Center highlights.
(posted 2.17.03)
AP
Poll
Sporting
News Poll
CBS SportsLine Poll
Defense Triumphs
Over #25 St. Joe's
 One
of the best defensive efforts of the year allowed the University of
Dayton Flyers to knock off 25th-ranked St. Joseph's, 66-56, in a
showdown of the Atlantic 10 Conference's two division leaders.
The Flyers have now won 14 of their last 16 games and are 13-0 at
home and are most certainly deserving of a Top 25 Ranking come
Monday when the polls are released.
(posted 2.15.03)
Fox Sports Coverage
Dayton Daily News Coverage
Box Score
Next Up... The
Saint Joe's Hawks
 Dayton
(17-4, 9-1) vs. #25 Saint Joseph's (18-3, 8-2)
Place: UD Arena - Dayton
Time: 3 p.m. Saturday February 15th
TV: ESPN2 / Radio: WHIO-AM 1290
Flyers Pound GW Colonials, 87-68
The
game was long and loaded with personal fouls. But the Dayton Flyers
still were happy Wednesday to triumph over George Washington, 87-68.
This victory extends the Flyers winning streak to 12 straight at
home and allows them to retake first place in the Atlantic 10 West
by one half a game over Xavier. The Flyers next challenge is
Saturday at the UD Arena vs. Associated Press #25 ranked St.
Josephs.
(posted 2.12.03)
Dayton Daily News Coverage
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