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Dayton and
Xavier Stay Home - NIT Says No
 The
season has come to an end for the Dayton Flyers and Xavier
Musketeers as the NIT selection committee deemed their records
apparently not sufficient to make the tournament.
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The Waiting
is the Hardest Part
Many
have contented over the past few days that the Temple game was a
"play-in" for an invite to the National Invitational Tournament
(NIT). It's Selection Sunday and the Flyers have to be
sweating things out waiting to see if the selection committee looks
kindly on them and Dayton's crowd drawing potential. At 18-11,
and many good teams from stronger leagues "on the bubble" for the
NCAA Tourney, the invite looks like a long shot.
Dayton Falls
Flat (Again) Against Temple
 Temple
continued its surge during coach John Chaney's suspension, using its
intimidating defense to beat Dayton 61-51 Thursday and advance to
the Atlantic 10 tournament semifinals. The four teams that got
first-round byes won their games on Thursday. Temple (16-12) will
play George Washington, the conference's only 20-win team, in one
semifinal, while Xavier faces Saint Joseph's in the other. The
Flyers end the regular season and conference tourney at 18-11.
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Gregory
Named A10 Coach of the Year
 CBS
Sportsline has announced their Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year... and
it's Dayton's own Brian Gregory. Here's what they had to say... "Final
word: Gregory used six freshmen and two sophomores to bludgeon most
of the A-10."
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Temple and
Dayton Square Off at 8:30 p.m. Tonite
 Tonite's
quarterfinal game versus Temple is scheduled for an 8:30 p.m.
tip-off at U.S. Bank Arena (or approximately 23 minutes following
the conclusion of the previous game - George Washington vs.
Fordham). The winner of those two quarterfinals will meet in
Friday's second semifinal (at 8:30 p.m.). All of Thursday's A-10
quaterfinal games will be live on A-10 TV (Fox Sports Ohio)
Dayton
Manhandles The Bonnies 78-48
 Norman
Plummer scored 18 points and Dayton easily advanced in the Atlantic
10 tournament with a 78-48 win over St. Bonaventure in the first
round on Wednesday. Dayton (18-10), which finished third in
the West Division, will play Temple in Thursday's final quarterfinal
game. The Owls, the runner up in the East Division, defeated the
Flyers 78-70 on Feb. 6 in a game that the Flyers struggled to find
the basket in the first half.
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A10 Tourney
Win A Must For NCAA Bid
 The
A10 tourney begins tonight for the Dayton Flyers as they take on the
Bonnies of St. Bonaventure. The freshman heavy Flyers are in a
must win situation, needing to sweep the Atlantic 10 Tournament for
an NCAA birth. The game is on radio only. The winner
takes on Temple tomorrow.
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Conference
Play Begins Against Duquesne
 The
University of Dayton men's basketball team begins the defense of its
2004 Atlantic 10 West Division title Wednesday when Duquesne visits
UD Arena. UD has won six of its nine A-10 openers, including two
straight and six of seven since 1998. Wednesday's game time is 7:00
p.m. EST.
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Vandy
Overpowers Dayton 90-74
 Dawid
Przybyszewski and Dan Cage each hit five 3-pointers and Vanderbilt
had six players score in double figures in a 90-74 victory over
Dayton on Wednesday night. Przybyszewski finished with 19 points,
while Cage and Corey Smith scored 15 for the Commodores. Mario Moore
had 13 points and a career-high eight assists, and DeMarre Carroll
added 10 points and seven rebounds. Julian Terrell finished with 10
points. The Commodores (8-4) shot a season-high 57 percent from
3-point range, hitting 13 of 23 attempts. Mark Jones and Brian
Roberts each scored 13 points for Dayton (6-4), which saw its
five-game winning streak snapped. Trent Meacham added 10 points. The
Flyers entered the game allowing 60.2 points per game.
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Dayton Over
Zips 77-66
Norman Plummer
scored 19 points and Mark Jones finished with 17 to help Dayton beat
Akron 77-66 for its fifth straight victory. Warren Williams also had
10 points for the Flyers (6-3), who shot 53 percent from the field
and out rebounded the Zips 36-30.
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Dungeon Report
Dayton Tops
Northwestern State 64-55
Mark Jones
scored a season-high 17 points to lead Dayton to a 64-55 victory
over Northwestern State on Monday as the Demons wrapped up an
unsuccessful trip to southwest Ohio. Monty Scott added 11
points for Dayton (5-3), all in the first half, and Warren Williams
had 10.
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Dungeon Report
Dayton 62,
Saint Louis 54
Brian Roberts came off
the bench to score 14 points and lead Dayton over St. Louis 62-54
Saturday. After Saint Louis took a 50-49 lead with 5:36 left, the
Flyers (4-3) went on a 13-4 run to secure their third victory in a
row. Monty Scott and Norman Plummer added 12 points each for
Dayton.
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Dayton 79,
Texas Southern 60
 Monty
Scott scored 18 points and Norman Plummer added 11 points and 10
rebounds to lead Dayton to a 79-60 win over Texas Southern on
Saturday. The Flyers (3-3) jumped out to a 15-7 lead in the first 5
minutes, and never trailed.
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Report
Next Up -
Texas Southern
The
2-3 University of Dayton Flyers end a three-game home stand this
Saturday, when Texas Southern visits the University of Dayton
Arena. Game time is 8:00 p.m. Texas State comes into town with a
2-3 record following an 81-68 win Wednesday over Jarvis Christian.
The game can be heard live online at 1290whio.com
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Dayton
Squeaks Victory Out Over Wyoming
 Mark
Jones scored 10 points and hit two foul shots with 33 seconds left
to help Dayton secure a 62-57 victory over Wyoming Tuesday night.
Dayton led by only one point before Jones made the foul shots. Trent
Meacham and Nick Stafford then each went 1 of 2 at the line for the
Flyers' final points. Brian Roberts led Dayton (2-3) with 11 points,
and Stafford grabbed seven rebounds. Jones had five assists.
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Hard Fought
Loss To UC 65-55
 Armein
Kirkland scored 23 points and Cincinnati used its speed to pull away
from Dayton for a 65-55 victory Saturday. The game was a see-saw
battle until the 4-minute mark, when Cincinnati dominated under the
basket and turned fast breaks into points. Dayton out hustled the
Bearcats for much of the second half, grabbing rebounds, making
steals and scoring off turnovers. But in the final minutes, the
Bearcats used their size advantage to rebound missed Flyer shots and
race back down the floor before Dayton could set up defensively.
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DePaul
Handles Dayton 70-59
 Quemont
Greer scored a career-high 29 points and grabbed seven rebounds to
lead DePaul to a 70-59 victory over Dayton on Wednesday. Drake
Diener had 14 points and LeVar Seals added 12 for the Blue Demons
(3-1). Monty Scott led the Flyers (1-2) with 14 points and eight
rebounds. Norman Plummer added 12 for Dayton.
UD Chalks Up
First Win vs. Coppin
On a Saturday afternoon when the University of Dayton's starting
five could generate only 19 points, Marques Bennett, Jimmy Binnie,
Brian Roberts, Trent Meacham and Chris Alvarez came off the bench
and produced 36 as the Flyers flattened Coppin State, 55-42, in
front of 12,011 at UD Arena.
Next Up -
Coppin State
 The
Dayton Flyers look to regain some composure and put one in the win
column when the Coppin
State Eagles (0-1) travels to the University of Dayton Arena
this Saturday at 2pm. Time Warner Cable will televise and WHIO-AM
1290 will provide play by play. Coppin State dropped their
season opener to #9 ranked Kentucky 77-46.
Flyers Fall
In First Outing Vs. Eastern Kentucky
 Michael
Haney had 20 points and eight rebounds, pacing four players in
double figures in Eastern Kentucky's 73-66 win over Dayton on
Sunday. Matt Witt backed Haney with 17 points and five assists for
the Colonels, who harassed Dayton into shooting 35 percent from the
field. Zach Ingles made four 3-pointers and finished with 14 points.
Monty Scott led Dayton with 14 points.
Details & Discussion
Dayton Lands
Tennessee Prep Star Charles Little
 Charles
Little became the second player in a week to inform UD coach Brian
Gregory that he will accept UD's offer of a basketball scholarship
for the 2005-06 season. Desmond Adedeji, a 6-9, 265-pound center
from DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Md., committed to Dayton
last weekend. With the two verbal commitments, UD's
scholarship allotment is filled. Gregory and his staff can
concentrate on recruiting high school juniors for 2006-07.
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2004-2005
Schedule
The finalized
schedule for the 2004-2005 University of Dayton Flyers has been
released and has been updated on the site.
Men's Basketball Schedule
Flyers in
Top 25 For Attendance
For the fifth
straight season, the University of Dayton men's basketball team has
been ranked in the Top 25 in NCAA attendance figures.
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