UD FLYERS - 14-1 (top 25 coming?)

University of Dayton Flyers now 14-1 play UMASS today.  With a win might break the top 25.
Posted: 1/10/2009 12:39:22 PM    My beloved Flyers cover easy and break into top 25 after this win..  gonna be 15-1.

Chris Wright is a stud, the 2 dreadlock guards Warren and Lowry swarm defensively, extreme quickness.  They look like twins out there but play totally different games.  Warren, more experience and presses well.  Lowry the better shooter.

Marcus Johnson - the junior small forward - infamous for playing with Lebron James at StV in Akron - has a little Lebron game to him.  40 inch vertical and can hound anyone defensively.  has a knack to find the open man or take you to the rim and above the rim.  yes hes only 6'4" but plays like he's 6'8".

Charles Little - the senior out of Tennessee (player of year in HS) - is a solid inside banger.  He and Huelsman compliment Wright to round out a great defensive rebounding team.  They keep opponents to really low scores and shooting percentages..  check it out!!

Too bad Josh Benson - 6'10' from Dayton Dunbar state team is out w injury...  it will be nice to see how the frosh comes back - he was impressive in HS.

coach Gregory, an Izzo disciple, plays 12 guys every game and centers his game plan around speed, quickness, defense and more defense...  similar to MSU and Izzo.

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UD Flyers 10-1 moving up!!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/teams/dayton/

UD now 10-1..  GO FLYERS!!!  looking forward to the A-10 season.
2008 Schedule Date Time (ET) Opponent Result Score Stories Sun. Nov. 16 7:00 p.m.    Wofford Won 52-49 Recap | Box Wed. Nov. 19 7:30 p.m.    ... [More]

UD FLYERS BASKETBALL!!! GOTTA LUV IT

I have lived in Dayton Ohio for over 30 years..  I have been following Dayton Flyers basketball since I can remember..  going back to Roosevelt "Velvet" Chapman and their run to the Elite 8 and the big game against Wayman Tisdale and the Okahoma Sooners..  What a game..  Chapman and Tisdale both scored a ton of points.  This is from a "Top 10 most memorable March Madness performances"

10. Roosevelt
"Velvet'' Chapman, Dayton In 1984, the Flyer star upset Wayman Tisdale's Oklahoma team with 41 points, then scored 22 in an upset of Detlef Schrempf's Washington team.


That was during the Donoher glory days..  now we have Gregory and his new "deep bench" philosophy.  Not going to get a huge ppg average for any of his players but the strategy is working so far.  last year they started off with a 11-0 start and beating ranked Louisville and Pittsburgh.  they lost Freshman Chris Wright to injury and it went downhill.  This year they are off to a 8-0 start with wins over Auburn and 15th ranked Marquette.  If they stay healthy they should do well in the A10.

Back during the Donoher days in the 80's I recall the team going 7 or 8 players deep and thats why stars like Roosevelt Chapman emerged.  What do you think about Gregory's philosophy with rotating 10-12 players every night?  I would be interested to hear who thinks that is a good idea or not.  I have... [More]