Xavier Encroaches On UD And Puts On NCAA First Four Show
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from UD Arena for a second night of NCAA First Four distraction, bleary-eyed after leaving UD Arena at midnight Tuesday, then getting up at 6 a.m. to watch the Dodgers and Cubs in the TokyoDome. —As far as the University of Dayton’s Flyer Faithful were concerned, Xavier’s NCAA First Four […]
OBSERVATIONS: A Quick Trip To The First Four At UD Arena
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from UD Arena, a special edition from the site of the NCAA First Four basketball tournament. Just somethinng to entertain me before baseball’s ‘real’ Opening Day a week from Thursday in Cincinnati —UNWELCOME GUESTS: While the University of North Carolina was taking shots against San Diego State Tuesday night, West […]
McCoy: UD Flyers Go One And Done In A-10 Tournament
By Hal McCoy Washington, DC — The University of Dayton basketball team might better have spent its time Friday night walking up the 896 steps of the Washington Monument. Except reachng the top of its goals has been difficult to achieve for the Flyers, especially when it comes to the Atlantic 10 tournament. Once again, […]
McCoy: UD Flyers Survive ‘Murphy’s Law’
By Hal McCoy Kingston, R.I. — There is no player on the University of Dayton basketball roster named Murphy. But there should be becasue with the Flyers this season anything that can go wrong certainly goes wrong. And it almost happened again Wednesay night before the Flyers staggered to an 85-77 victory over the University […]
McCoy: Flyers’ Wake-Up Call Is Too Late
By Hal McCoy Chicago, ILL. — The University of Dayton basketball team’s wake-up call came too late Friday night at Loyola Chicago. The Flyers overslept. By the time their alarm clocks went off, the Flyers were down by 13 points with 10 1/2 minutes left. They then jumped out of their pajamas and cut that […]
McCoy: Why Call THAT Technical???
By Hal McCoy As a professional journalist it behooves me to be impartial when I cover the Cincinnati Reds and the University of Dayton Flyers. With the Reds I have done that for more than 50 years and my impartiality wasn’t always appreciated. Former owner Marge Schott banned me from the media dining room three […]
McCoy: UD Flyers Score TKO Over Davidson
By Hal McCoy Dayton, OH. — The negative part of the University of Dayton basketball team’s split personality surrfaced again Tuesday night. Their modus operandi is to be very, very good (Against Saint Louis last Friday) or very, very bad (Against St. Bonaventure last Tuesday). The Flyers would perplex Sigmund Freud with their floor fluxuations. […]
McCoy: UD Flyers Bounce Back To Beat Billikens
By Hal McCoy St. Louis, MO. — All season long, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde accompanied the University of Dayton basketball team on its road trips. And it was the nasty Mr. Hyde on the floor Tuesday night when the Flyers were decapitated during their misadventure at St. Bonaventur, a 22-point loss. Dr. Jekyll and […]
McCoy: Flyers Fall Flat Against Bonnies
By Hal McCoy Olean, NY — The Road Ogre once again grabbed the University of Dayton basketball team by the throat and choked the life out of it. St. Bonaventure, losers of three straight games, annihilated the Flyers Tuesday night in the Reilly Center, 75-53. That is no typographical error —Seventy-five to Fifty-three. Former UD […]