UD’s motto: ‘Whatever it takes’
By HAL McCOY One of the favorite quotes uttered all season by University of Dayton senior forward Kendall Pollard is, “Whatever it takes.” And once again the Flyers put that quote to good use during a rugged night at the University of Rhode Island. What it took Friday night was a lot of intensity, a […]
Flyers score important win at Fordham
By HAL McCOY For years and years, a trip to New York to play Fordham University was like a leisurely afternoon stroll through Central Park. It was a game most teams could mark in the ‘W’ column before the first whistle was blown. Not any more. Now it is like a creep through Central Park […]
Flyers shock Bonnie with avalance of 3s
By HAL McCOY OLEAN, N.Y. — Former major league catcher/broadcaster/humorist Joe Garagiola wrote a book, “Baseball Is a Funny Game.” Baseball isn’t any funnier than college basketball and the University of Dayton Flyers proved that Tuesday night. Only the St. Bonaventure Bonnies failed to see the humor in UD’s 90-74 stunner. JUST FIVE DAYS AGO, […]
A Tale of Two Halves and UD just short
By HAL McCOY Is a college basketball coach permitted to bring firecrackers into the arena and light them under the chairs of his players before a game starts? University of Dayton basketball coach Archie Miller and his assistants need desperately to find a way to fire up the Flyers, ignite them, from the opening tip. […]
Flyers not sharp against Pumas
By HAL McCOY The University of Dayton Flyers played Saint Joseph’s Tuesday night in UD Arena. No, no, no. It wasn’t THE Saint Joseph’s, the fellow Atlanta 10 Conference member, the Hawks from Philadelphia. These were the Saint Joseph’s Pumas, a Division II school of 2,000 from Rensselaer, Ind. — and if you can spell […]
Pollard’s return gives Flyers big boost
By HAL McCOY It was no surprise that the University of Dayton Flyers took care of business Saturday afternoon in UD Arena against Winthrop University, a 6,000-student institution in Rock Hill, S.C. The Flyers, dominating the paint like Sherwin-Williams, dismissed the Eagles from the Big South Conference, 83-67. THE SURPRISE WAS WHEN No. 25 took […]
New name: The Adversity of Dayton Flyers
By HAL McCOY The school is known as the University of Dayton. The basketball team should be known as the Adversity of Dayton. The basketball team has had more obstacles erected in front of it than a steeplechase horse. And the Flyers keep flying over them with class and style. No complaints — no whoa […]
Flyers beat ‘Bama, but lose Cunningham
By HAL McCOY The University of Dayton won one and lost one Tuesday afternoon in the Tipoff Marathon in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. And the loss may be much bigger than the win, may have large repercussions down the road. The Flyers came from behind to defeat the Alabama Crimson Tide, 77-72, a road victory that shines […]
UD’s Cooke cooks Austin Peay with 31
By HAL McCOY Charles Cooke took the University of Dayton Arena floor Friday night with one thought in mind: “Burn the house down.” It was his stated objective, “To bring the heat,” a scorched earth policy designed to leave Austin Peay State University with fourth degree burns. And that’s what Cooke did, especially in the […]