UD puts a severe beating on Rhode Island, 84-57 —17-0 in A-10
By HAL McCOY The message was ear-splitting loud and as clear as mountain stream water — like a foghorn blaring on Narragansett Bay off the coast of Rhode Island: In the Atlantic 10 Conference, there is the University of Dayton and there are 13 other teams two or three levels below deck. If there was […]
Flyers fend off another would-be spoiler, 62-55
By HAL McCOY The target on the backs of the University of Dayton basketball team gets larger and larger — about the size of an archer’s target right now. The Flyers, the No. 4 team in the nation, are the object of every team’s intentions these days. Another wannabe spoiler surfaced Tuesday night in Fairfax, […]
Flyers survive off night by Toppin, nip VCU, 66-61
By HAL McCOY What Virginia Commonwealth University did to Obi Toppin Tuesday night in Richmond, Va., is a felony in 38 states. It was one degree below a public mugging and the Rams did everything but yank Toppin’s shorts to his ankles. While it knocked Toppin’s game off-balance, it did VCU no good. The University […]
Flyers lethargic and sloppy, but stop UMass, 71-63
By HAL McCoy There is a song out there by Mark Cohn called, ‘Walking in Memphis.’ And for 31 minutes Saturday afternoon in Amherst, Mass., it looked as if Memphis native Jalen Crutcher was walking the streets of his hometown. The University of Dayton’s highly talented point guard had two points in the first 31 […]
UD blows 19-point lead, but survives Duquesne, 73-69
By HAL McCOY As Ringo Starr of the Beatles sung, “It Don’t Come Easy.” That’s a song the University of Dayton basketball team should have been listening to on their return home from Pittsburgh Wednesday night. They played Duquesne University as nine-point favorites and nearly let this one get away in what seemed like a […]
OBSERVATIONS: Obi’s new companion and a crowded Reds outfield
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while counting the days until spring training and the NCAA basketball tournament, two of my most favorite things. —What price glory? Ask Obidiah (‘Just call me Obi’) Toppin. On the last two trips to St. Louis and Richmond, the University of Dayton assigned a security guard […]
UD scores points in flurries to hold off Richmond, 87-79
By HAL McCOY The script was familiar for the University of Dayton basketball team Saturday night in Richmond. And as long as it works, why not keep using it? As they have done time and time and time again this season, the Flyers used some explosive runs to score an 87-79 victory over a feisty […]
Jalen (Clutcher) Crutcher’s ‘three’ at buzzer beats Saint Louis in overtime
By HAL McCOY The Saint Louis University basketball team wears an imprint of the Gateway Arch on their white home uniforms, a landmark on the banks of the Mississippi River that is 630 feet tall. And with 7:40 left in a basketball game at Chaifetz Arena Friday night, the University of Dayton Flyers trailed Saint […]
Flyers overcome early struggles to beat Saint Joseph’s
By HAL McCOY The University of Dayton Flyers basketball team answered three poignant questions about itself Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia — questions they hoped they’d never have to confront. —Can they win a game when they played relatively poorly against a bad team? Yes. —Can they win a game when superstar Obi Toppin becomes a […]