Flyers flawless while flailing Rhode Island, 77-48
By HAL McCOY It was almost as if University of Dayton basketball coach Anthony Grant sat his team down after a plug-ugly loss at Saint Louis early in the week and said as they watched video, “Don’t do that, don’t do that and don’t do that. Do this and do this and do this.” And […]
Saint Louis dominates offensive glass, leaves Flyers shattered
By HAL McCOY With a golden opportunity under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the University of Dayton Flyers might have better spent their time Tuesday night riding the tram to the top of the Arch. Down on Mother Earth in Chaifetz Arena, the Flyers were unfrocked by Saint Louis University, 73-60. The Flyers arrived […]
Flyers can’t sink threes, fall to George Mason, 67-63
By HAL McCOY It was as if the University of Dayton basketball team sent an engraved invitation into the George Mason huddle that said, “We cordially invite you to win this game. R.S.V.P.” George Mason responded with, “Yes, thank you, we’ll take it.” And take it they did, a 67-63 victory over the Flyers Wednesday […]
Flyers show spunk in double OT win at St. Bona
By HAL McCOY On paper, it may have looked as if the University of Dayton basketball teams had an easy assignment Saturday afternoon in Olean, N.Y. They were playing St. Bonaventure, owner of a 6-and-11 record and missing its two starting guards, out with concussion protocols. But they don’t play on paper. They play at […]
Observations: Will there be ‘Gray’ skies over Cincinnati’s pitching mound
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave while waiting for the Los Angeles Rams to beat the New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs to beat the New England Patriots in the NFL playoffs. It could be a long wait. It came as no shock that The Brady Bunch (the Patriots) beat […]
Flyers’ hibernation the final four minutes leads to loss to VCU, 76-71
By HAL McCOY With an opportunity to score a significant victory Wednesday night at Virginia Commonwealth, the University of Dayton offense retreated into an igloo and stayed there for the last four minutes of the game. The outcome was a disheartening 76-71 defeat, dropping the Flyers to 3-and-1 in the Atlantic 10 and snapping a […]
UD: Crutcher-to-Toppin-to-Dunksville as Flyers whip Western Michigan
By HAL McCOY If Josh Cunningham was a selfish guy, a me-only guy — which he isn’t — he could ask, “What do I have to do to get some attention around here? Tear down the backboard and eat the glass?” That’s because, on a balmy December night in UD Arena, Cunningham lit up Western […]
Observations: Flyers can’t get over the hump against top teams
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave watching basketball games from the Mohegan Sun Arena, wondering if all the fans decided to either stay in the casino or take a long lunch at Bobby Flay’s. —How did the University of Dayton basketball team miss scheduling Kansas, Duke and Tennessee this season? It seems […]
Observations: Big upset — yeah, Gonzaga — but UD, too
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wishing I had four TV sets in front of me to watch the pre-Thanksgiving basketball feast— Gonzaga-Duke, Dayton-Butler, Wright State-SMU, Cleveland Cadavers-Los Angeles LBJs. —The earth-rattling college basketball news emanated from Hawaii, a basketball earthquake. Gonzaga beat Duke, a volcanic eruption with no lava. Bigger news […]