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 […]
Observations: Once again, UD or Wright State?
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer get more TV face time than Shaquille O’Neal and set an ABC-TV record from grimaces and grabbing the top of the head with both hands. His team needs to hold the football with both hands. —Let the heated […]
Observations: UD uses pickles for medicinal purposes
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after covering the UD-North Florida basketball game for PressProsMagazine and discovering that Ohio State can play defense, except it was the basketball team doing it in Cincinnati, stunning the Bearcats, 64-56. —It isn’t clear if the University of Dayton discovered this on a grant from the […]
UD newcomers Matos, Toppin make exciting debuts
By HAL McCOY The not-finished cosmetics, part of the $72 million makeover of University of Dayton Arena, was evident and the new uniforms worn by the Flyers basketball team were spiffy. As added trinkets, the visiting Capital University team is coached by UD Hall of Famer Damon Goodwin and one of the three officials was […]
CBS ranks Wright State over UD in Ohio basketball
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while awaiting a dinner delivery from Door Dash, the best innovation since the drive-thru at Wendy’s. —The University of Dayton still refuses to meet Wright State University in basketball, not on its court, not on WSU’s court, not on a neutral court, not in a back […]
Flyers lose, but go down scrapping
By HAL McCOY A long and mostly disappointing University of Dayton basketball season came to a crashing conclusion Thursday afternoon in the nation’s capital. The Flyers, though, did not end their season without a scrappy fight against Virginia Commonwealth in their first game (and last) of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament. It was one-and-done for […]
Flyers throw in another ‘stinker’ at La Salle
By HAL McCOY Just when one swears the University of Dayton Flyers can not possibly play worse, one is proved a liar. Just one game ago, at Rhode Island, the Flyers played their worst half of the season, a second half wipeout by the Rams. So, one game later, playing at La Salle, the Flyers […]