Flyers Fall In NIT Quarterfinals
By Hal McCoy Dayton, OH. — It was not an engraved invitation nor was it a hand-written invitation. But the Illionois State basketball team definitey was inviting the University of Dayton to join it at the top of the scoreboard. The Flyers did knock on the door, but couldn’t get it open Wednesday night in […]
Some Early-Week Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and it’s only two days until Happy New Year. Yep, the new year doesn’t start on January 1, it starts on Opening Day. —NO RESPECT: Rodney Dangerfield does not play for the Cincinnati Reds, but it looks as if he should. No respect. MLB’s web-site listed […]
Pre-season Reds Column
By Hal McCoy As winter sped closer and closer to spring training, Cincinnati Reds fans were frustrated and saying, “Same ol’ Reds, a wasted off-season, no improvements, no significant additions.” What the Reds seemed to be doing was setting a record for signing outfielders to minor league contracts with invitations to the big league camp. […]
UD Advances To NIT Quarterfinals
By Hal McCoy Wilmington, N.C. — As it turns out, the University of Dayton basketball team is Ohio’s last team standing. Yes, it is only the NIT, college basketball’s consolation prize, but the Flyers will take what they can get. And they took it big-time Saturday night on Tobacco Road. The Flyers advanced to the […]
Some Sunday Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, no longer counting the days until Opening Day, but counting the hours and soon it will be minutes. —THE OPPOSITES: Does spring training numbers and statistics really mean anything? For one thing, teams only play about 30 exhibition games and players don’t play entire nine innings. […]
Flyers Batter Bradley
By Hal McCoy Peoria, ILL. — The assignment, if the University of Dayton chose to accept it, was a difficult one. The Flyers not only chose to accept it, they embraced it and passed the test with high-flying colors. After losing the Atlantic 10 Conference final to Virginia Commonwealth University, missing out on an NCAA […]
Miami Proves It Belongs
By Hal McCoy For all those who insisted that Miami does not belong in the NCAA tournament: Do you prefer Scotch tape, electrician’s tape or duct tape to cover your mouth? The much-maligned RedHawks were forced to participate in a play-in game at UD Arena Wednesday as 7 1/2-point underdogs despite their 31-1 record. Southern […]
Flyers Fall In Final, 70-62
By Hal McCoy Pittsburgh, PA. — When it comes time for the University of Dayton Flyers to play Virginia Commonwealth University in the Atlantic-10 Conference tournament championship game, it’s The Great Wall of China, the end of a long road, turn out the lights, the party’s over. It happened again Sunday afternoon, as it always […]
Flyers Stop Saint Louis
By Hal McCoy Pittsburgh, PA. — The final 26 seconds was played like a recorded television show on fast forward. A blur. Some plays that had everybody saying, “What just happened. . .oh, wait a second, now what happened?” Even the University of Dayton’s final hero, one hero among several, couldn’t recall exactly what happened. […]