Flyers lay large egg in Philadelphia
By HAL McCOY It is easier to figure out a Rubik’s Cube than it is to figure out this season’s University of Dayton basketball team. Just four days after playing one of the most perfect games in more than a decade, scoring 106 points Friday against Virginia Commonwealth, the Flyers flew into Philadelphia Wednesday and […]
Flyers snag ‘must win’ at Richmond
By HAL McCOY RICHMOND, Va. – The well-trodden University of Richmond Spiders were the perfect foil Tuesday night for the victory-hungry University of Dayton basketball team. Richmond was 3-and-12 when they tossed up the basketball to begin things at Robins Center, a solid opportunity for the Flyers to level their record at 8-and-8. And they […]
Awesome: Brandon Larson’s view on his career
By HAL McCOY Shortly after the National Anthem concluded before the University of Dayton-Massachusetts basketball game Saturday at UD Arena, a fan tapped me on the shoulder and said, “How many times have you stood for the National Anthem?” That’s something I’d never thought about. Considering that I’ve covered more than 7,000 baseball games, hundreds […]
Duquesne hands Flyers loss in A-10 opener
By HAL McCOY The Atlantic 10 basketball conference obviously can’t count — there are 14 teams in the Atlantic 10. And just as obviously those close to the conference are terrible prognosticators. Before the season began, it was predicted that the University of Dayton would finish fifth in the league this year and that Duquesne […]
Horrendous second half dooms Flyers
By HAL McCOY The University of Dayton basketball team played a magnificent first half Tuesday night in Maraga, Calif., against St. Mary’s College. Unfortunately for the Flyers, even on the west coast they play two halves and the second half was 20 minutes of misery that led to a 69-54 defeat. The Flyers played sticky […]
Why Aaron Boone will succeed in New York
By Hal McCoy The first purchase Aaron Boone should make as new manager of the New York Yankees is a fire retardant suit. He is going to need it in The Bronx, where putting out fires in the Yankee Stadium clubhouse is a prerequisite to occupying the manager’s chair. Just ask Joe Girardi, Boone’s predecessor. […]
Too many three-point misses dooms Flyers
By HAL McCOY The young and inexperienced University of Dayton basketball team played like a young and inexperienced basketball team Sunday afternoon in the Charleston Classic. In a season during which the Flyers will learn some valuable lessons, many of them painful, they learned a couple Sunday during a 75-67 loss to Old Dominion. ONE: […]
UD loses but The Greek Freak II emerges
By HAL McCOY The Young & The Restless University of Dayton basketball team, under new coach Anthony Grant, is expected to find a few lumps of coal on the floor this season. They began the season with the seventh fewest returning minutes from is returning players — experience at its lowest common denominator. And they […]
Barnhart wins Gold Glove, Hamilton doesn’t
By HAL McCOY Amazingly, the last place Cincinnati Reds had four finalists for a Gold Glove this season, more than any other team in the majors. Of the four — Billy Hamilton, Joey Votto, Adam Duvall and Tucker Barnhart — the least likely to win one, it seemed, would be catcher Tucker Barnhart. That isn’t […]