Smith’s overtime work saves Flyers
By HAL McCOY For 40 minutes, University of Dayton point guard Scoochie Smith was the Nowhere Man. He sat for 10 of those 40 minutes with foul miseries and in regulation time he took one shot. And missed. But when his team came back from the graveyard, down 13 points with 7:42 left against Davidson […]
Familiar scenario: Reds lose in 9th
By HAL McCOY For better or for worse, this is how baseball spring training works. The visiting team takes a skeleton squad on the road while the home team has its full complement of players. And that’s the way it was Friday afternoon when the Cincinnati Reds opened the 2017 exhibition season with a game […]
Flyers’ defense strangles Saint Louis
By HAL McCOY On this night, the St. Louis Gateway Arch couldn’t have scored on the Dayton Flyers. CBS/Sports broadcasters Brent Stover and Bob Wenzel jabbered on-and-on-and on about UD’s defense in the first half Tuesday night at the Chaifetz Arena. They seemed amazed that the strangling UD defense contested every shot, forced bad shots […]
UD’s motto: ‘Whatever it takes’
By HAL McCOY One of the favorite quotes uttered all season by University of Dayton senior forward Kendall Pollard is, “Whatever it takes.” And once again the Flyers put that quote to good use during a rugged night at the University of Rhode Island. What it took Friday night was a lot of intensity, a […]
Flyers score important win at Fordham
By HAL McCOY For years and years, a trip to New York to play Fordham University was like a leisurely afternoon stroll through Central Park. It was a game most teams could mark in the ‘W’ column before the first whistle was blown. Not any more. Now it is like a creep through Central Park […]
Hal appearing January 29th at Crabshire’s Tavern In Centerville
Hal McCoy will be at Crabshire’s Tavern, Centerville, January 29th from 3:00 to 5:00. Hal will be talking baseball as only he knows it, mixing and mingling with the guests, and offering his book for sale! Please join us for a fun filled afternoon of baseball, libations, and good times! Hal would love to see […]
Some ‘Man Cave’ Unsolicited Observations
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, just 27 days before the start of spring training — but who is counting. HALL OF FAME SHORSTOP Ozzie Smith, who played for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals, was in Cincinnati Tuesday to speak at the La Salle Sports Stag and was asked […]
Flyers shock Bonnie with avalance of 3s
By HAL McCOY OLEAN, N.Y. — Former major league catcher/broadcaster/humorist Joe Garagiola wrote a book, “Baseball Is a Funny Game.” Baseball isn’t any funnier than college basketball and the University of Dayton Flyers proved that Tuesday night. Only the St. Bonaventure Bonnies failed to see the humor in UD’s 90-74 stunner. JUST FIVE DAYS AGO, […]
A Tale of Two Halves and UD just short
By HAL McCOY Is a college basketball coach permitted to bring firecrackers into the arena and light them under the chairs of his players before a game starts? University of Dayton basketball coach Archie Miller and his assistants need desperately to find a way to fire up the Flyers, ignite them, from the opening tip. […]