After losing two tight games to nationally-ranked North Carolina and Iowa State, the University of Dayton basketball team made a resounding statement Wednesday night in the Maui Invitational by outclassing and embarrassing No. 2 ranked UConn, 85-67, to claim seventh place in a game that resembled the championship game in the NCAA Final Four. ESPN named Enoch Cheeks player of the UD-UConn game. (p...
McCoy: UD Flyers Rip UConn, 85-67
November 28, 2024
McCoy: UD Flyers Rip UConn, 85-67
After losing two tight games to nationally-ranked North Carolina and Iowa State, the University of Dayton basketball team made a resounding statement Wednesday night in the Maui Invitational by outcla...
November 28, 2024McCoy: UD Flyers Drop Another Close One
UD cracks again under the pressure of a second half street brawl...failure to defend the other team's only scorer...lose a game they could have won......
November 27, 2024McCoy: UD Flyers Blow 21-Point Second-Half Lead
After leading by 21 points, 56-35, early in the second half, the University of Dayton couldn't hold off onrushing North Carolina as the Tar Heels scored 58 second-half points and recorded their second...
November 26, 2024McCoy: UD Flyers Get Chance To ‘Lei’ It Down
UD fans are the best. No matter what tournament or where the Flyers play, UD fans always dominate the stands. “Maui's a really fun tournament, a beautiful island. The guys are really ready to play a...
November 23, 2024McCoy: UD Flyers Survive Bad First-Half Shooting
In a game that resembled a barroom brawl under both baskets, the University of Dayton Flyers sloughed off a bad shooting first half and outscored New Mexico State by 20 points in the second half, led ...
November 21, 2024McCoy: UD Flyers Do As Expected Against Dlll Capital
With the University of Dayton expected to easily dismantle DIII Capital, Flyers coach Anthony Grant rested starters Enoch Cheeks and Zed Key the entire game so he could experiment with different lineu...
November 17, 2024McCoy: UD Starts Fast, Then Holds On
It took Ball State 12 minutes to score its first basket and the University of Dayton Flyers constructed a 20-point lead in the first half, but the Cardinals adjusted at halftime and crept to within fi...
November 14, 2024McCoy: UD Flyers Stage Two Comebacks
The University of Dayton basketball team fell behind by 13 points in the first half and trailed by 10 with 11 minutes left against Northwestern Saturday night in UD Arena. But the Flyers used a 20-3 r...
November 10, 2024McCoy: UD Unravels Saint Francis In Opener
The University of Dayton Flyers, despite shooting only 8 of 32 from three, did what they were supposed to do in their season's opener in UD Arena Monday night against an outmanned and outmatched oppon...
November 5, 2024McCoy: It’s All Over Now For UD Flyers
The basketball season came to a crashing conclusion Saturday afternoon for the University of Dayton basketball team, a 78-68 second round loss in the NCAA tournament to the No. 2 seed Arizona as this ...
March 23, 2024McCoy: An Improbable, Impossible, Implausible Win
The University of Dayton Flyers were seemingly down and doomed, trailing Nevada by 17 points with seven minutes left in their first round NCAA tournament game, but they made it an impossible dream wit...
March 21, 2024McCoy: Flyers, Holmes Get Another Chance
Even though the University of Dayton Flyers laid an unhatched egg in the Atlantic 10 tournament, losing their first game to Duquesne - the eventual tournament champion - the NCAA was impressed enough ...
March 18, 2024McCoy: One And Done For UD In A-10
The University of Dayton Flyers joined the other three top seeds in the Atlantic 10 tournament as losers, 65-57 to Duquesne, a team it had beaten twice during the regular season. The Flyers, the No. 3...
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