The Flyers’ offense went the way of the Dodo bird, as they abruptly brought an end to their win streak with a near-miraculous, 50-49 loss at George Mason. Read Hal McCoy in Sunday’s Press Pros.

The UD Flyers sensed that the St. Bonaventure Bonnies came into UD Arena confident and cocky that they would walk away with an easy Atlantic 10 victory. Not so fast.  The Flyers followed the lead of freshmen DaRon Holmes and Koby Brea to win in a 68-50 beatdown.

It was hard to get a handle on, but the Dayton Flyers finally got a grip on the St. Louis Billikens Tuesday for a 68-63 win and improved to 10-6 on the season. Hal McCoy writes the story for Wednesday’s Press Pros.

They had their opportunities throughout, and it should never have come to the final shot.  But VCU burned Dayton with a three-point shot with seven seconds remaining (below) to break the Flyers’ hearts…and send a capacity crowd mumbling to their cars. Hal McCoy writes the story for Press Pros.

The University of Dayton Flyers constructed a 20-point lead with six minutes left, 61-41, Tuesday at UD Arena, then had to fend off a 17-1 run over a five-minute span by the Southern University Jaguars as guard Kobe Elvis hit a fast break reverse layup in the final two minutes to stop the rally and preserve Dayton’s eighth win against five losses in nonconference play. Read Hal McCoy.

The University of Dayton Flyers traveled to Oxford, Miss. for only their second true road game of the season and lost to Ole Miss, 76-68, giving the game away by committing 19 turnovers that stifled the Flyers on the offensive end and dropped the record to 7-5 after they had won six of their previous seven games. Read Hal McCoy.

After their five-game winning streak was halted at SMU, the University of Dayton Flyers returned to UD Arena Sunday afternoon and used its pesky press and demonstrative defense to hang a 62-57 defeat on plucky Virginia Tech. UD’s R.J. Blakney, a red-shirt freshman from Hagerstown, Md. shot five three-pointers and made all five.

‘Big D’, not for dunk, or even ‘Dallas’…The University of Dayton took a five-game winning streak to Dallas to play their first road game on an opponent’s home court and lost to Southern Methodist University, 77-69, after making a furious rally in the final three minutes t0 cut a 13-point SMU lead to three with 40 seconds left. Read Hal McCoy.

The UD Flyers built on their recent Florida metamorphosis with a crushing UD Arena performance Wednesday, sending Alabama State back to Montgomery with a 93-52 shellacking. Hal McCoy writes for Thursday’s Press Pros.

Even layups came hard…Dayton falls for the third straight game to the kind of team they should be fattening up against. Read Hal McCoy.

Just when the Flyer Faithful believe it can’t get worse after a loss to UMass Lowell, it gets worse. The UD basketball team gave an even uglier presentation of itself Wednesday night, losing to Lipscomb University, 78-59, and they were woeful in all facets of the game. But at least one fan won a new car by puttering around at halftime.