The University of Dayton Flyers were on their home court, UD Arena, and were 16 1/2-point favorites over Loyola of Chicago, the last place team in the Atlantic 10 Conference, but it took overtime for the Flyers to prevail, 88-81. Hal McCoy write Flyer basketball.
With the entire roster suffering from effects from the flu, Troy Christian and Alex Free (above, #24), struggled early, caught a few breaths along the way, and played well enough to salvage a 45-35 win over Northridge. Read about it in Wednesday's Press Pros.
Twenty days out from the opening of the baseball season, one Big Ten team is getting some national love in the top 25 rankings. And they've earned it. Three Buckeyes are named to the pre-season All-Big Ten team. Read more in Monday's Press Pros.
Ohio State's Isaac Wilcox doggedly maintained control of MSU's Ceasar Garza throughout the first overtime, then won it in the second extra period as the Buckeyes prepped for No. 1 Penn State with a 36-3 rout of the Spartans. (PressPros Feature Photo by Sheri Hooley).
With the tournament draw coming in a few short days, here's our rundown of the best area girls teams we've 'seen', and why we think they may have tournament success.
