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.