On a fast track to goodness
One thing Archie did was create story lines that Basketball Talking Heads like to latch on to. That was in addition to presenting some successful exciting teams ( who can forget the magic season of the UD Lilliputians?). We had the "NY City point guard", The "wing man for Jabari Parker", Sean Miller's kid brother Archie, father Miller's DNA as a coach, and many more puff articles . And all that patter eventually led into a dialog of the rich history of basketball accomplishments that UD has logged over 7 decades, not to forget the most rabid traveling fan base.
Anthony has a good head start on that kind of material that ESPN, et al, likes to have to hype tv games. He has proven before that he can recruit. Now he is proving he can do it at Dayton. The needle is definitely pointing up.
He is quickly laying the foundation of interesting progress that draws attention to UD as a desirable participant in the big Tournaments, and hopefully attractive to more and better ooc opponents, and lastly an appealing program to top talent which is necessary to break through to next level.
All of this leads to the opportunity to continue our NCAA string of appearances, and ultimately some strong runs to the Final Four. Anthony is off to a great start.
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