Donald Smith. What a great player.
During high school I'd moved from Indiana to Kettering in 1972, and was disappointed in the state of Ohio high school basketball compared to what I'd grown up with in Indiana.
But in the spring of 1974, my Dad and I went to our first Dayton Flyers game at UD Arena. We sat in the top row southwest corner to see the Flyers tear apart #2 Notre Dame. Donald Smith was unstoppable - ND put every player they had on him but none could defend him. The crowd was the loudest I've ever been a part of, including those great games against eggzavier and Pitt.
That was the game that made me a Flyers fan.
Here's a link to a game story from the New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/05/a...ted-press.html
