The Atlantic Ten is suffering a down year because of poor non-conference performance. It probably will be a one or a two bid conference this year. Dayton cannot afford to lose winnable games as they did at
UMASS or they will be tolerating an NIT experience. The team was not prepared to play defense at the level required. CC III showed mega-rust in his return to the lineup and played far too many minutes. DD who may have had a hot hand and gone for 20 did not play enough minutes. KD played his usual strong game. RM, SS and KP were well below average. JC was poor as the back up PG. If they play that way against
Duquesne they can expect a two game losing streak.