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The Hawk Is Gonna Die
The Hawk Is Gonna Die
Published by Swampy Meadows
03-11-2011
The Hawk Is Gonna Die

BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- If you are like me, I am sure that you are still smiling over the tremendous effort by the Flyers today in defeating the #1 seed X-men in the A-10 Love Fest under the Boardwalk in AC. I had a 12:30PM meeting Friday afternoon at work, so I had to trust the guys to come thru and boy did they ever! Of course, it certainly helped matters that the score was something like 21-3 when I left my desk and headed into the conference room. The meeting ran late until 3:00PM and when I came back to my laptop I punched up the ESPN Game Tracker and saw the final score and did the silent fist-pump. Good times.

I tried to get my mind back into work mode, but did so with Game Tracker still open to keep an eye on the SJU/Dukes game. Another thriller, another upset!

So now UD faces Phil Martelli and the Hawks at 1:00PM on Saturday afternoon for the right to play on national TV on Selection Sunday afternoon, with an automatic bid to the Big Dance up for grabs.

Before we look forward to that tilt, let’s gloat a little, shall we?

-- Here’s a link to a brief post-game interview with Paul Williams after the X victory, courtesy of College Chalk Talk’s Secondary Break:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_6IpmXLe4U

-- Here is their post-game wrap up:

http://secondarybreak.wordpress.com/...eats-1-xavier/

-- “Murder or a Heart Attack” the UD/X game from a Muskie point of view, courtesy of the Dana and Victory blog:

http://danaandvictory.com/2011/03/11...-68-xavier-67/

It must really suck to be a Xavier fan in Atlantic City tonight. All dressed up and no place to go.

-- The A-10 is stuck with AC for one more year. After that, who knows? Bernadette McGlade sure isn’t saying, according to this blog piece from Doug Harris in the DDN:

http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs...ic_city_f.html

-- Some great pictures, courtesy of ESPN.com:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/photos?gameId=310702752

-- And some more from DaytonFlyers.com:

http://www.atlantic10.com/view.gal?id=89207

I could do without the pictures of X broadcaster Joe Sunderman there in the middle of the slide show.

-- Post-game quotes from BG, CW and Luke:

http://daytonflyers.com.ismmedia.com...tes_031111.pdf

-- Dante Jackson may talk too much, but he was right when he said he had a bad feeling about this contest:

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2...ws|text|Xavier

Now, about those Hawks:

-- The earlier meeting between these two squads was definitely not a thing of beauty, but the Flyers did win by 5. With their victory over the Dukes, SJU has a conference record of 4-12, but that doesn’t mean squat right now -- just ask the Pittsburghers. Here’s a link to ESPN.com’s recap:

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310702184

-- Sounds like Carl Jones, the little PG from Garfield Heights is coming on for Martelli and crew. Juwan Staten is gonna have to step up his defense to keep the little fella from going off. ESPN.com has him listed as 6’0” and 146 lbs. That can’t be right -- can it?

-- The Flyers have shot 53% from the field and well over 50% from three point land in their two A-10 tournament victories over UMass and X. Gotta like that trend and we have to hope it continues on Saturday afternoon.

-- If nothing else, ESPN Bracketologist and SJU radio color announcer Joe Lunardi will get another chance to watch the Flyers first-hand. That can’t hurt. He Tweeted this about the UD/X tilt:

"Dayton dominating Xavier in the A-10 opener, 21-3, after seven minutes. Nice to be able to sit and watch a a game!"

-- “From the Swamp” prediction:

Dayton 76
St. Joe 68


That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at: swampy@udpride.com
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By chriscage on 03-12-2011, 02:47 PM
Get Marshy some meds

Don't care much for that Marshy guy. He needs a serious attitude adjustment!
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