Greatest Moments in UD Basketball History

[cj]

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

If this has been posted before my apologies but I don't recall ever seeing this. A little birdie dropped this in my In Box and thought it was worth sharing.

Weird seeing courts without the extra 3 point lines.

cj

[UACFlyer]

Really fantastic!

Towards the end of the clip for a few seconds you see Georgetown's Patrick Ewing walking up court and then blocking a shot. I presume that was in the `84 or `85 Dance in which the Flyers were eliminated by GU.....followed, I guess, by Villanova's miracle win over GU to win the national title.

If GU had played VU a hundred times that year, GU would have won 99 of the games. Unfortunately for GU, the one loss was the one that mattered.

I have had season TX for games at a better-than-good program over the last ~ 25 years...and I've seen some pretty good players. But, I have never seen a player like Patrick Ewing. He dominated the game and forced opponents to change the way they played.

Back to the Flyers...to see the names of the schools/programs we defeated in the "old days" is amazing...almost unbelievable.

Fantastic!

[Gem City]

The Georgetown game was 1984. Georgetown won the national title that year. They lost to Villanova the following year in the 1985 final. I believe they are still the highest seed team to ever win a national title. UD took that 1985 Villanova team into overtime in the first round of the 1985 tournament which was played at UD Arena. We almost stopped that miracle run in the first round.

We lost to Georgetown in the elite eight in 1984. That was quite the run UD put together. They beat LSU, Oklahoma, and Washington. The 1984 team is my all time favorite Flyer team. (Larry Schellenburger, Sedric Toney, Chapman, Dan Cristie, Goodwin, Jeff Zern, Ed Young) Donoher did not go to the bench much in those days. We were 6 maybe 7 deep if you include Zern. Chapman almost single handily beat Oklahoma and Wayman Tisdale. I think he had 30 points that night. By the way, if Ed Young doesn't hit the "shot" to beat DePaul we don't make the 1984 tournament.

Anyway, my favorite UD basketball moments.

1. UD vs Xavier game in 1995 or 1996. Down 12 points with 2 minutes to go and came back to win. RODNEY HORTIN FOR THREE....

2. The first Maui tournament with wins over #16 UConn and # 3 Maryland

3. The win over # 12 Kentucky at US Bank Arena. Maybe the most satisfying win ever because I sat in a UK section.

4. Beating UC at UC in the NIT.

5. Taking down Marquette and Dwayne Wade at home.

6. Killing a ranked Pitt at home by 30 points

7. Beating Louisville at US Bank Arena

8. Winning the A-10 title against Jameer Nelson and St. Joe

9. The NIT championship win against UNC

10. Our only win in the Great Midwest Conference. Beating the #16 ranked Saint Louis team thanks to an 8 for 8 three point effort from freshman Shawn Haghn

	Xavier XAVIER MUSKETEERS Dayton's biggest rival dating back to the early 1900s. Founded in 1831, Xavier University is a Jesuit, Catholic university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its three colleges offer 78 undergraduate majors, 43 minors and 11 graduate programs to 6,646 total students, including 3,961 undergraduates. The University is the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the nation and one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities nationwide. Xavier's nickname is the Musketeers and are fellow A10 Conference members.

	Don Donoher DON DONOHER Legendary Flyer men's basketball coach who guided Dayton to 435 victories in 25 seasons (1964-1989) including the 1967 NCAA Runner-Up. Took over the program after the passing of Tom Blackburn and earned many NCAA and NIT bids over his career, including five Sweet-16s, one Elite Eight appearance, and the 1968 NIT Championship. Groomed All-Americans Don May and Jim Paxson, along with all-time leading scorer Roosevelt Chapman. Coached UD as they joined conference affiliation for the first time (Midwest Collegiate). A graduate of UD, Donoher played for Blackburn and credits much of his coaching success to his mentor's teachings: defense, ball protection, patience, and unselfishness.

	Saint Louis SAINT LOUIS Saint Louis University is a Jesuit, Catholic university ranked among the top research institutions in the nation. The University fosters the intellectual and character development of more than 12,700 students. Founded in 1818, it is the oldest university west of the Mississippi and the second oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Located in St. Louis, MO, and just five minutes from the Gateway Arch, SLU offers 85 undergraduate programs and over 50 graduate study tracks. Over 99% of the SLU faculty hold the highest degree in their respective fields. Fellow member of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Billikens, but also commonly known as "Sloo", the phonetic pronunciation of the school's initials. Athletic claims to fame include multiple national titles in men's soccer and men's basketball star Larry Hughes.

[UD62]

Originally Posted by UACFlyer Really fantastic! Towards the end of the clip for a few seconds you see Georgetown's Patrick Ewing walking up court and then blocking a shot. I presume that was in the `84 or `85 Dance in which the Flyers were eliminated by GU.....followed, I guess, by Villanova's miracle win over GU to win the national title. If GU had played VU a hundred times that year, GU would have won 99 of the games. Unfortunately for GU, the one loss was the one that mattered. I have had season TX for games at a better-than-good program over the last ~ 25 years...and I've seen some pretty good players. But, I have never seen a player like Patrick Ewing. He dominated the game and forced opponents to change the way they played. Back to the Flyers...to see the names of the schools/programs we defeated in the "old days" is amazing...almost unbelievable. Fantastic!

Lew Alcindor was a cultural change for college basketball. The 1967 NCAA finals against Lew and the Bruins has to be the high point of our program.

[westchesterflyer]

My personal favorite is the 1974 game vs. (then #2) Notre Dame at the arena. A great win!

The party was just getting going at the game. The Ghetto was ablaze!

	Ghetto UD GHETTO Student neighborhood surrounding the campus of the University of Dayton. Unique to UD, the Ghetto gets its name from the nickname students gave the depression and war-period row houses the university owns and rents to Dayton students during their course of study. The landlord arrangement and compact nature of the neighborhood homes create a camaraderie among students outside of class that provides personal space away from classrooms and on-campus dorms. Parties and celebrations on Ghetto streets are legendary and have made David Letterman's Top-10 List. A significant effort has been made in recent years to curb hooliganism and renovate older homes.

[jack72]

Originally Posted by Gem City The Georgetown game was 1984. Georgetown won the national title that year. They lost to Villanova the following year in the 1985 final. I believe they are still the highest seed team to ever win a national title. UD took that 1985 Villanova team into overtime in the first round of the 1985 tournament which was played at UD Arena. We almost stopped that miracle run in the first round. We lost to Georgetown in the elite eight in 1984. That was quite the run UD put together. They beat LSU, Oklahoma, and Washington. The 1984 team is my all time favorite Flyer team. (Larry Schellenburger, Sedric Toney, Chapman, Dan Cristie, Goodwin, Jeff Zern, Ed Young) Donoher did not go to the bench much in those days. We were 6 maybe 7 deep if you include Zern. Chapman almost single handily beat Oklahoma and Wayman Tisdale. I think he had 30 points that night. By the way, if Ed Young doesn't hit the "shot" to beat DePaul we don't make the 1984 tournament.

I think it was more like 41 that Rosie had against Tisdale.

Didn't we lose to the eventual champs 3 years in a row: Villinova, Georgetown and ??

	Don Donoher DON DONOHER Legendary Flyer men's basketball coach who guided Dayton to 435 victories in 25 seasons (1964-1989) including the 1967 NCAA Runner-Up. Took over the program after the passing of Tom Blackburn and earned many NCAA and NIT bids over his career, including five Sweet-16s, one Elite Eight appearance, and the 1968 NIT Championship. Groomed All-Americans Don May and Jim Paxson, along with all-time leading scorer Roosevelt Chapman. Coached UD as they joined conference affiliation for the first time (Midwest Collegiate). A graduate of UD, Donoher played for Blackburn and credits much of his coaching success to his mentor's teachings: defense, ball protection, patience, and unselfishness.

[The Fly]

That was the same Notre Dame team that a few weeks before ended UCLA's 88-game winning streak.

[bobber]

Don Smith burning Loyola for 52 points at the old Chicago Stadium. Feb 1973. I was there.

http://collegehoopedia.com/schools/dayton

[jumpin' joe]

Originally Posted by jack72 I think it was more like 41 that Rosie had against Tisdale. Didn't we lose to the eventual champs 3 years in a row: Villinova, Georgetown and ??

You can watch Rosie against the Sooners at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-O9UcvSp-Q

No on the ??. It was only two years in a row. We lost to Georgetown in 84 and Villanova in 85. No postseason in 83 and we lost to McNeese St. in the NIT in 86.

[jumpin' joe]

My personal favorite was when the Flyers beat Cedarville 80-0 in 1906.

I wasn't there...

[Gem City]

We lost to eventual NCAA champions UCLA in 1974 and 1967! The start and end of the 8UCLA titles.

[longtimefan]

Originally Posted by Gem City We lost to eventual NCAA champions UCLA in 1974 and 1967! The start and end of the 8UCLA titles.

North Carolina State won the title in 1974, UCLA in 1975. From 1964 to 1975 UCLA had 10 titles in 12 years. They had 7 in a row from 1967 to 1973. Lew Alcindor was a freshman in 1966 when Texas Western won. Many thought UCLA would have won it that year had freshmen been eligible. Also, the 1985 Villanova game in the NCAA did not go into OT. Villanova won 51-49 in regulation.

[Swampy Meadows]

Originally Posted by westchesterflyer My personal favorite is the 1974 game vs. (then #2) Notre Dame at the arena. A great win!

I was seated up in the 400s in the last row in the Arena for that one. The Arena was actually vibrating! It was the loudest UD game I ever attended...until the Pitt game a few years back.

[Flyer 86]

It was 41 points. Watched em all in the Fieldhouse with a few hundred other fans in a truly miraculous game. Dan Christie was big with free throwsand Damon G also had some key baskets. Pretty sure we led the entire game.

Very magic 4 game run that year. Watched LSU AND WASHINGTON from Founders Hall.
Georgetown led final game five to 8 points most of the game. We struggled offensively that game. Couldnt handle their height and agressiveness. Very physical G'town team!

[pkd149]

Originally Posted by Gem City 8. Winning the A-10 title against Jameer Nelson and St. Joe

We beat Temple in the final, not Nelson/SJU. Xavier blew out SJU in the quarters and then Temple took out x in the semi's.

	Xavier XAVIER MUSKETEERS Dayton's biggest rival dating back to the early 1900s. Founded in 1831, Xavier University is a Jesuit, Catholic university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its three colleges offer 78 undergraduate majors, 43 minors and 11 graduate programs to 6,646 total students, including 3,961 undergraduates. The University is the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the nation and one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities nationwide. Xavier's nickname is the Musketeers and are fellow A10 Conference members.

	Temple TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple College became Temple University in 1907. Located in Philadelphia, Temple is a comprehensive public research university with 34,000 students, 8 campuses, and 300 academic degree programs. Notable alumni include Bill Cosby and Daryl Hall. Temple's nickname is the Owls and are fellow A10 Conference members.

	St Joseph's ST. JOSEPH'S Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1851, Saint Joseph's University advances the professional and personal ambitions of men and women by providing a demanding, yet supportive educational experience. One of only 139 schools nationwide with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter and AACSB business school accreditation, Saint Joseph's is home to 4,200 full-time undergraduates and 3,100 graduate, part-time and doctoral candidates. Located in urban Philadelphia, SJU is a fellow member of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Hawks. Athletic claim to fame is is the Hawk mascot, a university student on full scholarship who wears a Hawk uniform and flaps his wings continuously for an entire athletic event. School spirit slogan is "The Hawk Will Never Die."

[Marysville Flyer]

Originally Posted by Flyer 86 It was 41 points. Watched em all in the Fieldhouse with a few hundred other fans in a truly miraculous game. Dan Christie was big with free throws and Damon G also had some key baskets. Pretty sure we led the entire game. Very magic 4 game run that year. Watched LSU AND WASHINGTON from Founders Hall. Georgetown led final game five to 8 points most of the game. We struggled offensively that game. Couldnt handle their height and agressiveness. Very physical G'town team!

Goodwin set the consecutive FT mark during the run - something like 37 straight.

While we only lost to champs 2 in a row not 3, we did lose by the least to the champs both years. Our next tourney in 90, we lost to AK by just two in the 2nd round without Norm Grevey who was taken out by Illinois in round 1. Another reason not to like the Illini. AK lost in semis to Duke who later lost to UNLV.

Georgetown was not too bad a team to struggle against - KY and their twin towers struggled mightily too. Ed Young was our 6' 7" center in that game after his serious knee injury a year or two earlier. It was an amazing run to say the least.
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[longtimefan]

Originally Posted by Marysville Flyer Georgetown was not too bad a team to struggle against - KY and their twin towers struggled mightily too. Ed Young was our 6' 7" center in that game after his serious knee injury a year or two earlier. It was an amazing run to say the least. Posted via Mobile Device

I believe Young missed the 84-85 season with his injury.

[Glen Clark]

Originally Posted by westchesterflyer My personal favorite is the 1974 game vs. (then #2) Notre Dame at the arena. A great win! The party was just getting going at the game. The Ghetto was ablaze!

Originally Posted by Swampy Meadows I was seated up in the 400s in the last row in the Arena for that one. The Arena was actually vibrating! It was the loudest UD game I ever attended...until the Pitt game a few years back.

I was seated at the Moonlight Bar on Brown Street, watching an analog feed on a cathode ray tube

More and more people gathered around as the Flyer lead kept growing, and then . . . I think there was a really big party.

That win put UD in the Dance, setting up the triple overtime game against Bill Walton and the Bruins.

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[ChampCar]

Originally Posted by westchesterflyer My personal favorite is the 1974 game vs. (then #2) Notre Dame at the arena. A great win! The party was just getting going at the game. The Ghetto was ablaze!

That was the first game I ever saw at UD Arena. My Dad and I had seats in the very top row in the corner. The arena was rocking like nothing I'd ever heard - or felt - since growing up on high school basketball in Indiana. Donald Smith was unstoppable. Johnny Davis was blindingly fast. That one day made me a UD Flyer.

[Viperstick]

Not mentioned yet, but the 2002 82-80 win over Villanova was epically satisfying.

[bobber]

Originally Posted by jumpin' joe My personal favorite is when the Flyers beat Cedarville 80-0 in 1906. I wasn't there...

Why not?

[udflyerhoops2]

Originally Posted by marysville flyer our next tourney in 90, we lost to ak by just two in the 2nd round without norm grevey who was taken out by illinois in round 1. Another reason not to like the illini. posted via mobile device

freakin steven bardo!!!!!!!

[joeybaloney]

Originally Posted by Marysville Flyer Goodwin set the consecutive FT mark during the run - something like 37 straight. While we only lost to champs 2 in a row not 3, we did lose by the least to the champs both years.

Actually, Georgetown squeaked by their first opponent in '84 in the 2nd round. They barely beat SMU(37-36). Never forget that game, Ewing got posterized by a 7 footer named Jon Koncak. Houston played them pretty tough in the Finals as well, losing 84-75 as Ewing went up against Akeem Olajuwon.

[TerryK_67]

The Grevey Mugging is hard to watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGMjtVPfn-g
And the guy just got another promotion to be on ESPN

I always found it curious that Norm Grevey was so obsessed with St Patrick’s Day on the Flyer Feedback show. I noticed on that YouTube video that his season ending injury happened on the eve of St Patrick’s Day…………………

I stand corrected.... "season ending" not "career ending". Thanks Jumpin Joe...

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[number21]

That was tough to watch. I obviously can't say for sure but I think we would have beat Arkansas the next game had Grevey been able to play. Definite cheap shot by Bardo. Probably frustration from the Flyers beating the mighty Illlini.

How about Robertson coming in as the freshman and nailing the 2 free throws. He was the best defensive player I have ever seen play in a Flyer uniform. Quickest hands ever.

[jumpin' joe]

Originally Posted by TerryK_67 The Grevey Mugging is hard to watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGMjtVPfn-g And the guy just got another promotion to be on ESPN I always found it curious that Norm Grevey was so obsessed with St Patrick’s Day on the Flyer Feedback show. I noticed on that YouTube video that his career ending injury happened on the eve of St Patrick’s Day…………………

That injury didn't end Grevey's career. He played the following year and was the Flyers second leading scorer (12.6 a game) despite not starting. Chip Jones and Derrick Dukes were the starting guards. Alex Robertson played the 3 spot.

	Duquesne DUQUESNE Duquesne University is a private, coeducational university, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania located on 48 secluded acres, on a bluff above downtown. Founded in 1878 as a Catholic college by the Order of the Holy Spirit. It is the only Spiritan institution of higher education in the world. Duquesne offers 10 schools of study and 100 degree programs to 6,000 undergraduates and 3,800 graduate students. Fellow members of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Dukes.

[SeasonTicketFan]

Seems as a few of us were up in the 400 section for the big Notre Dame win. It was so loud that I could not hear the person next to me.

The students rolled out the old huge victory bell on to the floor and began to ring it.

It was quite a game with amazing players on both sides.