Get Over It!

BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- The University of Dayton Flyers got hosed in a major way by the NCAA Selection Committee, chaired by Scott Barnes, DO -- of that there can be no dispute. However, fans around the country are shaking their heads wondering how the Flyers get to host a "home game." It's not the walk in the park that outsiders might envision. How bad did UD get shafted in this deal, let us count the ways:

-- Dayton will not play on their own floor -- it will be an NCAA Tournament deck, not the usual UD Arena surface

-- Dayton will not be the home team. Because they were somehow determined to be the last team in and thus the lower seed, Boise State will actually be the home team, dress in UD's locker room and wear home whites

-- Dayton will not play in front of their home crowd. Season ticket holders had the ability to buy First Four seats, but that doesn't mean that they did. The student section allotted to UD as well as the area for the band will not be the typical arrangement for a home tilt

-- Dayton has to face a very good Boise State team that is equally ****ed at being sent to the "First Four." As Chris mentioned on the UD Pride MB, the Flyers may have gone 16-0 at home this season, but Boise State is the best team not named UD to lace 'em up at the Arena this year

-- If Dayton wins, they will have to face a rested Providence Friar squad less than 48 hours after they square off vs. Boise State. In case you forgot, Dayton only plays seven deep and none of them are over 6'6"

Despite all of the above, UD Arena is still a tremendous place to showcase an NCAA Tournament game, as USA Today documents in this great piece on the Flyers' home court:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...host/24868991/

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander of CBS Sports preview the UD/Boise State contest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg3AzVZLFws

So what can the Flyer Faithful do about all of the above?

In the words of The Eagles...get over it:

All this whinin' and cryin' and b*tchin' a fit
Get over it
Get over it
You don't wanna play then you might as well quit
Get over it
Get over it

Now with You Tube linky goodness!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H-Y7MAASkg

-- ESPN compiled Twitterverse reactions to the NCAA Bracket:

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...nament-bracket

-- Here is a spreadsheet with every NCAA Tournament game, their tipoff times as well as announcing teams and the TV network providing coverage:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...eNk/edit#gid=0

-- To summarize the Dayton Flyers situation, we turn to that eminent philosopher Marcus Johnson, with today's "Sweet Tweet of the Week":

It Is what it is; Aint what it ain't

Beat Boise State!

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at: swampy@udpride.com