BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- Still have a goofy-ass smile on my face some 32 hours after the Dayton Flyers’ massive upset over their little brother Duckeyes. There is so much cool stuff floating out there on the old intrawebs about UD, the A-10, the ACC, upsets, coaching changes and urine-deficient prognosticators like Coach K. So why not try to assemble some of the more off-the-beaten-path material all in one place for your pre-Syracuse upset reading enjoyment. Here we go:
-- This right here belongs in the audio clip HOF:
http://www.csnwashington.com/ncaa/co...er-room-video/
-- Twitter timeline for the UD Upset, courtesy of
Bleacher Report:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...h-madness-2014
-- David Jablonski of
The DDN with the freebie Red & Blue/Orange preview:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/...st-syra/nfJJB/
Tip of the “FTS” cap to
The DDN for not hiding all of the Flyer content behind the insidious paywall.
-- Former SU star and current UD Assistant Coach Allen Griffin talks about possibly facing his alma mater before the Flyers beat OSU:
http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasket...hio_state.html
And with Tom Archdeacon of
The DDN prior to the Saturday square-off between the #3 and #11 seeds:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs...ow_i_ble.html/
--
“Syracuse braces for high flying Flyers” courtesy of ABC News:
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireSto...ayton-23013407
-- The last time UD and SU played back in 1977, Jack Zimmerman provided a bit of halftime buzzer beater excitement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVx6gsWNX3o
Sorry but that hoop was only worth 2 points back then, Jack.
-- Did you know that former Arizona star Kevin Parrom is Scoochie Smith’s cousin? I sure didn’t.
-- UD recruit Darrell Davis’ season ended tonight in a 51-50 heartbreaking loss to Milan in the MI HS Class B Semifinals. Darrell finished with only 9 points. Next year starts right now, Double D!
-- Did any of you guys have UD, Mercer, Harvard
and North Dakota State all winning their 2nd Round games? My daughter the Elder Swampette did.
-- A little ACC/Atlantic 10 internet meme magic:
http://dutchcountry7.blogspot.com/20...lantic-10.html
-- VCU Head Coach and former OP Assistant Shaka Smart is #1 on Wake Forest’s hit list.
Well of course he is!
http://www.accsports.com/articles/sm...-forests-radar
Unfortunately for the Demon Deacs, his name is
not Shaka Stupid. There is not a snowball’s chance in Hades that Coach Smart walks into that “Trash Bin of College Basketball Coaches” (at least since the great Skip Prosser died) in Winston Salem, no matter how many zeros might be in the paycheck.
-- On the flip side, Marquette Head Dude Buzz Williams is buzzing his butt out of Milwaukee to take the VA Tech job:
http://msn.foxsports.com/wisconsin/s...ia-tech-032114
You gotta wonder what the rest of the story is here. Seems like somebody (whose initials are BW) looked around the NBE, didn’t like what he saw and hightailed it to a decidedly 2nd tier job in that Grind House of Conferences, the ACC. With the recent change of Marquette’s AD, supposedly Buzzy’s buyout dropped from $2 mil to $100K. Pay the money and run, Buzz!
-- Coach K may not be very good at assessing how strong the Atlantic 10 Conference is, but he did show some class after his Dukies lost to Mercer:
http://www.csnwashington.com/ncaa/co...er-room-video/
-- Dana O’Neil of ESPN asks
“Did realignment really change anything?” with a quote from Archie:
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...ing?src=mobile
-- It was fun watching LaDontae “Buckets” Henton put in work for the Providence Friars in their near upset of UNC, wasn’t it?
-- Here are a coupla sweet tweets from UD grad Steve Bulpett of
The Boston Herald after the Celtics loss to New Jersey Friday night:
“Sullinger 0-3 FG, 3 pts 4 rebs. Chris Johnson 0-2 1 reb w/2:30 left. Guess that Ohio State-Dayton game took a lot out of them.”
“Sullinger notes former OSU teammate Sibert, 2 HS mates and ex-OSU asst Archie Miller on UD: "I love Archie. I love Archie to death."
That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at:
swampy@udpride.com
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