Christmas Morning

BEVERLY HILLS (MI) – The first day of the men’s college basketball season is akin to Christmas morning in the minds of many. Fans will wake up Monday morning and anxiously scramble to unwrap what they hope will be everything that they have been dreaming about all summer. In the case of the UD Flyers, the first in a series of 31 regular season “gifts” will be the Lions of Lindenwood University.

Quick question: Where is Lindenwood located?

Quick Answer: St. Charles, Missouri

With an undergraduate enrollment of 4,780, the Lions are in the process of transitioning to D-1 hoops and the Ohio Valley Conference. Here is how that works:

https://lindenwoodlions.com/news/2022/2/23/general-lindenwood-announces-transition-to-ncaa-division-i-and-ohio-valley-conference.aspx

Speaking of “transition” the opening night tilt will allow the Red and Blue to move onward from the Capital exhibition game to their first real test of the season, a home game vs. SMU on Friday night.

Bring it on!

Elsewhere in Flyerland:

— What better way to kick off the proceedings than with a Flyer hype video narrated by Chris “Flyght” Wright?

https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1589407285700239360

– DaRon Holmes analyzing DaRon Holmes video goodness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fMAJ-uZCF4

– The Flyers are +8000 to win the NCAA Championship:

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/2023-mens-ncaa-tournament-champion-futures-gonzaga-north-carolina-houston-and-kentucky-among-odds-favorites/fsnodl8ydwd5itshzyvbsdxn

– UD ranks #14 out of the Top 100 NCAA men’s basketball programs generating the most interactions on official team social accounts (IG+TW+FB) in October 2022:

https://twitter.com/SkullSparks/status/1588555963862511618

– Coupla items on “Mongolian Mike.”

How Can Dayton Flyers Prospect Mike Sharavjamts Make the NBA Leap?

https://www.si.com/nba/draft/newsfeed/how-can-dayton-flyers-prospect-mike-sharavjamts-make-the-nba-leap

Trailer #2 for the documentary on Mike’s journey that brought him to Dayton:

https://www.facebook.com/spstelevision/videos/649889883205404/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-AN_GK0T-GK1C&mibextid=2Rb1fB

– All the Surprising Rules College Basketball Players Have to Follow:

https://www.esquire.com/sports/g39454740/top-college-basketball-rules/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=arb_ga_esq_d_bm_prog_lft_us_g39454740&gclid=CjwKCAjwv4SaBhBPEiwA9YzZvPqe3KIDrLnkxDvvMeXvxLpquJP592Qky7_aEfWLAZvVVw5S4EQTaRoCGW0QAvD_BwE

– UMassUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
Established: 1863
Location: Amherst, MA
Enrollment: 27,420
Type: Public Land Grant Research
Affiliation: None
Nickname: Minutemen, Minutewomen
Colors: Maroon and White basketball coach Frank Martin’s friendship with Dayton’s Anthony GrantUniversity of Dayton Head Coach Anthony Grant is at the helm of his alma mater’s men’s basketball program after head coaching stops at VCU and Alabama. UD announced Anthony Grant as the 20th head coach in UD Basketball history on March 30, 2017. has endured decades: