BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — There are a coupla things in life that one can never start looking forward to too soon–your birthday, Christmas, vacation. Jon Rothstein’s daily reminder informs us that there are only 76 days left until college basketball is back. Good enuf for “FTS”–let the anticipation commence!

UD Basketball kicks things off with a picturesque tweet toasting the upcoming school year:

https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1429274828150816768

And a video look at the 2021-2022 UD Flyers squad:

https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1423072357019754504

The following is the complete 2021-2022 roster:

https://daytonflyers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

If you are a student and think you have what it takes to add your name to that list, here’s how:

Here is the much anticipated non-conference schedule:

Doug Hauschild and company have been cranking out individual player profiles. Here they are for each of the 13 scholarship hoopsters:

Kobe Elvis: https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1424768467320774656

Elijah Weaver: https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1425499618431930374

Moulaye Sissoko: https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1426243130362408966

Zimi Nwokeji: https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1427311533734912004

Mustapha Amzil: https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1428149925364252676

Koby Brea: https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1428773387749429248

RJ Blakney: https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1429964795504177157

Richard Amaefule: https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1430931265369296901

DaRon Holmes: https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1431350500792823808

Malachi Smith: https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1432494095474302979

Kaleb Washington: https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1433217568286855168

Lynn Greer III: https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1433884356523798530

Toumani Camara: https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status/1423674955988828161

The Barstool Bench Mob came up with a graphic depicting the most passionate college basketball fans in each of the 50 states. Three guesses on what school made the list in Ohio:

Phenom College Basketball with a pretty accurate preview of this year’s Flyer squad:

https://phenomhoopreport.com/phenom-college-basketball-preview-dayton/

Chris Wright and little bro Kostas get mentioned in this excerpt from the book “The Fire That Forged Giannis Antetokounmpo” courtesy of The Ringer:

https://www.theringer.com/2021/7/21/22585355/giannis-antetokounmpo-book-excerpt-the-improbable-rise

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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