BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — There’s nothing quite like a road win against a tough opponent to put a collective smile on the face of Flyer Nation…unless it’s the glow from the press that Archie and the Boys get after said victory. Hopefully the guys avoided the post-game Philly cheese steaks this time around:

— Andy Katz of ESPN.com leads it off by picking the Flyers as his “Team of the Week”:

http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/page/notebookweeklywatch1205/week-5

Katz gives Kevin Dillard a shout out as well.

— But wait, there’s more! Katz also singles out Dayton in his “What We Learned on Saturday” column:

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/43918/heres-what-we-learned-on-saturday

— His ESPN counterpart Jay Bilas has Dayton as #64 in his 68 team “Bilas Index.” With an RPI of 17 and victories over 4 of the teams he ranks higher than UD, I’m not quite sure how that works. Unfortunately, Jay’s thoughts are hidden behind the ESPN Insider pay wall, so there is no linky goodness to be shared.

— Hall of Fame hoops writer TSN Mike chips in with some of his own Flyer love:

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2012-01-08/resilent-dayton-survives-loss-of-top-scorer

— The jumbled mess that is the Atlantic 10 men’s basketball standings, from a UMass POV:

http://www.masslive.com/umass/index.ssf/2012/01/as_umass_basketball_gets_bette.html

— Here is a review of the Flyer victory over Temple from Owl fan Joe Branco’s perspective as part of The Mid-Majority’s 800 Game Project:

http://www.midmajority.com/p/2422

— If good teams losing on the road early in the season is the norm, then that makes the UD victory over Temple even more impressive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeMp4bfUo5Y&feature=youtu.be&a

— Like Will Smith in “Men in Black” when it comes to a Golden State Warriors uniform, Chris Wright most certainly “makes this look good”:

http://twitpic.com/84hn0r

CW and the GSW roll into Motown this Sunday at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

— Devon Scott highlight reel from Columbus Northland’s victory over Brian Roberts HS from Toledo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeMp4bfUo5Y&feature=youtu.be&a

— Arch in the DDN provides a super profile of Wooden Award nominee Justine Ratterman:

http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/university-of-dayton-flyers/ud-womens-basketball-standout-up-for-big-award-1309490.html

— WARNING: If you don’t want to read about BG’s adjustment to life in the ACC at Georgia Tech, do not, I repeat DO NOT click on this link:

http://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-tech/techs-brian-gregory-makes-1294002.html

— RushtheCourt.com calls out ESPN HS for some down and dirty journalism after they published an expose by anonymous “Recruit X” on the nasty side of big-time HS basketball recruiting:

http://rushthecourt.net/2012/01/06/espnhs-searches-in-vain-for-new-low-finds-it/

— Interesting profile on 15 year old, 7 foot tall Satnam Singh Bhamara of India, who is training at IMG Academy in Florida, which just happens to be the alma mater of UD’s Alex Gavrilovic:

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7392937/prodigy-satnam-singh-bhamara-india-yao-ming-espn-magazine

— Even if you’re not a Patriots fan, you gotta love “The Gronk”:

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2012/01/08/gronk_the_great_helps_power_the_patriots/?page=full

It’ll be Gronk and Brady vs. “Tebow Time” this Saturday night.

— If this isn’t a “performance enhancing drug treatment” then what the heck is?

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-passan_alex_rodriguez_knee_blood_treatment_122911

— In this battle between a squirrel and a T-Rex, I’m going with the squirrel and taking the points:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4038429/Squirrel-and-T-Rex-Get-It-On.html

— So what is the point of nose hair anyway? Here comes the science:

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-12/fyi-whats-point-nose-hair

— Multiple winners in “The Sweet Tweet of the Week” contest this time around:

TSN Mike: “Archie Miller doing as good a coach job as anyone in the country.”

RushtheCourt.com: “Reviewing teams this week Dayton makes a very strong case as the most impressive team with wins over Saint Louis and at Temple.”

Flyer Fan Chris Calo: “I subscribe to RealTimeRPI’s VIP, but the best free one is probably Chris Rieman’s at @UDPride.”

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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