BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — Today is the day, Flyer Faithful — time for the much-anticipated annual Red and Blue Game. The R & B tilt represents our first chance to see newcomers Scoochie Smith, Kendall Pollard and Kyle Davis in action; the second opportunity to watch OSU transfer Jordan Sibert. Here are some things to chew on:

— Who better to give Flyer fans a preview of the Red and Blue Game than Archie and the players, now with video goodness:

http://godaytonhoops.com/index.php/video#/vimeo164/1

— Archie hopes that the earlier practices this season translate into success on the floor:

http://flyernews.com/2013/10/02/miller-hopeful-earlier-practices-translate-into-success/

— College Hoops Daily sat down to chat with senior Vee Sanford:

http://www.collegehoopsdaily.com/season-preview-chd-sits-down-with-dayton-guard-vee-sanford/

— NBC Sports’ list of top impact freshman includes an unfortunately named bonus list of “Five Mid-Major Names to Know” one of which is Scoochie Smith:

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/16/season-preview-2013-14-top-impact-freshmen/

— UD’s first game in Maui vs. Gonzaga will be a challenge, as the Zags are the pre-season #15 team in the land, according to NBC Sports:

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/14/2013-2014-season-preview-no-15-gonzaga-bulldogs/

— The list of top ten coaches on the hot seat this season includes old friend Oliver Purnell at DePaul:

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/01/top-10-coaches-on-the-hot-seat-in-2013-14/

— Chris Wright is fighting a numbers game (15 roster spots; 15 guaranteed contracts) in his battle to make the opening day roster with the Toronto Raptors:

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/10/02/raptors-will-have-to-make-decision-on-chris-wright

— Chris Johnson is in the same situation with the Brooklyn Nets. Hell, CJ hit 21 points on 5-7 three-point shooting the other night and didn’t even make the Nets highlight reel!

— No such worries for Brian Roberts in NOLA, as BRob is becoming a 4th quarter instant offense machine for the Pelicans:

http://www.nba.com/pelicans/blog/brian-roberts-has-been-late-game-catalyst-pelicans-101113

— 2014 UD commit Darrel Davis of Detroit looks smooth in this highlight video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-AZLugLtg8&feature=youtu.be

— Pitt, Duquesne and UD all have something to offer 2014 SF Ryan Luther of Pittsburgh:

http://wewearthering.com/2013/10/08/dayton-pitt-duquesne-something-offer-ryan-luther/

— Dayton is still very much in the running for 2014 SG Javon Bess from Columbus:

http://ny2lasports.com/article_one.aspx?articleid=1638

— Kipper Nichols, a 6’6” SF 2015 prospect from Lakewood St. Edward in Cleveland is on UD’s radar screen:

http://verbalcommits.com/players/kipper-nichols

St. Ed’s also produced WVUD legend Geoff Vargo.

— Archie and company are already keeping their eye on 2016 prospect Quinn Erway from Saginaw, MI:

http://theprepballreport.com/2013/10/11/saginaw-heritages-quinn-erway/

— January isn’t that far away and with it comes the 12th annual Flyin’ to the Hoop Classic at Trent Arena:

http://www.scarberrymedia.com/2013/10/01/flyin-to-the-hoop-officially-releases-schedule-article-video/

— Thanks to the latest issue of the excellent Dayton quarterly magazine, I discovered that Bob Socci, the new play-by-play announcer for the New England Patriots, is a UD grad! Here is Socci and color guy Scott Zolak’s call of Tom Brady’s last-second miracle vs. the New Orleans Saints:

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/10/13/bob-socci-and-scott-zolaks-call-of-bradys-touchdown-to-thompkins-patriots-saints/

Just to be clear, that is Zolak who is yelling “where’s the beef?”

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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