BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — The Red and Blue game is a little more than a week away and the Flyer Faithful are getting psyched for what promises to be a very intriguing 2016-17 season.

All the elements are there:

Potentially the winningest senior class in UD history

A big-time transfer in Josh Cunningham

A group of sophomores prepared to make a major impact

It’s a shame that Kostas Antetokounmpo has to sit out a year, but that just makes next year’s recruiting class all that much stronger.

Most importantly for the program:

Archie Miller is starting his sixth season at the Flyer helm

‘Nuf said.

Just in case you need any further motivation, here is a fan-produced Flyer video to get you hyped up for the season:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zfo91GtWY8

Sports Illustrated gives us 64 reasons to be excited for the 2016–17 college hoops season:

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2016/10/07/64-reasons-excited-college-basketball-season-full

Speaking of Josh Cunningham, he was listed as the # 10 impact transfer by NBC Sports:

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2016/09/28/college-basketballs-impact-transfers/

One of the visitors at the Red and Blue game will be Darryl Morsell, the phenomenal SG out of Baltimore. Check out his junior year highlight mixtape:

https://makeplayz.com/darryl-morsell-blew-summer-official-junior-year-mixtape/

In terms of next year’s recruiting class, Morsell would fit nicely with Jordan Pierce, the NJ big man seen here in the Fall Jamfest:

https://twitter.com/HoopMajor/status/781836181168414720

In looking at the upcoming A-10 season, NBC Sports asks the question: Is it finally Rhode Island’s time?

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2016/10/06/atlantic-10-conference-preview-is-it-finally-rhode-islands-time/

The answer of course is: No

The St. Mary’s at Dayton tilt checks in at #12 on the list of “The top 50 non-conference college basketball games for the 2016-17 season”:

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/the-top-50-non-conference-college-basketball-games-for-the-2016-17-season/

Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com answers the question: Which are college basketball’s most overrated teams?

http://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/116100/who-are-college-basketballs-most-overrated-teams

Jon Rothstein has left CBS Sports to join something called FanRag Sports:

http://www.fanragsports.com/frs-news/fanrag-sports-hires-college-basketball-insider-jon-rothstein/

Finally, a big UD Pride welcome to the newest Flyer Fan website on the block, FlyerFaithful.com. Check them out here:

https://flyerfaithful.com/

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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