2024

2024 Year in Review: the Best, the Worst, and the Rest

It's been a heck of a year and with 2024 coming to a close, it makes perfect sense to rewind the not-so-way-back-machine and reminisce about the highest highs and lowest lows of the past 12 months in Flyerland. To do that, we're debuting a new free column titled "Ghosts of [.....]

By |2024-12-29T02:11:57-05:00December 29th, 2024|Categories: Features, Ghosts of Hawthorn Hill, News|Tags: , , , , , , , |2 Comments

2024-25 Non-Conference Player Report Cards

The Dayton Flyers wrapped up the non-con portion of the 2024-25 schedule on Friday with a 66-59 loss to nationally-ranked Cincinnati, finishing 10-3 overall with a handful of high-quality wins that fattened the resume' and a trio of losses that shouldn't smell in March.  All things considered, it was a [.....]

By |2024-12-26T03:34:22-05:00December 27th, 2024|Categories: Men's Basketball, News, Pride+ All, The Mach Loop, UD Athletics|Tags: , , , , , , |15 Comments

Cincy Outmuscles Dayton 66-59 in Backyard Battle

The #22 Dayton Flyers traveled to the Queen City to play #19 Cincinnati at the Heritage Bank Center (formerly Riverfront Coliseum) on Friday night, the second year in a row the backyard rivals battled in a neutral site game just seven miles from the UC campus.   The Bearcats got revenge [.....]

By |2024-12-20T23:54:48-05:00December 20th, 2024|Categories: Men's Basketball, News, Pride+ All, UD Athletics|Tags: , , , , , , , |9 Comments

UD Survives UNLV 66-65 with Late Heroics

Fresh off a huge victory over #6 Marquette and rewarded with a #22 national ranking for their efforts, the Dayton Flyers hosted the UNLV Runnin' Rebels on Tuesday night, surviving 66-65 on late-game heroics and avoiding the proverbial "hangover" loss that would have taken the air out of the tires [.....]

By |2024-12-17T23:49:08-05:00December 17th, 2024|Categories: Men's Basketball, News, Pride+ All, UD Athletics|Tags: , , , , , , , |19 Comments

Second Half Rally Leads UD to 71-63 Win Over #6 Marquette

Dayton hosted #6 Marquette on Saturday night, the first Top-10 team to visit UD Arena since #6 Pittsburgh in 2007.  The Flyers overcame a sluggish first half and 13-point deficit after halftime to top the Golden Eagles 71-63 and extend their UD Arena home winning streak to 24 games -- [.....]

Dayton Cruises Past Lehigh 86-62

Dayton entertained Lehigh on Saturday afternoon in a rare matinee', showcasing hot shooting to down the Mountain Hawks 86-62 and improve to 8-2. The win extends the UD Arena winning streak to 23 games, good enough for fifth-best homecourt winning streak in the country. Lehigh falls to 3-6. Dayton and [.....]

By |2024-12-07T17:07:16-05:00December 7th, 2024|Categories: Men's Basketball, Pride+ All, UD Athletics|Tags: , , , , , , |5 Comments

Dayton Battles Back to Defeat WMU 77-69

Fresh off a win over the free-falling #2 UConn Huskies in the Maui Invitational, the Dayton Flyers returned home to host Western Michigan on Tuesday night, overcoming sluggish play and a halftime deficit to top the Broncos 77-69 to improve to 7-2. WMU falls to 3-5. Dayton came into the [.....]

By |2024-12-06T21:55:28-05:00December 3rd, 2024|Categories: Men's Basketball, News, Pride+ All, UD Athletics|Tags: , , , , , , |10 Comments

SMU Ends UD Season 3-1 in NCAA Sweet-16

The #5 UD men's soccer team hosted #12 Southern Methodist in a historic Sweet-16 NCAA Tournament matchup on Saturday evening at Baujan Field, but came up short in a 3-1 defeat despite taking an early first half lead.  SMU moves on to the Elite 8 to face Marshall and improves [.....]

By |2024-11-30T23:56:02-05:00November 30th, 2024|Categories: Men's Soccer, News, UD Athletics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |5 Comments

UD Executes Late to Roll 85-67 over UConn

Two gut-wrenching losses in the Maui Invitational to a pair of Top-15 teams left no time to contemplate self-pity as Dayton took on #2 UConn in the 7th place game on Wednesday night at the Lahaina Civic Center.  The Flyers once again battled for 40 minutes against a national contender, [.....]

Dayton Squanders 21 Point Lead in 92-90 Loss to Tar Heels

The UD men's basketball team made their fifth appearance at the Maui Invitational on Monday, suffering their first loss of the season in a heart-breaking 92-90 defeat to #12 North Carolina in the first round of games on the Valley Isle.  The Flyers fall to 5-1 while the Tar Heels [.....]

By |2024-11-27T00:29:46-05:00November 26th, 2024|Categories: Men's Basketball, News, Pride+ All, UD Athletics|Tags: , , , , , , , |11 Comments

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