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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, [.....]

By |2024-11-28T04:07:59-05:00November 28th, 2024|Categories: Men's Basketball, News, Pride+ All, UD Athletics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |7 Comments
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Dayton Pushes #5 Iowa State to the Wire But Falls 89-84

After a heart-breaking second half collapse against #12 North Carolina in the first day of games at the Maui Invitational, the Dayton Flyers funneled to the loser's side of the bracket to take on #5 Iowa State  -- another team that squandered a large lead on Monday against #4 Auburn. [.....]

By |2024-11-27T00:28:18-05:00November 27th, 2024|Categories: News, Pride+ All|Tags: , , , , , , |12 Comments
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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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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, but this time made all the important plays down the stretch to win 85-67 to make the long flight home far more enjoyable. Dayton's record improves to 6-2 while UConn falls to 4-3.
Dayton and UConn rekindled Maui history as the teams battled in the 2000 tourney, a 80-66 upset Flyer victory over the nationally-ranked Huskies. The teams last met in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off in 2014 when UConn prevailed 75-64 and the only other meeting was an NIT game hosted at UD Arena in 1982 that resulted in a 76-75 Flyer win.  Going into Wednesday's battle of red-headed stepchildren, the teams were facing similar adversity but for different reasons. Dayton whiffed on two outstanding resume'-building opportunities in losses to #12 North Carolina and #5 Iowa State -- games tied or sporting a Flyer lead in the final three minutes. The Huskies were the tournament favorites and trailed only Kansas in the national rankings. ...

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