BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — I can get used to this! Let’s face it, the Flyer Faithful are becoming just a tad bit spoiled, given that the Red and Blue are making their fourth consecutive trip to the Large Hoedown. And what’s not to like? The UD Pride Message Board is bustling with activity; there is ongoing semi-friendly banter between our fans and those of our worthy opponents; there is Flyer press coverage galore and UD Arena is currently serving as the undisputed epicenter of the college basketball universe during the First Four, even if it does cost $20 to park there.
Is it Friday night yet?
— Tremendous open letter to the UD senior class from the “Voices of the Flyers” Larry and Bucky:
— Regardless of the outcome, UD AD Neil SullivanNeil Sullivan was named the University of Dayton's Vice President and Director of Athletics Sept. 25, 2015 when he was just 34 years old. and his WSU counterpart need to book a home-and-home series for next season now!
— Here is a link to the CBS Sunday Morning feature done by Dana Jacobson on the two UD grad students who broadcast Flyer basketball games in their native Mandarin Chinese:
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/students-provide-play-by-play-for-ncaa-basketball-fans-in-china/
— You don’t have to click too far to find the UD trio on this Chicago Tribune list of local area hoopsters who are playing in the NCAA Tournament:
Nor do you have to search that hard to find UD represented on this cover of The Washington Post March Madness preview:
https://twitter.com/JM_Gottlieb/status/841103142641119232/photo/1
However, you may go blind trying to find Kendall Pollard on this interactive version of the Sports Illustrated NCAA Preview cover:
— “The Hometown Coach” Mark Adams is uniquely qualified to break down the UD/WSU matchup, as he lives in the Dayton area and is the voice of the Missouri Valley Conference:
Here is Mark’s analysis of the South Region
http://americansportsnet.com/news/featured/mark-madness-mark-adams-breaks-down-the-south-region
Mark looks at Flyers vs. Shockers
https://www.facebook.com/enthusiadams/posts/1877752922499592
— Luke Winn at Sports Illustrated lists the most likely teams to pull off big upsets and surprisingly, none of them are named Wichita State!
http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2017/03/14/march-madness-cinderella-rankings-upset-picks
— Gary Parrish of CBS Sports gives us 68 reasons this bracket sets up as a beauty:
— Matt Norlander of CBS Sports with one of several hundred similar articles on seeds the NCAA Tournament committee got wrong:
— Sports Illustrated goes in-depth on all four regions of the Big Dance:
http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2017/03/12/ncaa-tournament-regional-breakdowns
And then takes a gander at how transfers are killing Cinderella:
— TSN Mike looks at the South Region and proclaims Dayton/Wichita State as the best first-round game:
— StayTheHellOffTheFloor.net chimes in with their preview of the South Region:
http://rushthecourt.net/2017/03/13/rtc-bracket-prep-south-region-2/
— Ken Pomeroy writing for Slate delves into how the NCAA abuses statistics to stack the deck against small schools. Case in point: Illinois State.
That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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