The Northwestern Wildcats roll into UD Arena on Saturday night to provide the first real test of the young UD Flyers basketball season. Chris Collins’ charges arrive with a 1-0 record, having easily dispatched Lehigh 90-46 in their season opener.

Meanwhile, the Red and Chapel Blue breezed past St. Francis of PA by 30.

HOF writer Hal McCoy has the details:

McCoy: UD Unravels Saint Francis In Opener

While Arch provides the behind-the-scenes story of native son Jacob Conner’s emotional Flyer debut:

Archdeacon: Hoops not handshakes, Stephens leads Dayton women to season-opening win

The NU/UD matchup provides a sisterly rivalry game in the Meadows household, as the Elder Swampette is a proud UD grad, while the Younger Doctor Swampette did her Ortho residency at Northwestern.

The season doesn’t get any easier for the Sons of Anthony Grant. While it’s true that after NU, there are three winnable home games vs. Ball State, Capital and New Mexico State, but then there is this:

Bracket set for 2024 Maui Invitational

Jablo provides a Northwestern preview in The DDN:

Dayton basketball: Northwestern big test for Flyers in second game of season

Elsewhere in Flyerland:

– This graphic is kinda interesting, No?

– Was there ever any doubt?

The Best Party Schools in the U.S., According to Students

Tulane University and the University of Dayton take top slots in a ranking dominated by Southern and Midwestern universities

The Best Party Schools in the U.S., According to Students – WSJ

– Jablo just got this notification, which is very cool:

– Meanwhile, in Portland:

– Coupla interesting stats about our guy Toumani:

That’s it “From the Swamp.”