BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — Been a little quiet in these parts lately. The recent lack of Flyer victories — especially of the road variety — will do that to a Message Board and a fan base. Oh sure, there are still the doomsayers who post after each loss, but I think most of us realize that Archie and the guys are doing as much as they can with the hand that’s been dealt them. And you can be sure that they are much more upset about the losing streak than any of us are. A road win in Da Bronx on Saturday after a week to rest up and regroup would certainly help to start the healing.

Meanwhile, the beat goes on.

— In case you missed it, Archie and the Flyers staff now have world-class offices in the Cronin Center:

http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/university-of-dayton-flyers/plush-basketball-offices-and-other-facilities-send-clear-signal-to-recruits-1325122.html

— This will help cheer you up — a highlight tape of Columbus Northland’s victory over Columbus East last night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ3nGrhWFYE&feature=youtu.be&a

— Sean talks about little brother Archie’s success:

http://www.kvoa.com/videos/sean-miller-on-shooting-in-the-clutch-his-brother-s-success/

— Excellent piece by a man with a mission off the court, Flyer Assistant Coach Kevin Kuwik from College Chalk Talk:

http://collegechalktalk.prestosports.com/coachesDiary/dayton2/2011-12/1.31.12kuwik

— As if Flyer Fans needed a formula to figure it out, Basketball Prospectus comes up with one to determine how to end bubble speculation for your favorite team:

http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2053

Altho with those 6 Top 50 RPI wins, the Flyers will still get mentioned, like they did in passing in this piece.

— Doug Tifft of College Chalk Talk hits the nail on the head when he points to the Flyer D as the root cause of their current slide:

http://collegechalktalk.com/conferencenotebooks/atlantic10/2.3.12Tifft

— The latest “Atlantic 10 Tempo Tuesday” courtesy of College Chalk Talk:

http://secondarybreak.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/atlantic-ten-tempo-tuesday-4/

— The headline from this piece should be sent back to the copy room at St. Louis Today for a re-write. It should really say “Every game is big for every team in balanced A-10”:

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/slu/every-game-is-big-for-slu-in-balanced-a/article_d176a1e7-67c7-5d36-8095-a9c994e326a3.html

— TSN gets the idea with its headline “Chaotic A-10 as strong as ever”:

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2012-01-28/chaotic-a-10-as-strong-as-its-ever-been

— Pat Forde says it’s the Year of the Dragon in college hoops:

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=pf-forde_minutes_where_have_great_teams_gone_012412

— I find it hard to believe that in the aggregate, college basketball is only ranked #6 in fan popularity among the sports choices available here in the US:

http://m.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2012/01/26/Research-and-Ratings/Harris-Poll.aspx?

— Scout.com recently released their updated Top 100 for 2012:

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=4&cfg=bb&pid=88&yr=2012

— Maybe someday Darnell Hoskins’ son DJ (currently an 8th grader) will find his way on the list above:

http://buckeyeprep.blogspot.com/2012/01/huskies-remain-unbeaten.html

— After listening to Joe Lunardi do the radio color commentary for the UD/SJU game a few weeks back, I think it’s safe to say Joey Brackets won’t be doing any in-game announcing work for ESPN anytime soon. There’s no whining about ref’s calls in big-time basketball announcing, Joe.

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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