At the 2024 seasons’ end, Anthony Grant
University of Dayton Head Coach Anthony Grant is at the helm of his alma mater’s men’s basketball program after head coaching stops at VCU and Alabama. UD announced Anthony Grant as the 20th head coach in UD Basketball history on March 30, 2017. was faced with replacing five players on the University of Dayton basketball roster:
– DaRon Holmes set sail for the NBA
– Koby Brea took his talents to UK
– Kobe Elvis transferred to Oklahoma
– Petras Padegimas enrolled at Mercer
– Zimi Nwokeji moved on to Jacksonville
(It actually could have been six players, but senior Nate Santos wisely withdrew his name from the transfer portal a week after entering it.)
With a combination of transfer portal players and new signees, AG was able to accomplish the manpower mission in an impressive fashion. The first of the five to commit on April 15th was Zed Key, a 6’8” and 220 lb. graduate transfer from tOSU via Long Island Lutheran High School.
Here is what we know about Zed Key:
Zed’s profile page from tOSU Basketball website:
https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/zed-key/9337
And Key’s profile from the UD website:
https://daytonflyers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/zed-key/15259
Here is Zed’s twitter page:
https://x.com/iamzedkey?lang=en
And his Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/iamzedkey/?hl=en
Jablo in The DDN on the big fella’s signing:
Zed Key: What to know about newest Dayton Flyers recruit (daytondailynews.com)
John Buck on Zed Key, new Dayton Flyers forward: ‘He plays well in big games’ (daytondailynews.com)
What Zed was looking for in a school:
“First is development. I want to be able to develop my game a little bit more on the perimeter. Family atmosphere is another biggie. I had that here at Ohio State. I don’t want to go somewhere else where it’s not a family atmosphere. That’s big.”
There is no doubt that Dayton 6th played a ‘key’ role in securing Zed’s commitment:
https://x.com/iamzedkey/status/1779865068131278944
Highlights:
Senior year compilation:
20 points in a win vs. Duke:
Ohio State’s Zed Key on performance vs. Zach Edey, building momentum:
“The evolution of Zed Key”:
And finally, Zed Key mic’d up and putting in work at UD:
Dayton Men’s Basketball | 𝐌𝐢𝐜’𝐝 𝐔𝐩 🎙️ Zed Key | Instagram
You have a typo. Zed Key weighs 220, not 255.
255 is what he weighed at tOSU in 2023 before he dropped 30 pounds, but thanks I’ll fix it!