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18 NCAA Tournament Appearances @DaytonMBB Top 25 NCAA Attendance Top 10 Television Market 2017-18 MEN’S BASKETBALL 20 NBA Players Back-to-back Atlantic 10 Champions GAME NOTES 1,600 Victories 102 Wins The Past Four Years DAYTON VS. OHIO DOMINICANBASKETBALL EXH Exhibition • UD Arena • Dayton, Ohio November 4, 2017 • 7 p.m. ET • TV: Atlantic 10 Network (video stream) • Radio: WHIO Dayton (0-0, 0-0) TOP STORYLINES H (0-0), A (0-0), N (0-0) > PICKED 5TH IN A-10: After graduating the winningest senior class in school DATE OPPONENT TIME history, the two-time regular-season champion University of Dayton Flyers Nov. 4 Ohio Dominican - (ex) 7 p.m. have been selected to finish fifth in the Atlantic 10 this season, according to Nov. 10 Ball State 7 p.m. a poll of the conference’s head men’s basketball coaches and selected media. Nov. 16 vs. Hofstra 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 vs. Ohio/Clemson TBA Dayton was 24-8 overall, and Atlantic 10 Conference regular season champions Nov. 19 vs. TBD TBA with a 15-3 league record last season. Nov. 25 Akron 7 p.m. Nov. 29 Auburn 7 p.m. > WELCOME BACK COACH GRANT: On March 30, 2017, the University of Dayton Dec. 3 at Mississippi State 8 p.m. named Anthony Grant the 20th coach in Flyer Basketball history. Grant, a 1987 Dec. 6 Tennessee Tech 7 p.m. UD alum, was most recently on the coaching staff of the NBA’s Oklahoma City Dec. 9 Penn 3 p.m. Thunder, working with athletes such as Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Dec. 16 Georgia State 7 p.m. Dec. 19 at Saint Mary’s 10 p.m. He spent the last two seasons on Billy Donovan’s staff after nine seasons as Dec. 23 Wagner 3 p.m. head coach at Alabama and VCU and 13 seasons as a Division I assistant coach. Dec. 30 at Duquesne * 12 p.m. Jan. 3 St. Bonaventure * 8:30 p.m. > FANTASTIC FOUR: The Flyers made its fourth straight NCAA Tournament Jan. 6 Massachusetts * Noon appearance and 18th overall. This was the first time in the program’s history Jan. 9 at Richmond * 7 p.m. Dayton earned four consecutive NCAA Tournament bids. UD is one of 18 schools Jan. 12 VCU * 7 p.m. to have won five or more NCAA Tournament games in the past four seasons. UD Jan. 17 at Saint Joseph’s * 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20 Rhode Island * 1 p.m. is 19-20 all-time in the Big Dance. Jan. 23 Davidson * 7 p.m. Jan. 27 at Saint Louis * 4 p.m. > MADE “FOUR” MADNESS: Dayton is one of 19 schools to have made the last Feb. 3 at Massachusetts * 2 p.m. four NCAA Tournaments. Joining UD are Kansas (28 straight appearances), Feb. 7 Duquesne * 7 p.m. Duke (22), Michigan State (20), Gonzaga (19), Wisconsin (19), North Carolina (7), Feb. 10 at VCU * 6 p.m. Cincinnati (7), VCU (7), Arizona (6), Iowa State (6), Wichita State (6), Oregon (5), Feb. 14 at George Mason* 7 p.m. Villanova (5), Virginia (4), Baylor (4), Providence (4), Xavier (4) and Kentucky (4). Feb. 17 Fordham * 7 p.m. Feb. 20 Saint Louis * 9 p.m. Feb. 23 at Rhode Island * 7 p.m. > CATCH 22: Dayton moved up to 22nd nationally in average attendance in Feb. 28 at La Salle * 7 p.m. 2016-17 in the annual men’s basketball attendance report. UD’s average crowd Mar. 3 George Washington * 12:30 p.m. of 13,018 fans a game was the best in school history, topping the 12,982 in the Arena’s first season in 1969-70. Dayton improved 76 fans a game from a year Mar. 7-11 A-10 Championship / Washington D.C. ago, and moved up three ranking spots. The 22nd ranking is UD’s best since being 18th with an average of 12,570. * - Atlantic 10 Conference game All times Eastern & subject to change. Home games played on Tom Blackburn Court at the > TRANSFORM UD ARENA: The University of Dayton is embarking on a $72 University of Dayton Arena. million renovation of its arena. The transformation of University of Dayton (ex) - Exhibition game Arena will occur in three phases – from 2017 to 2019. The Arena has also been the site of 117 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament games, 34 more ABOUT THE FLYERS than any other tournament host. University of Dayton 300 College Park THE SQUAD BREAKDOWN Location - Dayton, Ohio LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (2016-17 stats) DAYTON Founded - 1850 Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG Record in 2016-17 - 24-8 Last Game - L, 64-58 vs. Undergraduate Enrollment - 9,223 F 0 Josh Cunningham (R-Jr., 6-7, Chicago, Ill.) 6.3 2.9 0.6 Nickname - Flyers Wichita State (NCAA) G 1 Darrell Davis (Sr., 6-5, Detroit, Mich.) 5.5 1.9 1.2 Head Coach - Anthony Grant School Colors - Red (PMS 200) & Blue (PMS 655) F 12 Trey Landers (So., 6-4, Dayton, Ohio) 3.0 1.4 0.3 Career Record - (119-110, 10 yrs) Affiliation - NCAA Division I G 15 John Crosby (Jr., 6-2, Baltimore, Md.) 2.8 1.9 1.2 Dayton Record - (0-0, 1 yr) Conference - Atlantic 10 F 20 Xeyrius Williams (Jr., 6-8, Huber Heights, Ohio) 8.2 4.8 1.0 President - Dr. Eric Spina G 23 Jack Westerfield (Jr., 6-1, Cincinnati, Ohio) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Vice President/Director of Athletics - Neil Sullivan F 33 Ryan Mikesell (R-So., 6-7, St. Henry, Ohio) 5.7 3.9 0.9 Website - DaytonFlyers.com G 44 Joey Gruden (R-Sr., 6-1, Leesburg, Va.) 0.3 0.2 0.1 109th Season NEWCOMERS OHIO DOMINICAN Years 1903 - Present Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG Record in 2016-17 - 14-12 Overall Record: 1,610-1,086 (.597) G 4 Jordan Davis (Fr., 6-2, Irmo, S.C.) -- -- -- Last Game - W, 82-77 vs. Atlantic 10 Record: 210-147 G 10 Jalen Crutcher (Fr., 6-1, Memphis, Tenn.) -- -- -- Lake Erie NCAA Tournament Record - 19-20 F 11 Matej Svoboda (Fr., 6-7, Ostrava, Czec Republic) -- -- -- Head Coach - Dan Evans NIT Record - 40-22 F 13 Kostas Antetokounmpo (R-Fr., 6-10, Athens, Greece) -- -- -- Career Record - (39-68, 4 yrs) G 14 Jordan Pierce (Fr., 6-11, Scotch Plains, N.J.) -- -- -- Ohio Dominican Record - Same NCAA Tournament Appearances (18): 1952, 1965, G 50 Dalton Stewart (Fr., 6-2, Brookville, Ohio) -- -- -- 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1984, 1985, 1990, G 52 Camron Greer (Fr., 5-7, Country Club Hills, Ill.) -- -- -- 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 F -- Obadiah Toppin (Fr., 6-8, Ossining, N.Y.) -- -- -- POWER PLAYERS 2017-18 ROSTER The University of Dayton loves No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School) playing against the Power Five 0 Josh Cunningham F R-Jr. 6-7 233 Chicago, Ill. / Morgan Park conferences. Dayton is 32-14 in the 1 Darrell Davis G Sr. 6-5 170 Detroit, Mich. / Frederick Douglass 3 Trey Landers G So. 6-5 224 Dayton, Ohio / Wayne last 10 years against programs from 4 Jordan Davis G Fr. 6-2 195 Irmo, S.C. / Dutch Fork the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC and Pac 10 Jalen Crutcher G Fr. 6-1 161 Memphis, Tenn. / Ridgeway 12 Conferences. 11 Matej Svoboda F Fr. 6-7 224 Ostrava, Czec Republic/Sportovní gymnázium Ostrava 13 Kostas Antetokounmpo F R-Fr. 6-10 197 Athens, Greece / Dominican (Milwaukee) 2016-17 (2-2) 14 Jordan Pierce C Fr. 6-11 265 Scotch Plains, N.J. / Union Catholic W, at Alabama - 77-72 15 John Crosby G Jr. 6-3 197 Baltimore, Md. / New Haven School L, vs. Nebraska - 80-78 20 Xeyrius Williams F Jr. 6-9 205 Springfield, Ohio / Huber Heights Wayne L, vs. Northwestern - 67-64 23 Jack Westerfield G Jr. 6-1 180 Cincinnati, Ohio / St. Xavier w, vs. Vanderbilt - 68-63 33 Ryan Mikesell F Jr. 6-7 215 St. Henry, Ohio / St. Henry 44 Joey Gruden G Sr. 6-1 185 Leesburg, Virginia / Sycamore 2015-16 (4-1) 50 Dalton Stewart G Fr. 6-2 190 Brookville, Ohio / Brookville W, vs. Alabama - 80-48 52 Camron Greer G Fr. 5-7 160 Country Club Hills, Ill. / Rich Central W, vs. Iowa - 82-77 -- Obadiah Toppin F Fr. 6-8 193 Ossining, N.Y. / Mt. Zion Prep (MD) W, at Vanderbilt - 72-67 W, vs. Arkansas - 85-80 Anthony Grant - Head Coach (Dayton ‘87 - First Season at UD, 10th overall as head coach - 193-110) Anthony Solomon - Associate Head Coach (2nd Season at Dayton) L, vs. Syracuse - 70-51 James Kane - Assistant Coach (1st Season at Dayton) Ricardo Greer - Assistant Coach (1st Season at Dayton) 2014-15 (4-2) Darren Hertz - Assistant to the Head Coach (1st Season at Dayton) W, vs. Texas A&M - 55-53 Andy Farrell - Director of Scouting and Program Development (5th Season at Dayton) W, vs. Boston College - 65-53 Devin Davis - Director of Player Development (1st Season at Dayton) L, at Arkansas - 69-55 Casey Cathrall, MS.Ed, CSCS. - Strength and Conditioning Coach (1st Season at Dayton) W, vs. Georgia Tech - 75-61 Mike Mulcahey, ATC, LAT, CSCS - Athletic Trainer (5th Season at UD) W, vs. Ole Miss - 78-74 L, vs. Oklahoma - 72-66 PRONUNCIATIONS 2013-14 (6-3) Jalen Crutcher -- Crutch - er / Matej Svoboda -- Mah-teh Sav- bo-duh W, at Georgia Tech - 82-72 Kostas Antetokounmpo -- Coh-stas Anh-teh-toe-KUHN-po / Xeyrius Williams - Zer-e-us L, vs.