Finished 3rd in nation in 2019-20 2020-21 Top 25 NCAA Attendance Top 10 CBB Television Market MEN’S BASKETBALL 23 NBA Players GAME NOTES Back-to-back A-10 Champions ‘16,’17 Undefeated 2019--20 A-10 Champs DAYTON VS. MEMPHIS 24 NIT • UNC Coliseum • Denton , Texas March 20, 2021 2020-21 W-L (14-9) DAYTON PROBABLE STARTERS (Based on previous game) H (8-3), A (4-6), N (2-0), A-10 (9-7) 2020-21: 7.9 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.8 spg Dec. 1 Eastern Illinois W, 66-63 0 • Missed 11 G after tearing a tendon in his right hand (back for URI) Dec. 5 SMU L, 66-64 RODNEY • Had 21 points, four assists and five steals in the Ole Miss win Dec. 8 Northern Kentucky W, 66-60 CHATMAN • A tremendous disruptor on defense (Held Anthony Edwards to 6 pts) G • R-Sr. • 6-1 • 178 • Gives UD the luxury of two point guards on the floor Holiday Hoopsgiving -- State Farm Arena Lithonia, Ga. • Averaged 13.3 ppg, 4.5 apg and 4.1 rpg in 29 starts as a soph at UTC Dec. 12 Mississippi State W, 85-82 2 OT • His dad, Rodney II, played for George Raveling at USC from 1990-93 Dec. 19 Ole MIss W, 65-62 2020-21: 15.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg, .427 3-pt.% • Third Team All-Atlantic 10 this season Atlantic 10 Conference Schedule 2 IBI • Had 25 points (6-11 3-pt.) with three assists vs. URI in the A-10’s Dec. 30 La Salle* L, 67-65 WATSON • Averages 17.8 points (50% 3-pt.) in UD’s win this season Jan. 2 George Mason* W, 74-65 G • R-Sr. • 6-5 • 195 • Played in all 31 games with one start last season, averaging 10.1 ppg. Jan. 5 at Fordham* L, 55-54 Pickerington, Ohio • Saw action in 35 games over two seasons at Michigan before transfer Jan. 8 at Davidson* W, 89-78 OT • Michigan reached the NCAA title game his sophomore year Jan. 13 Duquesne* W, 72-63 Jan 17 at George Washington* W, 67-54 2020-21: 18.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 4.8 apg Jan. 20 George Washington* Postponed • Two-time First Team All-Atlantic 10 this season Jan. 23 at VCU* L, 66-43 10 • Earned A-10 Awards all four seasons (Rookie, 3rd 1st, 1st Teams) Jan. 26 at Saint Louis* W, 76-71 JALEN • Anthony Grant’s first recruit to Dayton; In his fourth year as a starter Jan. 30 Rhode Island* W, 67-56 CRUTCHER • Scored 29 poiints at Davidson; Had 27 in SLU win (14 in last 4 min) Feb. 2 at Duquesne* L, 69-64 G • Sr. • 6-1 • 175 • Stadium Second Team Preseason All-American, Naismith, Wooden, Feb. 5 Richmond* Postponed Memphis, Tenn. Olson & NABC National Player of Year & Cousy Preseason Watch Lists Feb. 5 George Mason* W, 74-65 Feb. 9 at Massachusetts* Postponed 2020-21: 4.8 ppg, 2.4 rpg, .554 FG% Feb. 9 VCU* L, 76-67 • Has scored 63 of his season’s 82 points in the last nine games Feb. 13 Saint Joseph’s* Postponed 23 • Averaging 9.5 points and 5.0 rebounds, while shooting .657 (14-21) Feb. 16 at Rhode Island* L, 91-89 2 OT Feb. 19 Saint Louis* W, 76-53 R.J. FG, .556 (6-11) 3-pt., and 1.000 (4-4) FT in his last 4 games (3 starts) Feb. 24 at Saint Joseph’s* L, 97-84 BLAKNEY • Made his first career start in the win at A-10 champ St. Bonaventure Mar. 1 at St. Bonaventure* W, 55-52 F • Fr. • 6-6 • 195 • Had 15 points (6-7 FG) and six rebounds at St. Joe’s A-10 Second Round -- Richmond, Va. Baltimore, Md. •New England Prep Player of the Year in 2019-20 Mar. 4 Rhode Island W, 84-72 A-10 Quarterfinals -- Richmond, Va. Mar. 5 VCU L, 73-68 2020-21: 6.8 ppg, 8.0 rpg, .592 FG% NIT First Round • A-10 All-Academic Mar. 20 Memphis 12 Noon 32 • Had his second double-double of the year (10 & 10) in last game * - Atlantic 10 Conference game JORDY • Had 14 points and 12 rebounds in the second VCU game TSHIMANGA • Scored 10 points (5-6 FG) at VCU; Had 10 rebounds at Saint Louis All home games in bold. C • Gr. • 6-11 • 278 • Had 16 rebounds and was five-of-six from the line at Fordham The home of Flyer Basketball is Tom Blackburn Montreal, Qubec • Had 27 starts in two seasons at Nebraska, including 18 in 2017-18 Court at the University of Dayton Arena. All times Eastern & subject to change. ON THE AIR THE BREAKDOWN Radio • WHIO Larry Hansgen, play-by-play DAYTON Memphis Brooks Hall, analyst Record in 2020-21 Head Coach Record in 2020-21 Head Coach 14-9 Anthony Grant 16-8 Penny Hardaway Television • ESPN A-10 Record Career Record AAC Record Career Record Derek Jones, play-by-play 9-7 271-150 11-4 59-32 Corey Alexander, analyst Dayton Record Memphis Record 78-40 59-32 Digital • Live Video, Stats & Audio DaytonFlyers.com Last Game Last Game Lost 73-68 Lost 76-74 @DaytonMBB at VCU vs. Houston Contact: Doug Hauschild • [email protected] • Office: (937) 229-4390 • Cell/Text: (937) 272-4503 Secondary Contact: Krystal Warren • [email protected] • Office: (937) 229-4460 • Cell/Text: (937) 269-5665 ABOUT THE FLYERS 2020-21 ROSTER University of Dayton No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School) 300 College Park 0 Rodney Chatman RS Sr. G 6-1 180 Lithonia, Ga. / Lithonia Location - Dayton, Ohio 2 Ibi Watson RS Sr. G 6-5 195 Pickerington, Ohio / Pickerington Central Founded - 1850 Undergraduate Enrollment - 9,441 3 Luke Frazier Fr. G 6-5 170 Mentor, Ohio / Lake Catholic Nickname - Flyers 4 Koby Brea Fr. G 6-6 174 Washington Heights, N. Y. / Monsignor Scanlan Colors - Red (PMS 200) & Blue (PMS 655) 10 Jalen Crutcher Sr. G 6-1 175 Memphis, Tenn. / Ridgeway Affiliation - NCAA Division I 11 Elijah Weaver Jr. G 6-6 205 Cocoa, Fla. / Rockledge Conference - Atlantic 10 12 Zimi Nwokeji RS Fr. F 6-7 220 Quincy, Fla. /Spire Academy President - Dr. Eric Spina 14 Moulaye Sissoko RS Fr. C 6-9 250 Bamako, Mali / Lincoln Academy (Ga.) VP/Director of Athletics - Neil Sullivan 23 R.J. Blakney Fr. F/G 6-6 195 Hagerstown, Md. / Loomis Chaffee School 115th Season: 1903 - Present 30 Mustapha Amzil Fr. F 6-10 220 Helsinki, Finland / HBA-Marsky Overall Record: 1,690-1,124 (.601) 32 Jordy Tshimanga RS Sr. C 6-11 278 Montreal, Quebec / MacDuffie School Atlantic 10 Record: 257-169 (.603) 35 Dwayne Cohill Jr. G 6-2 180 Cleveland, Ohio / Holy Name NCAA Tournament Record - 19-20 51 Drew Swerlein RS So.G 6-0 175 Perrysburg, Ohio / St. Francis de Sales NIT Record - 40-23 52 Camron Greer Sr. G 5-8 165 Country Club, Ill. / Rich Central 53 Christian Wilson RS Jr. G 6-1 170 Dayton, Ohio / Northmont NCAA Tournament Appearances (18): 1952, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1984, 1985, -Anthony Grant - Head Coach (Dayton ‘87) 1990, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2015, Fourth Season at UD - 78-40; 13th overall as head coach - 271-150 2016, 2017 Anthony Solomon - Associate Head Coach (Fifth Season at Dayton) Ricardo Greer - Assistant Coach (Fourth Season at Dayton) Darren Hertz - Assistant Coach (Fourth Season at Dayton) CAREER NUMBERS Andy Farrell - Special Assistant to the Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (Eighth Season at Dayton) Games Starts Cons. Brett Comer - Director of Player Development (Fourth Season at Dayton) James Haring - Director of Basketball Operations (Second Season at Dayton) Jalen Crutcher 116 108 42 Casey Cathrall, CSCS. - Strength and Conditioning Coach (Third Season at Dayton) Dwayne Cohill 63 0 0 Mike Mulcahey, ATC, LAT - Athletic Trainer (Eighth Season at UD) Ibi Watson 54 24 23 Jordy Tshimanga 49 22 3 Rodney Chatman 43 42 5 Camron Greer 24 0 0 PRONUNCIATIONS Christian Wilson 23 0 0 Mustapha Amzil – MOOSE-tuh-fah Ahm-SEEL /R.J. Blakney – BLAIK-nee / Koby Brea – BRAY-ah / Zimi Nwokeji – ZIMM-ee Zimi Nwokeji 20 2 0 Whoa-KAY-gee / Moulaye Sissoko -- MOO-lie See-SEW-koe / Tshimanga -- Cha-MAHN-gah / Ibi Watson – Rhymes w/ “Bibby Mutapha Amzil 18 14 0 R.J. Blakney 17 3 3 DAYTON TO PLAY MEMPHIS IN NIT SATURDAY AT 12 NOON ET Elijah Weaver 17 11 0 Koby Brea 16 2 0 The University of Dayton Flyers will play the University of Memphis in the first round of the Moulaye Sissoko 14 0 0 NIT on Saturday, March 20 at 12 noon ET in UNT Coliseum on the campus of the University of Chase Johnson 13 6 0 North Texas in Denton, Texas. Drew Swerlein 4 0 0 Luke Frazier 2 0 0 Dayton is 14-9 this season, reaching the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 championship. DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES Dayton has qualified for the post-season in the last three seasons since Anthony Grant took Career ‘20-21 Cons. over as coach at his alma mater. The Flyers reached the NIT in 2019, were granted the A-10’s Jalen Crutcher 83 20 2 automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament when the A-10 championship was cancelled last Ibi Watson 33 19 8 year, and the NIT in 2021. UD has also reached post-season play six of the last seven years.