#TRUETEAM 16 NCAA Tournament Appearnces • Top 30 NCAA Attendance • Top 10 Television Market • 19 NBA Players EVENT INFORMATION DAYTON VS. OKLAHOMA LOCATION..................................COLUMBUS, OHIO March 22, 2015 • Nationwide Arena • Columbus, Ohio SITE......................................NATIONWIDE ARENA (19,500) DAYTON FLYERS OKLAHOMA SOONERS TV....................................................................................TNT 2014-15 record: 27-8 2014-15 record: 23-10 (Ian Eagle, Doug Gottlieb & Evan Atlantic 10 record: 13-5 VS. Big 12 Record: 13-7 655 C Washburn) Head Coach: Archie Miller Head Coach: Lon Kruger RADIO.............................NEWSTALK 1290 WHIO 199 C (Larry Hansgen & Bucky Bockhorn) SERIES STUFF...................Oklahoma Leads 2-1 THE STARTING FIVE 1. LET’S GO DANCING: The Flyers are making their 16th appearance in the Live Video, Stats and Audio stream: DaytonFlyers.com NCAA Tournament. This year UD is a No. 11 seed in the East Region. Last season, the Flyers advanced to the Elite 8, defeating Ohio State, Syracuse 2014-15 SCHEDULE and Stanford. UD is 19-17 all-time in the Big Dance. Dayton advanced to the Date Opponent Time/Result Third Round after picking up a 66-53 win over Providence and a thrilling November Sat. 8 S. INDIANA (EXH) W, 96-66 56-55 victory over the Boise State Broncos in the First Four. Fri. 14 ALABAMA A&M W, 76-52 Thur. 20 Texas A&M ^ W, 55-53 2. SMALL BALL SUCCESS: Despite not having a player on the active roster Fri. 21 UCONN ^ L, 75-64 Sun. 20 Boston College ^ W, 65-53 above 6-foot-6, the Flyers continue to enjoy success with a small ball Sat. 29 UIC W, 75-41 lineup. Dayton is 20-6 since Dec. 20. UD is averaging 68.8 points and 13.7 assists per game. The Flyers are also shooting .475 from the floor and .377 December Wed. 3 @Miami Ohio W, 66-62 from three-point range during that span. Sat. 6 EASTERN MICHIGAN W, 73-64 Tues. 9 BOWLING GREEN W, 56-52 3. NAISMITH SEMIFINALIST: Dayton’s Archie Miller is one of 15 Sat. 13 @Arkansas L, 69-55 semifinalists for the Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year. Miller Sat. 20 BOSTON UNIV. W, 78-62 Tues. 23 GEORGIA TECH W, 75-61 who is in his fourth year at Dayton, has led his Flyers to a 27-8 overall Tues. 30 OLE MISS W, 78-74 record. This season, the Flyers have had to overcome a depleted roster that features just six players who were recruited to Dayton and has no active January Sat. 3 DUQUESNE * W, 81-55 player taller than 6-foot-6. Thur. 8 @ St. Bonaventure * W, 78-61 Sat. 10 @ Fordham * W, 76-58 4. DEFENSIVE STALWARTS: Dayton is 24-4 when limiting opponents to Wed. 14 LA SALLE * W, 61-50 less than 70 points in a game (24-1 under 65 points) this season. Dating Sat. 17 SAINT LOUIS * W, 61-45 Tues. 20 @ Davidson * L, 77-60 back to last year, Dayton has not allowed an opponent to score 70 or Sat. 24 RICHMOND * W, 63-60 more points in 33 of its last 42 games. The Flyers are 28-1 when limiting Thur. 29 @ Massachusetts * L, 66-64 opponents to 60 points or less during the previous two seasons. February Sun. 1 FORDHAM * W, 101-77 5. A-10 HONORS SIBERT, PIERRE & POLLARD: Senior Jordan Sibert was Fri. 6 @ George Washington * L, 65-64 named First Team All-Atlantic 10, junior Dyshawn Pierre Second Team All Tues. 10 @ Saint Louis * W, 51-44 Sat. 14 ST. BONAVENTURE * W, 75-61 A-10, and sophomore Kendall Pollard was the winner of the Chris Daniels Thur. 19 SAINT JOSEPH’S * W, 68-64 Most Improved Player Award. Sibert and Pierre are the 25th and 26th Sat. 21 @ Duquesne * L, 83-73 Dayton players to earn All-Atlantic 10 honors since the Flyers joined the Wed. 25 GEORGE MASON * W, 76-63 A-10 in 1995-96. Pollard is the third UD player to be named the A-10’s Chris Sat. 28 @ VCU * W, 59-55 Daniels Most Improved Player Award winner. March Tues. 3 RHODE ISLAND * W, 75-59 Up Next: The winner of the Dayton-Oklahoma contest will advance to the Sat. 7 @ La Salle * L, 55-53 Fri. 13 St. Bonaventure & W, 75-71 Sweet Sixteen in Syracuse, N.Y. Sat. 14 Rhode Island & W, 56-52 PROBABLE STARTERS Sun. 15 VCU & L, 71-65 Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG MISC Wed. 18 Boise State $ W, 56-55 G 3 Kyle Davis (So., 6-0, Chicago, IL) 7.2 2.8 2.5 50 steals, .464 FG% Fri. 20 Providence $ W, 66-53 Sun. 22 Oklahoma $ 6:10 pm G 11 Scoochie Smith (So., 6-2, Bronx, NY) 9.0 3.0 3.8 51 steals, .753 FT% F 21 Dyshawn Pierre (Jr., 6-6, Whitby, ONT) 12.8 8.2 2.9 .468 FG%, .354 3-pt FG% All Times Eastern & Subject To Change G 24 Jordan Sibert (R-Sr., 6-4, Cincinnati, OH) 16.3 3.3 2.0 .788 FT%, 61 steals Home Games in CAPS at UD Arena F 25 Kendall Pollard (So., 6-6, Chicago, IL) 12.7 5.4 1.1 .562 FG%, 32 blocks * - Atlantic 10 Conference Game OFF THE BENCH ^ - Puerto Rico Tip-Off Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG MISC & - Atlantic 10 Championship held at the Barclays G 1 Darrell Davis (Fr., 6-4, Detroit, MI) 4.5 1.6 0.6 .433 3-pt FG%, .739 FT% Center in Brooklyn, NY G 14 Jeremiah Bonsu (So., 5-11, Pickerington, OH) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Added to the team on Feb. 10 $ - NCAA Tournament G 15 Nick Haldes (Fr., 6-3, Chicago, IL) 0.0 0.0 0.0 4 games played EXH - Exhibition Game F 22 Bobby Wehrli (Jr., 6-6, Naperville, IL) 2.3 2.2 0.4 9 blocks, 28 off rebounds TWITTER: @DaytonMBB #TrueTeam F 30 Detwon Rogers (Jr., 6-6, Raleigh, NC) DNP Injured, return TBA G 44 Joey Gruden (So., 6-2, Leesburg, VA) 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 games played ONLINE: DaytonFlyers.com G 51 William Dupuy (So. 5-8, Colleyville, TX) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Out for the year (knee) DaytonFlyers.com offers the most complete and G -- Charles Cooke (R-So., 6-5, Trenton, NJ) -- -- -- Transfer from James Madison comprehensive coverage of the Flyers. C -- Steve McElvene (Fr., 6-11, New Haven, IN) -- -- -- Academic redshirt in 2014-15 Contact: Doug Hauschild • [email protected] • Office: (937) 229-4390 • Cell/Text: (937) 272-4503 Secondary Contact: Michael LaPlaca • [email protected] • Office: (937) 229-5584 • Cell/Text: (937) 654-9025 DAYTON MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES #TRUETEAM UNIVERSITY INFORMATION 2014-15 Dayton Flyers Roster University of Dayton No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School) 300 College Park 1 Darrell Davis G Fr. 6-4 168 Detroit, Mich. / Frederick Douglass Location - Dayton, Ohio 3 Kyle Davis G So. 6-0 165 Chicago, Ill. / Morgan Park Founded - 1850 11 Scoochie Smith G So. 6-2 170 Bronx, N.Y. / Putnam Science Academy Undergraduate Enrollment - 8,000 14 Jeremiah Bonsu G So. 5-11 150 Pickerington Ohio/Pickerington North Nickname - Flyers 15 Nick Haldes G Fr. 6-3 185 Chicago, Ill. / Mattawan School Colors - Red (PMS 200) & Blue 21 Dyshawn Pierre F Jr. 6-6 230 Whitby, Ont. / Anderson CVI (PMS 288) 22 Bobby Wehrli F Jr. 6-6 198 Naperville, Ill. / Benet Academy Affiliation - NCAA Division I 25 Kendall Pollard F So. 6-6 210 Chicago, Ill. / Simeon Career Academy Conference - Atlantic 10 24 Jordan Sibert G R-Sr. 6-4 187 Cincinnati, Ohio / Princeton President - Dr. Daniel J. Curran 30 Detwon Rogers F Jr. 6-6 220 Raleigh, N.C. / New Hanover Vice President/Director of Athletics - 44 Joey Gruden G So. 6-2 163 Leesburg, Va. / Sycamore Tim Wabler 51 William Dupuy G So. 5-8 157 Colleyville, Texas / Grapevine Ticket Office Phone - (937) 229-4433 -- Charles Cooke G R-So. 6-5 192 Trenton, N.J. / Trenton Catholic Academy -- Steve McElvene C Fr. 6-11 260 New Haven, Ind. / New Haven Website - DaytonFlyers.com Twitter - @DaytonMBB Head Coach - Archie Miller (NC State ‘02 - Fourth Season at UD and overall as head coach - 90-46) Assistant Coach - Kevin Kuwik (Notre Dame ‘96 - Fourth Season at UD) HEAD COACH ARCHIE MILLER Assistant Coach - Allen Griffin (Syracuse ‘01 - Fourth Season at UD) Seasons - 4th at Dayton/4th Overall Assistant Coach - Tom Ostrom (Minnesota ‘97 - Fourth Season at UD) Overall Record - 890-46 Director of Men’s Basketball Operations - Bill Comar (Kenyon ‘93 - Eighth Season at UD) Record at Dayton - Same Assistant Director of Men’s Basketball Operations - Eric Farrell (Dayton ‘08 - Seventh Season at UD) Atlantic 10 Record - 39-27 Athletic Trainer - Mike Mulcahey ATC, LAT, CSCS (Xavier ‘96 - Second Season at UD) Strength & Conditioning Coach - Paul Ivkovich (Michigan State ‘04 - Fourth Season at UD) UD ARENA DAYTON FACES OKLAHOMA IN THE MORE ON THE BIG DANCE Opened - 1969 NCAA TOURNAMENT THIRD ROUND • This is the first time Dayton has advanced to Seasons - 46 • For the second straight season, the No. 11 seed the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back seasons Capacity - 13,455 University of Dayton Flyers look to advance to since the 2002-03 and 2003-04 campaigns. Student Section - Red Scare the Sweet Sixteen, but face a tough test against • Archie Miller also became the first Flyer coach Overall Record at UD Arena - 579-200 the No. 3 seed Oklahoma Sooners on Sunday at to win an NCAA Tournament game in back- UD Arena Record Under Miller - 56-12 6:10 p.m.