Finished 3rd in nation in 2019-20 2020-21 Top 25 NCAA Attendance Top 10 CBB Television Market MEN’S BASKETBALL 21 NBA Players GAME NOTES Back-to-back A-10 Champions ‘16,’17 Undefeated 2019--20 A-10 Champs DAYTON VS. EASTERN ILLINOIS 1 University of Dayton Arena • Dayton, Ohio December 1, 2020 2020-21 W-L (0-0) DAYTON RETURNING VETERANS H (0-0), A (0-0), N (0-0), A-10 (0-0) 2019-20: 7.7 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 3.2 apg Dec. 1 Eastern Illinois 7 p.m. 0 • Scored 12 points (3-5 3-pt.) in his UD debut in the Indiana State win Dec. 5 SMU 2 p.m. RODNEY • A tremendous disruptor on defense (Held Anthony Edwards to 6 pts) Dec. 8 Purdue Fort Wayne TBA CHATMAN • Gives UD the luxury of two point guards on the floor G • R-Sr. • 6-1 • 178 • Sat out 2018-19 as a NCAA four-year school transfer 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 12 Noon • His dad, Rodney, played for George Raveling at USC from 1990-93 Dec. 19 Ole MIss 2:30 p.m. 2019-20: 10.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg, .393 3-pt. FG% • Averaged 10.1 points a game in his first season at Dayton in 2019-20 Atlantic 10 Conference Schedule 2 IBI • Played in all 31 games with one start last season Dec. 30 La Salle* TBA WATSON • Scored 30 (8-12 FG, 4-5 3-pt., 10-10 FT vs. Granbling) in that start Jan. 2 George Mason* 4:30 p.m. G • R-Sr. • 6-5 • 195 • Saw action in 35 games over two seasons at Michigan before transfer Jan. 5 at Fordham* TBA Pickerington, Ohio • Michigan reached the NCAA title game his sophomore year Jan. 8 at Davidson* TBA • Four-time All-Ohio in high school (First Team D-I as a senior) Jan. 13 Duquesne* TBA Jan 17 at George Washington* 2:30 p.m. 2019-20: 15.1 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 4.9 apg Jan. 20 George Washington* TBA • Anthony Grant’s first recruit to Dayton; In his fourth year as a starter Jan. 23 at VCU* TBA 10 • Stadium Second Team Preseason All-American & Naismith National Jan. 26 at Saint Louis* TBA JALEN Player of the Year & Cousy Watch Lists Jan. 30 Rhode Island* TBA CRUTCHER • ESPN ranks him the No. 6 player in college basketball, CBSSports. Feb. 2 at Duquesne* TBA G • Sr. • 6-1 • 175 com rates him 16th and The Athletic rates him the sixth-best guard Feb. 5 Richmond* TBA Memphis, Tenn. • First Team All-Atlantic 10 in 2019-20, Preseason in 2020-21 Feb. 9 at Massachusetts* TBA Feb. 13 Saint Joseph’s* TBA 2019-20: 3.0 ppg, 2.4 rpg, .667 FG% Feb. 16 at Rhode Island* TBA • Missed six weeks of 2019-20 fall practice with an injury, but still saw Feb. 19 Saint Louis* TBA 32 action in 27 games, averaging 9.8 minutes, 3.0 ppg and 2.4 rpg Feb. 28 at St. Bonaventure* TBA March 3 VCU* TBA JORDY • Shot .667 (34-51) from the field last season TSHIMANG • Had 27 starts in two seasons at Nebraska, including 18 in 2017-18 A-10 Men’s BB Championship -- Barclays Center C • Gr. • 6-11 • 278 • Some of his best efforts at Nebraska came against the best teams – 15 Mar.10-14 In Brooklyn TBA Montreal, Qubec points, 9 rebounds vs. Michigan State; 10 rebounds vs. No. 7 Wisconsin * - Atlantic 10 Conference game All home games in bold. 2019-20: 5.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg, .792 FG% The home of Flyer Basketball is Tom Blackburn • Back after taking a medical leave of absence from UD in the second Court at the University of Dayton Arena. 40 semester of 2019-20 All times Eastern & subject to change. CHASE • Played in eight games with one start (5.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg and 11.1 mpg) (ex) - Exhibition game JOHNSON • Shot .792 (19-24) from the field last season F • R-Jr. • 6-9 • 226 • Originally signed with Florida, and was a four-star recruit for Ripley, W. Va. Huntington Prep (3.0 ppg., 2.0 rpg. at Florida in 2018-19) ON THE AIR THE 2019-20 BREAKDOWN Radio • WHIO Larry Hansgen, play-by-play DAYTON 2020 HIGHLIGHTS Bucky Bockhorn, analyst Brooks Hall, analyst Record in 2019-20 Head Coach Atlantic 10 Regular Anthony Grant -- Consensus Josh Postorino, analyst 29-2 Anthony Grant Season Champion National Coach of the Year Keith Waleskowski, analyst Perfect 18-0 Record • Atlanta Tip-Off Club (Naismith Trophy) • NABC • A-10 Record Career Record Ranked Third in Final USBWA (Henry Iba Award)• 18-0 257-141 USA Today Coaches & Associated Press• Sporting Digital • Live Video, Stats & Audio Associated Press Polls DaytonFlyers.com News • CBSsports.com Dayton Record Obi Toppin -- Consensus 64 -31 National Player of the Year • Los Angeles Athletic Club (Wooden Award) • Atlanta Tip-Off Club (Naismith Trophy) • USBWA (Oscar @DaytonMBB Robertson Award) • NABC • Associated Press 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 Bronx, 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 12 Zimi Nwokeji RS Fr. F 6-7 220 Quincy, Fla. /Spire Academy Conference - Atlantic 10 14 Moulaye Sissoko RS Fr. C 6-9 250 Bamako, Mali / Lincoln Academy (Ga.) President - Dr. Eric Spina 23 R.J. Blakney Fr. F/G 6-6 195 Hagerstown, Md. / Loomis Chaffee School VP/Director of Athletics - Neil Sullivan 32 Jordy Tshimanga RS Sr. C 6-11 278 Montreal, Quebec / MacDuffie School 115th Season: 1903 - Present 35 Dwayne Cohill Jr. G 6-2 180 Cleveland, Ohio / Holy Name Overall Record: 1,676-1,115 (.601) 40 Chase Johnson RS Jr. F 6-9 226 Ripley, W.Va. / Huntingon Prep Atlantic 10 Record: 248-162 (.605) 52 Camron Greer Sr. G 5-8 165 Country Club, Ill. / Rich Central NCAA Tournament Record - 19-20 53 Christian Wilson RS Jr. G 6-1 170 Dayton, Ohio / Northmont NIT Record - 40-23 -- Elijah Weaver Jr. G 6-6 205 Cocoa, Fla. / Rockledge Anthony Grant - Head Coach (Dayton ‘87) NCAA Tournament Appearances (18): 1952, Fourth Season at UD - 64-31; 13th overall as head coach - 257-141 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2015, Anthony Solomon - Associate Head Coach (Fifth Season at Dayton) 2016, 2017 Ricardo Greer - Assistant Coach (Fourth Season at Dayton) Darren Hertz - Assistant Coach (Fourth Season at Dayton) Andy Farrell - Special Assistant to the Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (Eighth Season at Dayton) CAREER NUMBERS Brett Comer - Director of Player Development (Fourth Season at Dayton) Games Starts Cons. James Haring - Director of Basketball Operations (Second Season at Dayton) Casey Cathrall, CSCS. - Strength and Conditioning Coach (Third Season at Dayton) Jalen Crutcher 94 85 19 Mike Mulcahey, ATC, LAT - Athletic Trainer (Eighth Season at UD) Dwayne Cohill 63 0 0 Rodney Chatman 31 31 31 Ibi Watson 31 1 0 Jordy Tshimanga 27 0 0 PRONUNCIATIONS Camron Greer 23 0 0 Christian Wilson 17 0 0 Cohill -- COE-hill / Crutcher -- Crutch-er / Blakney – BLAIK-nee / Brea – BRAY-ah / Zimi Nwokeji – ZIMM-ee Whoa-KAY-gee / Chase Johnson 8 1 0 Moulaye Sissoko -- MOO-lie See-SEW-koe / Tshimanga -- Cha-MAHN-gah / Ibi Watson – Rhymes with “Bibby” Moulaye Sissoko 0 0 0 Zimi Nwokeji 0 0 0 R.J. Blakney 0 0 0 DAYTON BEGINS ITS 116TH SEASON OF MEN’S VARSITY BASKETBALL Koby Brea 0 0 0 Luke Frazier 0 0 0 After a record-setting 29 wins in 2019-20, the University of Dayton Flyers return to the court for their 116th season DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES Career ‘19-20 Cons. The Flyers won their third Atlantic 10 regular season title in the last five years, finished No. Jalen Crutcher 63 26 9 3 in the final polls and led the nation in FG% on the strength on a frontcourt that featured Ibi Watson 14 14 0 the consensus player of the year, Obi Toppin, and two senior leaders, Trey Landers and Ryan Rodney Chatman 10 10 0 Mikesell. Chase Johnson 1 1 0 This year, UD will take on the challenge of defending its A-10 title with one of the most talented 20-POINT SCORING GAMES and experienced backcourts in the country. Preseason All-American Jalen Crutcher is a four- Career ‘19-20 Cons. year starter at point guard who is on the Naismith and Bob Cousy Award Watch Lists. Rodney Jalen Crutcher 12 8 1 Chatman is another point guard on the floor, one of the best shutdown defenders in the Atlantic Ibi Watson 2 2 0 10 and the only returnee to start all 31 games last year. Ibi Watson was UD’s “sixth starter” earning starter’s minutes while averaging 10.1 points a game off the bench.