Dayton Flyers

By Cord Rankin Linebacker Began Strong Game By Setting Up Dayton’s First Nine Points In Saturday’s Win   ST. LOUIS – University of Dayton linebacker Gideon Lampron was named the Pioneer Football League’s Co-Defensive Player of the Week after his performance in UD’s 18-10 win over Saint Francis on Saturday. Lampron, whose middle name is indeed…

By Packy Moore     GAME NOTES VS. SAINT FRANCIS https://daytonflyers.com/documents/2024/8/28/Notes_Saint_Francis_Web.pdf   DAYTON — The University of Dayton football team opens its 116th season of varsity football on Saturday at home against Saint Francis.  Kickoff is at 12 Noon ET. • Dayton was 4-7 in Coach Trevor Andrews‘s first season as UD’s head coach, closing out the…

By Cord Rankin 113 Players Will Report To Begin Preparations For The 2024 Season   DAYTON – University of Dayton head football coach Trevor Andrews and his staff will welcome 113 players back to campus for preseason camp on Friday, August 2 as the Flyers prepare for the 2024 football season. First practice will be on…

By Cord Rankin   Defending Champion Drake Picked First In Coaches Poll   ST. LOUIS – The University of Dayton football team was picked to finish sixth in the Pioneer Football League for the fall 2024 season in a preseason vote of the league’s coaches.  Dayton has 12 league championships to its credit in the PFL’s…

By Cord Rankin     Mon, July 22, 2024   Game Will Be Played On Sunday, Oct. 20   DAYTON –  CareSource and the University of Dayton will host an exhibition game between the Dayton Flyers and the Xavier Musketeers men’s basketball teams.  The game will cap off the second year of community engagement events…

By Cord Rankin   Hoops Classic Presented By CareSource Set For Friday, Dec. 20 At Heritage Bank Center   CINCINNATI – The Dayton-Cincinnati series continues during the upcoming 2024-25 men’s basketball season when the two longtime rivals clash at the Hoops Classic presented by CareSource on Friday, Dec. 20 at Heritage Bank Center in downtown Cincinnati.…

By R.G. Mason Posh Alexander (@poshalexander) | Twitter Butler located in Indianapolis, IN and Dayton, located in Ohio are connected by Interstate 70 by 117 miles. So Bulldogs guard Posh Alexander did not look far when choosing his transfer destination. Alexander will use his final year of eligibility to play his fifth with the Flyers. He announced…

By R.G. Mason @n_santos33 | Twitter   Nate Santos did what very few athletes ever do. Say they are transferring and then come back. He is the first player in Dayton Flyers Men’s Basketball history to enter the transfer portal and then return to the team. Santos announced April 28 he was entering the famous…

By Stretch Jenkinson   Winningest Basketball Coach In Flyer History Was 92 Years Old   DAYTON – The University of Dayton is saddened to announce that former Flyer men’s basketball captain and head coach Don Donoher has died at the age of 92. The all-time winningest coach in UD basketball history with 437 wins, Donoher is…

By Chris Garvin Offense Will Play Defense In Controlled Scrimmage Starting At 3 P.M. ET   DAYTON – The University of Dayton football team is finishing up the 2024 spring season under coach Trevor Andrews, with the Flyers’ spring game coming up on Sunday, April 14.  Start time for the game will be 3 p.m. ET.…

By Stretch Jenkinson   GAME NOTES https://daytonflyers.com/documents/2024/3/22/Dayton_NCAA_2nd_Round.pdf   SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Dayton men’s basketball team advanced to the second round of the 2024 NCAA tournament where the Flyers will meet Arizona in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, March 23. Game time is 12:45 p.m. ET. Dayton advanced by coming from 17…

By Stretch Jenkinson 3/21/2024   Dayton Down 56-39, Went On A 24-4 Run In The Final 7:39 To Get The Win   SALT LAKE CITY – The University of Dayton men’s basketball team erased a 17-point second-half deficit to topple Nevada in the opening round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament 63-60, on Thursday night at the…

By Bert Leeson Anthony Grant UD M BKB coach Postgame Press Conference 3 8 2024 #25 Dayton 91 VCU 86.mp3 Anthony Grant Named NABC Guardian Of The Game 3/6/2024   Flyer Coach One Of Five To Be Honored At NABC Convention In April   COMPLETE NABC PRESS RELEASE https://daytonflyers.com/documents/2024/3/5/3-6-24_Guardians_Awards_Release.pdf   KANSAS CITY, Mo. – University of…

By Bert Leeson 3 14 2024   GAME NOTES https://daytonflyers.com/documents/2024/3/13/Duquesne_3_Game.pdf   Third-Seeded Flyers’ First Game Is Tonight At 7:30 P.M. ET   DAYTON –– The University of Dayton men’s basketball team, ranked 24th in this week’s AP and Coaches polls, will open the 2024 Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship on Thursday, March 14 against Duquesne in…

By Bert Leeson 3 9 2024   Kobe Elvis, Koby Brea UD M BKB Postgame Press Conference B 3 8 2024 #25 Dayton 91 VCU 86.mp3 Flyers Trailed By 17 In The First Half , & 9 In The Second   DAYTON – The University of Dayton men’s basketball team clinched just the fourth undefeated season…

By Chris Garvin 3 8 2024   GAME NOTES https://daytonflyers.com/documents/2024/3/7/VCU_2_Game.pdf   DAYTON — The University of Dayton men’s basketball team, ranked 25th in this week’s AP poll, will close the regular season Friday by hosting VCU on Senior Night.  Game time is 7  p.m. ET.  Dayton is 23-6 overall and third in the A-10 at 13-4.…

By Bert Leeson 3 5 2024   GAME NOTES https://daytonflyers.com/documents/2024/3/3/Saint_Louis_2_Game.pdf   Game Time Is 9 P.M. ET   DAYTON — The University of Dayton men’s basketball team, ranked 25th in this week’s AP poll, is at Saint Louis on Tuesday.  Game time is 9  p.m. ET.  Dayton is 22-6 overall and third in the A-10 at…

By Chris Garvin 2/23/2024   Flyers Are 22-5 & Ranked 21st In The Country   2024 Naismith National Coach of the Year Watchlist https://daytonflyers.com/documents/2024/2/23/2024_Men_s_College_COY_Watch_List_FINAL__1_.xlsx   ATLANTA – The Atlanta Tipoff Club has announced that University of Dayton men’s basketball coach Anthony Grant has been named to the Werner Ladder Naismith National Coach of the Year Late-Season Watch List…

By Chris Garvin 2/27/2024   Holmes One Of 40 Top Players Named To Watch Lists   FULL USBWA RELEASE https://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2024/02/27/usbwa-unveils-2023-24-oscar-robertson-trophy-and-all-america-watch-list?preview=1   INDIANAPOLIS – University of Dayton junior forward DaRon Holmes II has been named to the U.S. Basketball Writers’ Oscar Robertson Trophy and All-America Watch Lists.  Members of the USBWA’s board of directors chose the 40 players who…