BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- The one and only Flyer exhibition game vs. Findlay takes place this evening at a sold-out UD Arena. Technically speaking, the “Not-So-Secret Scrimmage” with Marquette last Saturday was the initial exhibition tilt, but since none of us could have witnessed it even if we wanted to, this is gonna be it until the season opens next Friday vs. Austin Peay. Get ready for cries of “Let’s Go Peay” from the APU partisans in that one!
Meanwhile, here is what’s cookin’ in hoopin’:
-- Speaking of the Marquette scrimmage, here is a three-minute video that they posted on it. Fast forward to the 2:00 mark if you want to skip all of the stupid MU fluff and see some actual game action:
https://twitter.com/MarquetteMBB/sta...94230649671680
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TSN Mike is not a big fan of secret scrimmages:
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-bas...medium=twitter
-- When it comes to this year's edition of the Flyers, it all starts with Scooch:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/sport...h0Kbs510enQjM/
-- Kyle Davis is deservedly selected as one of the “Ten Glue Guys to Watch” in college hoops by Jon Rothstein:
http://www.todaysu.com/rothstein-fil...tball-2016-17/
Here is a profile of KD, courtesy of
A-10Talk.com:
https://flyerfaithful.com/player-pre...76f#.wqo445jn8
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A-10Talk.com also provides us with a pre-season look at the Flyers:
http://www.a10talk.com/dayton-flyers...son-breakdown/
-- That man Arch in
The Dayton Daily News reveals that Xeyrius Williams is named after a cologne:
http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/new...s-apart/ns2nr/
-- UD’s back court is highlighted by
MidMajor Madness:
http://www.midmajormadness.com/2016/...ton-fort-wayne
-- The Flyers plan to keep Big Steve’s memory alive:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/sport...hcbq82Q8qPjWJ/
-- “The Hometown Coach” Mark Adams previews A-10 players to watch:
http://americansportsnet.com/mark-ma...yers-to-watch/
-- Pre-Season Rankings
NBC Sports has UD #21
http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.c...season-top-25/
ESPN has Dayton #22 in their Power Rankings
http://www.daytondailynews.com/sport...TwFbeKDuP2SMJ/
And to no one’s great surprise, the NCAA ranks The
Flyer Faithful the #1 travelling fan base:
http://www.ncaa.com/video/basketball...ton-notre-dame
-- The Atlantic 10 is planning to be the first basketball conference to broadcast 10-15 league games on Facebook:
http://www.atlantic10.com/ViewArticl...CLID=211259193
--
RushtheCourt.net with some suggestions on how to improve The Big Dance:
http://rushthecourt.net/2016/10/27/o...source=twitter
-- Retiring NBA sharpshooter Ray Allen pens a letter to his younger self in
The Player’s Tribune:
http://www.theplayerstribune.com/ray...-younger-self/
-- The host of “
Flyer Feedback” WHIO’s John Bedell is looking forward to getting some burn at the 1st annual David Jablonski Twitter All-Star Pick-Up Hoops Jam at the McAfee Sports Center in Beavercreek this Sunday at 5:00 pm:
https://twitter.com/hashtag/LOWDPick...weets&src=hash
So am I.
That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at:
swampy@udpride.com