BEVERLY HILLS (MI) – And we are off! The two greatest days in all of college sports are upon us and there has been no lack of reading material about the University of Dayton Flyers, so let’s get to it!
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The Daily Orange is all over the SU/UD matchup:
An interview with David Jablonski of The DDN:
http://dailyorange.com/2016/03/2016-...uld-watch-for/
What Syracuse needs to know about UD:
http://dailyorange.com/2016/03/syrac...7-seed-dayton/
Rapid thoughts on the matchup:
http://dailyorange.com/2016/03/rapid...ament-matchup/
One of Syracuse’s defining characteristics will no longer be enough:
http://dailyorange.com/2016/03/dough...ger-be-enough/
-- Not to be outdone,
Syracuse.com is also putting a full court press on game coverage:
Two A-10 players (Tyler Cavanaugh of GW and Denzel Gregg of SBU) provide a scouting report on UD:
http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasket...rt_river_index
Syracuse a 1 point underdog to UD:
http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasket...rt_river_index
Not sure where the author got the idea that the “Flyers generally play a low-scoring, grind-it-out style” from. Has he not watched UD play?
Looking back at Syracuse basketball's loss to Dayton in the 2014 NCAA Tournament:
http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasket...ournament.html
-- Scoochie keeps driving the Dayton train:
http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2016/...-dayton-train/
-- UD Assistant and former Orange star Allen Griffin has a unique perspective (and a good bit of intel) on the Syracuse program:
http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/new...=ddn_skip_stub
-- 8 Life Hacks That Will Make Watching March Madness At Work Easy:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...0860f99da7c75?
-- NCAA Tournament 2016: All-Name Team bracket. How does Scoochie not even make it to the Sweet Sixteen?
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-bas...all-best-names
-- Somehow I don’t think this bracket is gonna be a winner:
https://thecauldron.si.com/the-flip-...87a#.1nma1fjcl
-- The Stories Behind All 68 March Madness Mascots:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/62230...m_content=link
-- It’s March so it must be time for the annual ‘how much is the NCAA Tournament gonna cost companies in productivity’ article. The answer? $48 billion:
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/busi...m_content=link
That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at:
swampy@udpride.com