Christopher Rieman

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Nobody asked for it and nobody wanted it. The sportswriters and bracketologists never imagined it. But the NCAA Selection Committee quadruple-checked their data and decided Boise State and Dayton were the two worst at-large teams in the NCAA field and that meant a collision course at UD Arena...

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- With a program that is as historically rich as the University of Dayton’s Men’s Basketball Team is, there are bound to be some traditions that the Flyer Faithful carry with them from season to season. On Flyer game days, when I wake up the first thing I say to myself...

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- The University of Dayton Flyers got hosed in a major way by the NCAA Selection Committee, chaired by Scott Barnes, DO -- of that there can be no dispute. However, fans around the country are shaking their heads wondering how the Flyers get to host a "home game." ...

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- Well, so much for "Stress-Free Selection Sunday" eh kids? Scott Barnes and his merry band of NCAA Eye Testers sure took care of that, didn't they? I swear when NC State popped up I figured "that's who UD is gonna play." Nope. A "First...

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ERIE (PA) -- Might as well stick with the day/date format for the title of these A-10 editions of "FTS." Admittedly, Friday the 13th was more of an attempted "reverse lock" vs. the supposed bad juju normally associated with that date. Kinda like the "How did...

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- The Annual Bernadette McGlade Brooklyn Hoopsfest is on at the Barclays Center. THE University of Dayton Flyers will not make their first appearance until 6:30 PM on Friday the 13th on the NBC Sports Network. Thanks to the elusive (at least for UD) double-bye, the team...

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- Entering the final week of the Atlantic 10 regular season, the fight for the conference crown is akin to a loose ball in the middle of a hotly contested hoops game. The difference here is that instead of it being merely a “50/50 ball” there are four teams scrambling on...

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- It's all down to the short strokes for the Dayton Flyers, boys and girls, as they enter the final two weeks of their regular season. Four games -- two homies; two roadies -- will in large measure determine the post-season future of the Red and Blue. What will be...

Christopher Rieman

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What do UDPride, Jerry Palm, Warren Nolan, CollegeRPI.com, CBS Sports, Ken Pomeroy, RealTimeRPI.com, SBNation, most of the players, coaches, athletic directors, fans, reporters, broadcast journalists, and even Wikipedia all have in common? Beyond random probability and freaky...

Christopher Rieman

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The Mock Selection participants returned to NCAA Headquarters on Friday, Feb. 13th for an 8:30am continental breakfast. Following the nourishment, attendees picked up where things off the prior evening by focusing attention on an incomplete Bullpen. Just 10 at-large spots remained and 27...