Christopher Rieman

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DAYTON (OH) -- It's been a few moons since News, Views, & Overdues made it past the UDPride editorial hatchet men, but as luck would have it, I recently fired the entire department and lowered the standards to get around the problem. I did this under the assumption that the pending...

Christopher Rieman

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DAYTON (OH) -- Walking out of UD Arena with five minutes left on Wednesday night wasn't easy. The Flyers were just moments away from celebrating a thorough floor-mopping of #14 Xavier in a game they never trailed. Inside the locker room, point guard Rob Lowery sat in a wheelchair with a...

Jim Meadows

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) –- Now, that was a freakin’ basketball game! UD only won by 13 when the “FTS” prediction was a 15 point differential in the Flyers’ favor…time for a new crystal ball, I guess. Obviously, the only downside to the whole evening was the serious injury to Rob Lowery. ...

Jim Meadows

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- The Charlotte game is in the books. Unfortunately, the proverbial “trap” tilt jumped up and bit the boys squarely on the butt. In spite of that painful fact, UD fans and the Dayton Flyers basketball team as a squad can now finally turn our collective focus to much...

Jim Meadows

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SOMEWHERE IN THE AIR BETWEEN CHICAGO AND MEMPHIS (USA) –- Thoughts from 32,000 feet: -- I watched the replay of the entire UD/St. Joe’s game online last night and you know what: Phil Martelli can bite me. I just don’t see where he thought that Ahmad Nivins got fouled. Was it when...

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CHANDLER (AZ) -- There has been a constant wailing and gnashing of teeth ever since the UD schedule was announced last year. There were few big names on board and certainly little television, especially when compared to our brothers down south. I must say that I am probably in the minority...

Jim Meadows

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LAS VEGAS (NV) –- Like “The Rat Pack” and the guys on “Entourage” fellow Bostonian Bill Simmons, AKA, “The Sports Guy” from ESPN.com has always been a big fan of Las Vegas. Before he got married and started popping out kids, Simmons and his buddies were regular visitors to the “City that...

Jim Meadows

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) –- The much-anticipated matchup between Isaiah Sykes and his Detroit Finney HS teammates and nationally ranked Detroit Pershing HS lost a bit of its luster when the Doughboys dropped a tough decision to Detroit Southeastern earlier this week. Here are the details, courtesy...

Jim Meadows

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) –- In the 2nd installment of a continuing series on 2010 Flyer recruiting prospects, it is time to ask the question: What do we know about Isaiah Sykes? Here is what we were able to ascertain: -- For all of the back story details on Sykes, I wrote this...

Jim Meadows

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) –- I have been watching UD basketball for over 40 years and boys and girls I have never, ever seen a display of dunkability like the Flyers performed in the early minutes of the 2nd half against the Bonnies. Never. Ever. -- When Mrs. Swampy and I were undergrads,...