By doug

February 8, 2009 3:19 PM | Link to this

I can relate to Marus Johnson. Watching that game made me sick to my stomach too.

By Kman

February 8, 2009 3:28 PM | Link to this

Classic Flyers…on verge of Top 25, XU loses to pull into a tie creating a prime opportunity. They go into Flyeria and blow it. Dayton basketball at its best. Classic Ollie too with a big win and a letdown loss immediately after.

By bub

February 8, 2009 3:45 PM | Link to this

Chris Wright stood around looking like he had the flu. He has NO IDEA how to function on offense. Well, I guess that statement can extend to the Flyers, in general. I watched him closely today; he literally just stands there on the wing and does nothing but wait for other action to happen. He got dunked on hard because he wasn’t paying attention to his man or where the ball was on the floor—clear shot on TV. He had the ball stolen trying to dribble up the floor because of a lack of awareness. Too much hype, not enough basketball smarts- yet. Chris Johnson and Marcus Johnson should have played this ENTIRE GAME… Chris was the only flyer that looked like a college ball player today. Gregory said in his post-game comments that Marcus felt 100% today. So why in the world did he not play him more?? Kudos to Charles Little for hustling and trying to make this a game. The ESPN article on Chris was a little premature-in my opinion. Chris is not “leading” these flyers. You can’t lead by standing around, charging instead of taking smart short jumpers, and getting caught flat-footed on defense because you’re not paying attention! This discussion of him going pro is just pure silliness! So far, he’s a dunker, and sometimes a rebounder. It just seemed as though he wasn’t mentally in the game today, at all. Chris Johnson led this team in the first half and SHOULD have played the entire second half. I’m not being a hater here, just calling it as I saw it. I want so badly to see CW really turn it on, but wow, today he looked like he was still asleep on the bus.

By Miley

February 8, 2009 3:55 PM | Link to this

That is a really bad loss to a very bad team. You can not afford to lose to teams with a losing record, just pathetic. Will somebody get BG on the horn and tell him to beef up the schedule? Playing cupcakes at home has given this team no desire and inflated our record.

By texasfan

February 8, 2009 4:02 PM | Link to this

bad loss to a bad team…doesn’t this seem like an every year deal with UD? I agree, they must play better teams early to get ready for the A-10 and have any real chance at moving on nationally. X will beat UD by 10 or more, close early, then experience in winning big games takes over for X. Then UD needs to re-group and hope for 24 wins. This still isn’t hopeless, but they really, really looked bad today.

By Harold

February 8, 2009 4:09 PM | Link to this

Kman, what big win are you referring to? Beating LaSalle by two points is really sad. We have been lucky all year by winning close games. It is finally catching up with us. If we win the A10 tourney, they can’t keep us out. Sad, very sad.

By FaithfulFlyer65

February 8, 2009 4:10 PM | Link to this

Miley and Bub said it all. There is nothing more to say. However, it’s impossible for any team to be at its best every game. Duke, Clemson, Texas, Georgetown, Notre Dame Xavier, and Purdue all got trashed this week. If the Flyers can get it back together and somehow beat Xavier, this loss will be forgotten. However, if this is the start of a losing streak, it could spell disaster as far as the post season.

By George

February 8, 2009 4:14 PM | Link to this

At least they lost by more than 5, so the braggers can still say that they have a perfect record in games decided by 5 points or less. It’s hard to believe that they were up by 7 points in the second half and just disintegrated.

By Steve

February 8, 2009 4:27 PM | Link to this

They were not ready to play at bottom conference team today, so they got beat. They are not a top 25 team. Wed. game will be a repeat show, but they do have 21 wins over subpar teams. Dayton is an ok team and 21 wins is more then expected, so be happy. NIT is a good place to play.

By Steve

February 8, 2009 4:28 PM | Link to this

They were not ready to play at bottom conference team today, so they got beat. They are not a top 25 team. Wed. game will be a repeat show, but they do have 21 wins over subpar teams. Dayton is an ok team and 21 wins is more then expected, so be happy. NIT is a good place to play.

By Mike

February 8, 2009 4:35 PM | Link to this

Way to choke UD. Goodbye to the chances of the top 25. It’s hard to win games when you miss more free throws than you make and turn the ball over 20 times. BG is still a great coach though right?

By Ron

February 8, 2009 4:40 PM | Link to this

That loss could seriously damage Dayton’s NCAA tournament hopes. Their signature win thus far has been against Margquette and that win may start to lose it’s luster a bit as M’quette enters the tough part of their Big East schedule. Two HORRIBLE losses to UMass and Charlotte are killers come selection Sunday. They need to beat X at least once and hope M’quette finishes strong in the Big East or it very well may be another trip to the NIT. 24-26 wins may not be enough with such an embarrassing strength schedule.

By CharlieO

February 8, 2009 4:48 PM | Link to this

It’s going to be a long and quiet trip home from north Carolina. Will UD beat Xavier? I don’t know. The odds are against it, but this Dayton team does have the ability to play well. They just need to show that they can do it for 40 minutes.

By jason

February 8, 2009 4:49 PM | Link to this

hey bub and mike ud is out yet and bub you stink chris is the leading scorer on the team how does he just stand arround all the time you stink bye.

By bub

February 8, 2009 5:10 PM | Link to this

Hey Jason, did you watch today’s game? 5 points. 5 fouls. How many turnovers? All I am saying is that he (CW) has a lot of room to grow, is not ready for the pro’s, and didn’t play up to his potential today. Chris gets his points on dunks and offensive rebounds. He gets his shots blocked almost half the time, travels, or drives to the hoop out of control and gets called for a charge. Those things ARE consistent with his play. The positives have yet to become consistent. It wouldn’t be so frustrating if the expectations weren’t so high! We don’t need an All-Star—we need a TEAM! Chris Johnson played 23 minutes? Why not 33? That is my point. When you have a player having an “off” game, BG should realize that and let someone else play those minutes who is putting the ball in the basket, rebounding, and not committing so many fouls and turnovers. Leadership comes from controlled ACTION on the court…not from standing around waiting to clean up other people’s misses, or by wowing people with an occasional spectacular dunk. Let’s hope they can turn it around and do well on Wednesday! If they play like they did today, they’ll lose by 30 to X.

By Flyer

February 8, 2009 5:44 PM | Link to this

Bad loss means, ESPN is right. We’re not ready for Prime Time. The A10 is a one team league come the field of 64. All this talk about Chris Wright in the NBA is ridiculous. Believe me the NBA scouts know exactly who he is. More than 50% of the draft now comes from foreign teams. If they can find a player in Greece then they can find a collegiate plyaer. He’s far from being an NBA caliber player. He has athletic ability but then again so did Al Sicard. When Wright scores 16-19PPG and averages 8-12RBDS then he’ll be on everyone’s radar. For now he’s raw talent that needs more time to develop. As for BG he needs to develop as a coach. You can’t run UD like you run a Mich St team. Although we have a deep team, we need the best 5 players on the court for a majority of the game. The time has come for BG to turn the corner on this program. This translates into developing Chris Wright, Marcus Johnson, & Chris Johnson into top A-10 talent. Right now, we’re headed for the NIT who knows maybe we’ll lose to Ohio State in the championship again.

By C-Bus Flyer

February 8, 2009 5:49 PM | Link to this

Unacceptable loss. Anybody still think Wright is an NBA player or on the verge of transferring?? By the way, I’m going to repeat it until it sinks in: (1) Contend for your conference championship and/or conference tourney crown MOST years, (2) Beat your rival, and (3) participate in the NCAA tournament consistently. This is the criteria BG — as ANY coach — must be held to. Stay tuned…..Wednesday night is a BIG night, one way or the other…..

By Dan

February 8, 2009 6:20 PM | Link to this

Yes it was a very bad loss but when you play to the level of your competition, that is what happens. We have the ability to be a good team exaples of this are Marquette and at home vs. St Joes. These are two good teams and Dayton stepped up to the challenge and played good. When you play to the level of your competition a loss at Charoltte is the result… Lets hope they regroup and are ready on Wed.

By Jerseyflyer

February 8, 2009 6:26 PM | Link to this

Think BuB has it about right. CDub had a lackluster night which might be result of flu bug or attention deficit bug(too many games). Or a combo of all. Standing around while 49ers tomahawk dunked on Flyer’s showed apathy. Somebody’s hitting the deck after one of those dunks if I was playing. Lack of emotion showed and it looked like he was elsewhere today. So now that UD’s gotten rid of that poor performance, X should no big deal…I HOPE! Wright needs to show up big for this one.

By daleg

February 8, 2009 6:36 PM | Link to this

Gadzooks I missed the dumb game. Form what I read I didn’t miss much.Macon Telegraph dosm’t cover out of state teams.It sure seems that the Flyers choked. I guess I’ll need read it off the computer. Ipray that this isn’t a sign of thigs to come.

By Zifful

February 8, 2009 6:47 PM | Link to this

What hasn’t been said? As a 1977 grad, I’ve seen this over and over again. UD is great; until it is crunch time. The Flyers are nothing unless they beat Xavier. Johnny Davis, Ev Giddings, Jim Paxson, where are you?? Terrible Dogs Rule!!

By Fredo

February 8, 2009 7:39 PM | Link to this

UD stinks. Top 25, R U kidding me ? What other teams are 21-3 and not even a top 25 team ? UD plays no-one and then loses to crummy teams. NCAA tourney ? HAHAHA. X 95 UD 60. Take it to the bank … UD stinks …

By bob

February 8, 2009 7:56 PM | Link to this

Does UD stink?

By AP-FLORIDA

February 8, 2009 9:01 PM | Link to this

Hey Arnold Zifful, it was Erv Giddings-What about Don May?

By Freddy Flyer

February 8, 2009 9:02 PM | Link to this

The UD Basketball Program continues to lives in in a time warp fantasy world. No one cares about past glories of two generations ago. They will never be a top shelf program as long as they remain afraid to even schedule their cross town rival Wright State. The true power programs will schedule anyone, anywhere. BG could learn a lot from his mentor Tom Izzo in that department. Stop with the classic padding of UD’s out of conference schedule. You could learn a lot from Butler. But maybe not, they play Wright State twice every year.

By Jim O'Hora

February 8, 2009 9:08 PM | Link to this

As for the Charolette game: I think boys will be boys. My guess, with Xavier on for next Wednesday, no matter how hard they tried, concentration was not there for a team with as poor a record as Charolette. Their heads were already looking to beating the Musketeers. It happens, Move on guys and kick X’s butt. UD62

By Matt

February 8, 2009 9:30 PM | Link to this

This was a classic trap game! The Flyers were looking ahead. It happens. We knew we weren’t going to win out! Flyers over Xavier 66-48

By BG

February 8, 2009 9:31 PM | Link to this

I guess Mississippi State and Kansas won’t be dancing with their losses to Charlotte and UMASS. Since Clemson only beat Charlotte by 1 - they probably should be concerned as well. I almost forgot - I guess since Boston College lost to lowly St Louis - they can count on the NIT at best also. The negativity after a loss around here is unbelievable.

By Joe

February 8, 2009 9:42 PM | Link to this

BG, finally someone who knows what their talking about

By wrc

February 8, 2009 10:37 PM | Link to this

Comparing UD to anyone in the top 25 is a joke. Most games they always leave the other team in the game, no matter how bad the team plays.Playing to the level of the other team only makes UD worse than what they are.A team which might make the NCAA tournament,but won’t go far.Bad games happened as Xavier show it can happened, but at least you see Xavier beat teams more convincingly and they play a harder schedule.

By John

February 8, 2009 11:35 PM | Link to this

All of you obviously don’t watch enough college BB to understand this loss is not that damaging. I guess marquette should be left out of the tournament since they lost this week to a horrible south florida team. Plain and simple, Dayton wins the remaining home games they have an automatic bid. No team has ever been left out of the NCAA tournament with 25 wins, look at South Alabama last year. Stop whining and pay attention!

By RogerBrown

February 9, 2009 3:52 AM | Link to this

Hey Bub—you stole the thoughts out of my head with your observations of Chris Wright. He certainly is behind the Johnsons as best player on this team. As for the Flyer’s problems, please add Lowery and Warren—-they are accidents waiting to happen. Undeniably they are tough on defense, but on offense their only talent seems to be rushing the ball to the top of the key and rapidly passing to the wing. Neither one is an effective penatrator—-one who can drive inside the key and dish off to an open man. For 2 players who are described as “athletic” they both often look very awkward.

By Fairweather

February 9, 2009 9:01 AM | Link to this

This is to bub and flyer and all the rest of you talkin, first of all none of you know what’s going on on the court, because you’re not on it.2 Talkin about CW being an NBA player is not your call and as far as he was standing on the wing he was player the 3/4 and he was doing what he was told. One minute all of you are riding the flyers jocks and as soon as they loose you start to point the finger and talk about the players. How good are you. These are kids and they are trying to learn whatever the coach has to teach them. You all need to just worry about what you can do to help the team instead of doggin the players. As long as they were winnning everything is okay . X lost on Saturday to a team UD beat,X almost lost to Char. I see why people say some flyer fans are straight up haters, as if they were star players probably never touch the real BBall court, get over it…..

By Jim

February 9, 2009 9:03 AM | Link to this

Geez, reading these blogs helps me understand why Dayton is a dying city.

By mcjunkj

February 9, 2009 1:46 PM | Link to this

Amen Jim, Amen. I just don’t see why everyone has to dog on these guys. Sure they should have whipped up on the 49ers but it didn’t happen. They were probably looking ahead to X. They’re a good team, let’s see where we end up. Let’s Go Dayton

By Dayton Cryer

February 10, 2009 12:23 AM | Link to this

WSU would have lost by even more at Charlotte because their “best player” is out for the season and their coach is super duper awesome anyway.

By Borges

February 10, 2009 12:49 PM | Link to this

U.D.’s problems seem to be the same every year. Not much offense, too many substitutions. What else can Chris Wright do but dunk? Huelsman is useless! 4 yrs. and averages 4 pts/game. Warren is entertaining to watch haplessly running up and down the court and never scoring! Yes, where are the Don Mays, Paxons, Chapmans, etc. When was the last time U.D. sent a player to the NBA?