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Friday, February 13, 2009
Flyer tickets going fast
Beating arch-rival Xavier not only gave Dayton credibility on the national scene, but it also has given ticket sales a boost.
“Our phones have been ringing all day,” Gary McCans, UD’s director of premium seating, said Thursday.
As of Friday afternoon, only about 300 tickets were left for the Richmond game at 7 p.m. Saturday, and there are roughly 500 left for the Duquesne game Saturday, Mar. 7.
The Feb. 28 clash with Temple, the Flyers’ only other remaining home game, is already sold out.
For ticket info, call (937) 229-4433.
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Flyers have tough path to A-10 title
Temple’s win over Saint Joseph’s on Thursday means Dayton has moved into a first-place tie in the Atlantic 10 with Xavier at 8-2 in the conference, a half-game ahead of St. Joe’s.
The league title chase appears to be coming down to a three-horse race, but the Flyers have by far the toughest finishing stretch of that trio.
Their six remaining opponents have a combined 93-50 record. Whew! The Musketeers’ foes are a collective 66-71, while the seven St. Joe’s opponents are 86-74.
Part of the reason for the imbalance is that UD played its easier games in the first half of the conference season — but that’s not the whole explanation.
The Flyers also have the most grueling “pod” — that is, the three foes they play twice — of the league contenders.
UD’s trio is Xavier (20-4), Duquesne (15-8) and Saint Louis (15-9). Xavier’s three are Dayton (22-3), Fordham (3-18) and Charlotte (8-15), while St. Joe’s plays home and away with St. Bonaventure (12-11), UMass (9-13) and Temple (14-9).
The Flyers seek out a tougher pod because it makes their home schedule more attractive, but that makes winning a league crown more of a challenge.
“We’ve put ourselves in a good position, but we’re going to have to earn it, and our guys have understood nothing is going to be given to them,” UD coach Brian Gregory said. “You have to play who’s on your schedule. Again, we have been less about the wins and losses as opposed to the process of continually getting better and continuing to build this program’s identity. If we keep concentrating on those two things, the rest will take care of itself.”
The remaining schedules:
Dayton: home against Richmond (12-12), at Saint Louis (15-9), at Rhode Island (17-8), home against Temple (14-9), at Xavier (20-4), home against Duquesne (15-8).
Xavier: home against Fordham (3-18), at Charlotte (8-15), home against George Washington (7-14), at Saint Joseph’s (14-9), home against Dayton (22-3), at Richmond (12-12).
Saint Joseph’s: at La Salle (13-10), at Saint Louis (15-9), home against UMass (9-13), Xavier (20-4) and St. Bonaventure (12-11), at Temple (14-9) and at Fordham (3-18).
