| Dayton Flyers | |||||
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| University | University of Dayton | ||||
| Head coach | Anthony Grant (8th season) | ||||
| Conference | Atlantic 10 | ||||
| Location | Dayton, Ohio | ||||
| Arena | UD Arena (capacity: 13,407) | ||||
| Nickname | Flyers | ||||
| Student section | Red Scare | ||||
| Colors | Red and blue[1] | ||||
| Uniforms | |||||
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| NCAA tournament Final Four | |||||
| 1967 | |||||
| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||||
| 1967, 1984, 2014 | |||||
| NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||||
| 1952, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1984, 2014 | |||||
| NCAA tournament round of 32 | |||||
| 1984, 1990, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2024 | |||||
| NCAA tournament appearances | |||||
| 1952, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2024 | |||||
| Conference tournament champions | |||||
| 1990, 2003 | |||||
| Conference regular season champions | |||||
| 2016, 2017, 2020 | |||||
| Conference division season champions | |||||
| 1998, 2000, 2004 | |||||
The Dayton Flyers men's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) representing the University of Dayton in Ohio. The Flyers play their home games at University of Dayton Arena. The Flyers are coached by Anthony Grant who is in his seventh season. In March 2020, Dayton was ranked #3 in the AP Top 25 Poll, its highest ranking since the 1955–56 season when it was ranked #2. The Flyers have never been ranked #1,[2] but Dayton did receive a lone first place vote in the final AP poll of the 2019–2020 season. When the 2020 seasons was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Flyers did not get to participate in the 2020 NCAA Tournament, despite being projected as a #1 seed by several outlets.
A 2015 study of college basketball team valuations placed Dayton No. 23 in the nation with 2014 adjusted revenues in excess of $16.6 million (highest for non-football conference programs) and a valuation of nearly $84 million (second highest for non-football conference programs and higher than programs such as Florida, Texas, and Michigan).[3]
- ^ "Color Palette". UDayton.edu/Brand. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ^ "Dayton Flyers AP Poll History". sports-reference.com. 19 February 2020.
- ^ Beaton, Andrew (1 April 2015). "What's Your College-Basketball Team Worth?". Wall Street Journal – via www.wsj.com.