2008–09 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team
The 2008–09 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team represented the University of Dayton during the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flyers, led by sixth year head coach Brian Gregory, played their home games at the University of Dayton Arena and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 27–8, 11–5 in A-10 play for a tie for second-place. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated West Virginia in the round of 64 before losing in the round of 32 to defending national champion Kansas. The Flyers first round win was the program's first in the NCAA Tournament since 1990, when they defeated Illinois in the round of 64.
2008–09 Dayton Flyers men's basketball | |
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NCAA Tournament, Second Round | |
Conference | Atlantic 10 Conference |
2008–09 record | 27–8 (11–5 A-10) |
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Home arena | University of Dayton Arena |
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No. 20 Xavier | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple† | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duquesne | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La Salle | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 20 | – | 16 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Joseph's | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Washington | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 3 | – | 25 | .107 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2009 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
Previous season
The 2007–08 Dayton Flyers finished the season with an overall record of 23–11, with a record of 8–8 in the Atlantic 10 regular season for a tie for a fifth-place finish. They received an at-large bid to the 2008 National Invitation Tournament where they beat Cleveland State and Illinois State in the first and second rounds before falling to eventual champion Ohio State in the quarterfinals.
Offseason
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Brian Roberts | 2 | G | 6'2" | 175 | Senior | Toledo, OH | Graduated |
Andres Sandoval | 3 | G | 6'4" | 198 | Senior | Milford, MA | Graduated |
Jimmy Binnie | 33 | F | 6'7" | 211 | Senior | Des Moines, IA | Graduated |
Thiago Cordero | 54 | F | 6'9" | 220 | Junior | Pernambuco, Brazil | Transferred |
Incoming transfers
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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Rob Lowery | 3 | G | 6'2" | 165 | Junior | Forestville, MD | Junior college transfer from Cecil College. |
Incoming recruits
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Paul Williams SG |
Detroit, MI | Renaissance High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Aug 2, 2007 | |
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Chris Johnson SF |
Columbus, OH | Brookhaven High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Jun 10, 2007 | |
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Josh Benson PF |
Dayton, OH | Dunbar High School | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Nov 1, 2006 | |
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Luke Fabrizius F |
Arlington Heights, IL | Hersey High School | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Sep 9, 2007 | |
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/06/2008* 7:00 pm |
Capital | W 98–73 | – |
UD Arena Dayton, OH | |||||||
11/11/2008* 7:00 pm |
Gannon | W 67–59 | – |
UD Arena Dayton, OH | |||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/16/2008* 7:00 pm |
Wofford | W 52–49 | 1–0 |
UD Arena (12,254) Dayton, OH | |||||||
11/19/2008* 7:30 pm |
Delaware State | W 62–42 | 2–0 |
UD Arena (11,906) Dayton, OH | |||||||
11/23/2008* 2:00 pm |
Bethune-Cookman Chicago Invitational Challenge |
W 78–38 | 3–0 |
UD Arena (12,678) Dayton, OH | |||||||
11/25/2008* 7:30 pm |
Mercer Chicago Invitational Challenge |
W 71–53 | 4–0 |
UD Arena (12,074) Dayton, OH | |||||||
11/27/2008* 5:00 pm |
vs. Auburn Chicago Invitational Challenge |
W 60–59 ot | 5–0 |
Sears Centre (3,087) Hoffman Estates, IL | |||||||
11/29/2008* 7:00 pm |
vs. No. 15 Marquette Chicago Invitational Challenge Championship Game |
W 89–75 | 6–0 |
Sears Centre (4,780) Hoffman Estates, IL | |||||||
12/02/2008* 7:30 pm |
Troy | W 87–70 | 7–0 |
UD Arena (11,853) Dayton, OH | |||||||
12/06/2008* 7:06 pm |
at Akron | W 54–50 | 8–0 |
James A. Rhodes Arena (4,059) Akron, OH | |||||||
12/10/2008* 8:07 pm |
at Creighton | L 59–77 | 8–1 |
Qwest Center Omaha (15,418) Omaha, NE | |||||||
12/13/2008* 8:00 pm |
Coppin State | W 73–56 | 9–1 |
UD Arena (12,777) Dayton, OH | |||||||
12/20/2008* 8:00 pm |
UNC Greensboro | W 75–44 | 10–1 |
UD Arena (12,706) Dayton, OH | |||||||
12/23/2008* 8:00 pm |
Marshall | W 62–50 | 11–1 |
UD Arena (13,021) Dayton, OH | |||||||
12/30/2008* 7:00 pm |
George Mason | W 66–62 | 12–1 |
UD Arena (13,107) Dayton, OH | |||||||
01/02/2009* 7:00 pm |
at Toledo | W 77–63 | 13–1 |
Savage Arena (6,921) Toledo, OH | |||||||
01/06/2009* 7:00 pm |
Miami University | W 45–40 | 14–1 |
UD Arena (12,637) Dayton, OH | |||||||
Atlantic 10 regular season | |||||||||||
01/10/2009 1:00 pm |
vs. Massachusetts | L 62–75 | 14–2 (0–1) |
MassMutual Center (5,485) Springfield, MA | |||||||
01/14/2009 7:30 pm |
Fordham | W 72–71 | 15–2 (1–1) |
UD Arena (11,993) Dayton, OH | |||||||
01/17/2009 7:00 pm |
at Duquesne | W 78–69 | 16–2 (2–1) |
A.J. Palumbo Center (4,051) Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
01/22/2009 7:30 pm |
at George Washington | W 63–61 | 17–2 (3–1) |
Charles E. Smith Center (2,517) Washington, DC | |||||||
01/25/2009 2:00 pm |
St. Bonaventure | W 80–68 | 18–2 (4–1) |
UD Arena (13,408) Dayton, OH | |||||||
01/29/2009 8:00 pm |
Saint Louis | W 47–46 | 19–2 (5–1) |
UD Arena (12,436) Dayton, OH | |||||||
02/01/2009 12:00 pm |
Saint Joseph's | W 69–58 | 20–2 (6–1) |
UD Arena (13,169) Dayton, OH | |||||||
02/04/2009 7:00 pm |
at La Salle | W 63–61 | 21–2 (7–1) |
Tom Gola Arena (2,114) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
02/08/2009 1:00 pm |
at Charlotte | L 66–79 | 21–3 (7–2) |
Halton Arena (5,939) Charlotte, NC | |||||||
02/11/2009 7:00 pm |
No. 14 Xavier | W 71–58 | 22–3 (8–2) |
UD Arena (13,435) Dayton, OH | |||||||
02/14/2009 7:00 pm |
Richmond | W 69–63 | 23–3 (9–2) |
UD Arena (13,435) Dayton, OH | |||||||
02/21/2009 8:00 pm, CBSSN |
No. 25 | at Saint Louis | L 49–57 | 23–4 (9–3) |
Chaifetz Arena (10,603) St. Louis, MO | ||||||
02/25/2009 7:00 pm |
at Rhode Island | L 91–93 OT | 23–5 (9–4) |
Ryan Center (7,218) Kingston, RI | |||||||
02/28/2009 4:00 pm |
Temple | W 70–65 | 24–5 (10–4) |
UD Arena (13,435) Dayton, OH | |||||||
03/05/2009 9:00 pm |
at Xavier | W 76–59 | 24–6 (10–5) |
Cintas Center (10,250) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
03/07/2009 9:00 pm |
Duquesne | W 74–61 | 25–6 (11–5) |
UD Arena (13,435) Dayton, OH | |||||||
Atlantic 10 Tournament | |||||||||||
03/12/2009 9:00 pm |
vs. Richmond Quarterfinals |
W 69–64 | 26–6 |
Boardwalk Hall (4,333) Atlantic City, NJ | |||||||
03/13/2009 9:00 pm |
vs. Duquesne Semifinals |
L 66–77 | 26–7 |
Boardwalk Hall (6,160) Atlantic City, NJ | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
03/20/2009* 2:02 pm, CBS |
No. (11 MW) | vs. (6 MW) West Virginia First Round |
W 68–60 | 27–7 |
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (15,794) Minneapolis, MN | ||||||
03/22/2009* 12:30 pm, CBS |
No. (11 MW) | vs. No. 14 (3 MW) Kansas Second round |
L 43–60 | 27–8 |
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (14,279) Minneapolis, MN | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest. |