FLYERS HOST ALABAMA IN ESPN TIP-OFF MARATHON GAME• The University of Dayton Flyers host the Alabama Crimson Tide on Tuesday with a special 1 p.m. ET tip.
• The game will be carried by ESPN and is available with live streaming video, audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.
ABOUT ALABAMA• The Alabama Crimson Tide are 1-0, coming off a 77-64 win over Kennesaw State.
• First-year coach Avery Johnson returns six letterwinners and three starters from last year's 19-15 team that reached the NIT second round.
• Junior Shannon Hale returns as the team's top scorer after averaging 8.2 points per game last season. Hale scored 13 in the opener against Kennesaw State.
SERIES STUFF• Dayton leads the all-time series 2-1.
• The Flyers won the last meeting, 81-76, at Alabama on Dec. 5, 2012.
FLYERS PICKED NO. 1 IN A-10 PRESEASON POLL• Dayton was picked to finish first in the 2015-16 Atlantic 10 Conference preseason poll.
• Leading UD will be preseason third-team All-Atlantic 10 selection
Kendall Pollard, the 2015 A-10 Chris Daniels Most Improved Player Award winner.
JUBILANT JUNIORS• The junior class of
Kyle Davis,
Scoochie Smith and
Kendall Pollard are on pace to be the winningest in UD history.
• The trio have 55 victories in the first 74 games, one win ahead of the pace with the Class of 2011 (Chris Wright, Devin Searcy, Peter Zesterman and Logan Nourse).
• The Class of 2011 finished with 97 wins.
CONQUERING GOLIATH• UD has been powerful against the power conferences. Dayton is 26-11 in the last eight years against the power five programs.
• Dayton's 26 victories have come against Ole Miss (five times), Georgia Tech (three times), Alabama, Boston College and Auburn (all twice), Texas A&M, Stanford, Syracuse, Ohio State, California, North Carolina, Minnesota, Illinois, Louisville, West Virginia, Wake Forest and Pittsburgh.
• In exempt tournaments under coach
Archie Miller, Dayton is 7-2 against the power five conferences. Miller is 8-3 overall in exempts.
• The Flyers have won the last seven against the ACC and 10 of the last 13 versus the SEC.
• The Flyers have won 11 of the last 14 games against BIG EAST opponents.
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS• Dayton possesses a 23-game home winning streak.
• It's currently the ninth-longest home winning streak in the NCAA.
• The 23-game home win streak is also the second-longest in school history, behind the 30 straight victories from 2008-2010.
• The Flyers finished 17-0 at home last season.
• It was only the fourth time in the program's history UD went undefeated at home. The other years are 1949-50, 1959-60 and 2008-09.
• UD is 54-12 at home under coach
Archie Miller.
OPENING NIGHT NOTES• Freshman
Ryan Mikesell scored 21 points in UD's season opener. That marks the third highest point total by a freshman in his debut in Dayton basketball history.
• Marcus Johnson 23 points in his debut in 2006 and Chris Wright's 22 points in 2007 are the only two marks to top Mikesell's performance.
• The win marked Dayton's 11th consecutive victory in home openers and its 23rd straight overall at UD Arena.
UP NEXT• Dayton finishes its three-game homestand by hosting the William & Mary Tribe on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. ET.
