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UD Alumni Information For BrooklynDAYTON SEEKS ITS FIRST A-10 TITLE SINCE 2003, FACE VCU IN THE FINAL• The University of Dayton Flyers seek their first Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship since 2003 in a final against the VCU Rams on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
• The game will be televised on CBS, carried by WHIO Radio and is available with live stats and streaming audio at DaytonFlyers.com.
ABOUT VCU• The VCU Rams entered the tournament as the No. 5 seed and advanced to the finals with wins over Fordham, Richmond and Davidson.
• VCU is led by All-Atlantic 10 selections Treveon Graham (First Team, 16.2 ppg) and Mo Alie-Cox (All Defensive, 67 blocks).
• This is the fifth consecutive year VCU is playing in its conference tournament final. The Rams were in the A-10 final the previous two years and in the CAA title game the other two seasons.
SERIES STUFF• VCU leads the all-time series 5-2.
• UD defeated VCU on the road, 59-55, on Feb. 28.
• This is the first meeting between the two programs in the A-10 Championship.
TOURNAMENT INFO• This is Dayton's 20th season in the Atlantic 10 and in each of those years earned a bid to the A-10 Championship.
• The Flyers have a 24-18 overall record in the tournament.
• UD has won the championship once (2003), placed second twice (2004 and 2011), and tied for third three times (2000, 2002 and 2009).
GETTING DEFENSIVE• Dayton is 22-4 this season when limiting opponents to less than 70 points in a game.
• Dating back to last year, Dayton has not allowed an opponent to score 70 or more points in 31 of the last 39 games.
• The 52 points allowed in the A-10 Semifinals was the lowest Rhode Island scored all season.
UP NEXT• Dayton awaits its postseason fate. A win over VCU gives the Flyers an automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA Tournament.