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UD SEEKS ITS FIRST A-10 TITLE SINCE 2003, FACES VCU

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DAYTON 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.
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