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Dayton Basketball Info SheetDAYTON FACES OKLAHOMA IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT THIRD ROUND• For the second straight season, the No. 11 seed University of Dayton Flyers look to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, but face a tough test against the No. 3 seed Oklahoma Sooners on Sunday at 6:10 p.m. ET.
• The game will be televised on TNT, carried by WHIO Radio and is available with live video, stats and streaming audio at DaytonFlyers.com.
ABOUT OKLAHOMA• The Oklahoma Sooners enter the Third Round as a No. 3 seed with a 23-10 record.
• Oklahoma is led Buddy Hield, the Big 12 Player of the Year. Hield leads the Big 12 with his 17.4 points and 2.7 3-pointers a game, and paces league guards with his 5.5 rebounds a contest.
• The Sooners are one of just six teams nationally (the only one among the "Power 5" conferences) that has started the same five players in every game this season.
SERIES STUFF• Oklahoma leads the all-time series 2-1
• Dayton's lone win against the Sooners also came in the Round of 32 back in 1985 (89-85).
NCAA TOURNAMENT INFO• This is Dayton's 16th appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
• The Flyers have an 19-17 overall record in the Big Dance.
• This is Dayton's first time in the East Region.
• In 2014, the Flyers advanced to the Elite Eight after defeating Ohio State, Syracuse and Stanford.
• Coach
Archie Miller is 5-1 in the NCAA's.
• The Flyers advanced to the Regional Semifinal seven times, the Regional Final three times, and finished as the National Runner-Up in 1967.
MORE ON THE BIG DANCE• This is the first time Dayton has advanced to the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back seasons since the 2002-03 and 2003-04 campaigns.
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Archie Miller also became the first Flyer coach to win an NCAA Tournament game in back-to-back years since the Dayton's Don Donoher achieved that feat in 1965, 1966 and 1967.
• This is the third consecutive tournament the Flyers are a No. 11 seed.
• The Flyers are 6-3 all-time as a No. 11 seed.
CONQUERING GOLIATH• UD has been powerful against the power conferences. Dayton is 26-10 in the last eight years against the power five programs.
• Dayton's 26 victories have come against Ole Miss (five times), Georgia Tech, 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 nine of the last 11 versus the SEC.
• The Flyers have won 11 of the last 14 games against BIG EAST opponents.
SMALL BALL SUCCESS• Dayton is 20-6 since Dec. 20.
• UD is averaging 68.8 points and 13.7 assists per game.
• The Flyers are also shooting .475 from the floor and .377 from three-point range during that span.
• Three Flyers are scoring in double figures during this run:
Jordan Sibert (16.9 ppg),
Kendall Pollard (13.7 ppg) and
Dyshawn Pierre (13.4 ppg).
• With no one over 6-6, UD is being out-rebounded just 32.7 to 30.2.
• This year's Flyers squad has 27 wins for the first time since the 2008-2009 season. The program record is 28 wins, dating back to 1952.
LIVE AT FIVE• The Flyers are 20-0 this season when leading with five minutes left in regulation.
• UD is out-scoring opponents 11.3 to 9.1 and during that time period.
• The team is shooting .715 percent at the free throw line in the last five minutes.
UP NEXT• The winner of the Dayton-Oklahoma contest will advance to the Sweet Sixteen in Syracuse, N.Y.