REMARKABLE RUN HIGHLIGHTED 2014-15 DAYTON SEASON• The University of Dayton Flyers capped the 2014-15 season with another successful campaign after advancing to the NCAA Third Round despite a depleted roster.
• Dayton finished the season 27-9 overall, advanced to the Atlantic 10 Championship title game and won two games in the NCAA Tournament.
• This came after the Flyers had to overcome a depleted roster that features just six players who were recruited to Dayton and had no active player taller than 6-foot-6.
NCAA TOURNAMENT INFO• This was Dayton's 16th appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
• Dayton has won five NCAA Tournament games the previous two years, one of six schools (Kentucky, Wisconsin, Arizona, Michigan State and UConn) to accomplish that feat.
• The Flyers have an 19-18 overall record in the Big Dance.
• This was 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 5-2 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 was 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 Don Donoher achieved that feat in 1965, 1966 and 1967.
• This was the third consecutive tournament the Flyers were a No. 11 seed.
• The Flyers are 6-4 all-time as a No. 11 seed.
MULTI-TASKERS• Dayton was one of eight teams to win multiple games in the 2015 NCAA tournament, and not lose back-to-back games in 2014-15.
• The other seven were Arizona, Gonzaga, Kentucky, Notre Dame, Utah, Wichita State and Wisconsin.
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 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 went 20-7 after Dec. 20.
• UD averaged 68.7 points and 13.6 assists.
• The Flyers also shot .475 from the floor and .377 from three-point range during that span.
• Three Flyers scored in double figures during this run:
Jordan Sibert (16.5 ppg),
Kendall Pollard (13.7 ppg) and
Dyshawn Pierre (13.3 ppg).
• With no one over 6-6, UD was out-rebounded just 32.8 to 29.9.
UP NEXTThe Flyers will open the 2015-16 season in November.
