UD OPENS THE WOODEN LEGACY AGAINST NEBRASKA

UD OPENS THE WOODEN LEGACY AGAINST NEBRASKA

The University of Dayton Flyers open the 2016 Wooden Legacy against the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Thanksgiving at 8:30 p.m. ET.
The game will be carried by ESPNU and is available with live streaming video, audio and stats at DaytonFlyers.com.

ABOUT NEBRASKA

The Nebraska Cornhuskers, 3-0 overall, enter the contest with the best scoring defense in the Big Ten, allowing 51.7 points per game.
Nebraska showcases a balanced attack with three players averaging in double figures: Tai Webster (17.7 ppg), Jack McVeigh (14.7) and Glynn Watson Jr. (10.3).

SERIES STUFF

IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT TIDBITS

The Flyers took second at the 2015 AdvoCare Invitational after defeating Iowa and Monmouth in the first two rounds.
Since 2003, UD has won three of the seven early season basketball tournaments it has played in.
The Flyers won the 2011 Old Spice Classic after defeating Wake Forest, Fairfield and Minnesota.
UD won the 2003 EA Sports Maui Invitational.
In 2008, the Flyers defeated No. 15 Marquette in the Chicago Invitational Challenge final.
In five exempt tournaments, Archie Miller's teams are 11-4.

CONQUERING GOLIATH

UD has been powerful against the power conferences. Dayton is 31-12 in the last 10 years against the power five programs.
Against Big Ten schools, Dayton has won four of the last five meetings.
The Flyers are 1-0 this season over power five schools with a win at Alabama.
UD went 4-1 in 2015-16 against power five schools after wins over No. 21/16 Vanderbilt, Alabama, Arkansas and Iowa.
Dayton's 31 victories have come against Ole Miss (five times), Alabama (four times), Georgia Tech (three times), Boston College and Auburn (twice), Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, Stanford, Syracuse, Ohio State, California, North Carolina, Minnesota, Illinois, Louisville, West Virginia, Wake Forest, Iowa and Pittsburgh once.
Dayton has won 14 of the last 17, including four straight, versus SEC opponents and eight of the last nine against the ACC.

SUPERIOR SENIORS

The senior class of Kyle Davis, Scoochie Smith and Kendall Pollard are on pace to be the winningest class in UD history.
The trio has 80 victories in their first 109 games, two wins ahead of the pace of the Class of 2011 (Chris Wright, Devin Searcy, Peter Zesterman and Logan Nourse).
The Class of 2011 finished with 97 wins.

#TRENDING

Charles Cooke and Scoochie Smith are the only Flyers to have scored in double figures in every game this season.
20 of Cooke's 38 points the previous two games have come at the free throw line.
Dayton has won 23 of the last 26 games when three or more players score in double figures.
Dayton has won 26 straight games when scoring 80-plus points.

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