NO. 7 SEED DAYTON FACES NO. 10 SEED SYRACUSE IN THE NCAA FIRST ROUND• The University of Dayton Flyers will face the Syracuse Orange in the first round of the Midwest Region on Friday at 12:15 p.m. ET.
• The game will be televised on CBS, carried by WHIO Radio and is available with live video, stats and streaming audio at DaytonFlyers.com.
ABOUT SYRACUSE• The Syracuse Orange, 19-13 overall and 9-9 ACC, enter the tournament as the No. 10 seed in the Midwest Region.
• The Orange are led by All-ACC Second Team honoree Michael Gbinije (17.8 points per game).
• Malachi Richardson (13.2 ppg), Trevor Cooney (12.8 ppg) and Tyler Lydon (10.1 ppg) are also averaging better than 10 points per contest.
SERIES STUFF• Dayton leads the all-time series 2-1.
• The last time the two programs met was also in the NCAA Tournament. Dayton defeated Syracuse 55-53 in Buffalo on March 22, 2014.
BIG DANCE BITES• 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.
• 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.
• Miller is one of five coaches with at least five NCAA wins in his first four seasons. The others are Mark Few, Thad Matta, Shaka Smart and Roy Williams.
• The Flyers advanced to the Regional Semifinal seven times, the Regional Final three times, and finished as the National Runner-Up in 1967.
#TRENDING• Dayton won the A-10 regular season championship for the first time since the 2003-04 campaign.
• UD is 12-1 this season with a full roster.
• The Flyers are also 10-0 this year scoring 80 or more points.
• Dayton is 8-2 in games decided by three points or less.
• The Flyers are 14-2 this year when both
Kendall Pollard and
Dyshawn Pierre play.
• Dayton is 10-1 this year when
Kyle Davis scores in double figures.
• UD is 20-2 this year out-rebounding teams.
•
Steve McElvene set UD's single-season record for blocks at 55, passing Chris Wright.
• The Flyers are 34-1 when limiting opponents to 60 points or less in the last three seasons, including an 9-0 mark this year.
• Dayton is 21-3 when three or more players score in double figures. Two of those losses were against Saint Joseph's.
• In the first half, Dayton is shooting .424 (384-906) from the field, but in the second half their marksmanship improves to .497 (427-859).
CONQUERING GOLIATH• UD has been powerful against the power conferences. Dayton is 30-11 in the last nine years against the power five programs.
• The Flyers are 4-0 in 2015-16 against power five schools after wins over No. 21/16 Vanderbilt, Alabama, Arkansas and Iowa.
• Dayton's 30 victories have come against Ole Miss (five times), Alabama and 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.
• The Flyers have won the last eight against the ACC and 13 of the last 16 versus the SEC.
UP NEXT• If Dayton were to advance, the Flyers would play the winner of the Michigan State-Middle Tennessee State game on Sunday, March 20.
