FLYERS ENTER THE A-10 TOURNAMENT AS THE NO. 1 SEED• The University of Dayton Flyers will enter the 2016 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship as the No. 1 seed beginning Friday, March 11.
• The games will be televised on NBCSN, CBS Sports Network and CBS, carried by WHIO
Radio and is available with live video, stats and streaming audio at DaytonFlyers.com.
TOURNAMENT HISTORY• This is Dayton's 21st season in the Atlantic 10 and in each of those years earned a bid to the A-10 Championship.
• Last year, Dayton defeated St. Bonaventure and Rhode Island, but fell to VCU in the title game.
• The Flyers have a 24-19 overall record in the tournament.
• Dayton has won the championship once (2003), placed second three times (2004, 2011, 2015), and tied for third three times (2000, 2002 and 2009).
• Dayton is 4-4 all-time under coach
Archie Miller in the A-10 Championship.
JUBILANT JUNIORS• The junior class of
Kyle Davis,
Scoochie Smith and
Kendall Pollard are on pace to be the winningest class in UD history.
• The trio has 77 victories in their first 103 games, five 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.
• Counting redshirt junior
Charles Cooke, the juniors are also four of Dayton's top scorers: Cooke, 15.8 ppg; Smith, 11.8 ppg; Pollard, 10.8 ppg; and Davis, 7.8 ppg.
#TRENDING• Dayton won the A-10 regular season championship for the first time since the 2003-04 season.
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Scoochie Smith earned the A-10 Co-Player of the Week on March 7 and NCAA.com Player of the Week on March 8. He led the Flyers averaging 27.5 points per game last week.
• UD is 11-0 this season with a full roster.
• The Flyers are also 10-0 this year scoring 80 or more points.
• Dayton is 8-1 in games decided by three points or less.
• The Flyers are 13-1 this year when both
Kendall Pollard and
Dyshawn Pierre play.
• Pierre has recorded double-digit rebounding performances in five of the last six games.
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Kyle Davis is shooting 6-of-9 (.667) from three in the past four games.
• UD is 19-2 this year when out-rebounding teams.
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Charles Cooke has scored 20-plus points 12 times this season.
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Steve McElvene is three blocks away from tying UD's single-season record.
• The Flyers are 33-1 when limiting opponents to 60 points or less in the last three seasons, including an 8-0 mark this year.
• In the first half, Dayton is shooting .425 (358-842) from the field, but in the second half their marksmanship improves to .497 (399-803).
• UD has trailed at the half in six straight games.
COOKE & PIERRE NET ALL A-10 HONORS•
Charles Cooke and
Dyshawn Pierre, earned All-Atlantic 10 honors for the 2015-16 season.
• Cooke was named an All-Atlantic 10 First Team selection and to the All-Defensive Team.
• Pierre earned a spot on the All-Atlantic 10 First Team for the second straight season.
UP NEXT• The 2016 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship continues on Saturday, March 12 and Sunday, March 13.
