DAYTON -- The University of Dayton Flyers travel to George Mason Tuesday with a chance to come back with a share of the 2020 Atlantic 10 regular season title. Dayton is 14-0 in the A-10 and holds a three-game lead in the A-10 race with four to play. Tuesday's game time is 7 p.m. ET.
Dayton is off to its best start ever at UD at 25-2, with both losses in OT to Top 20-caliber teams -- Kansas in the Maui Invitational finals and Colorado in a buzzer-beater at the Chicago Legends. UD is fourth in the AP and third in the USA Today Coaches polls. UD has won 16 in a row, tied with New Mexico State for the best in D-I after Saturday's 80-70 Duquesne win.
The game will be carried by WHIO Radio, televised by Stadium (and shown on Fox Sports Ohio's alternate channel in Ohio) and streamed at WatchStadium.com. Streaming audio, video and stats will be available at DaytonFlyers.com.
THE TRANSFORMED UD ARENA
The University of Dayton has completed a three-year, $76.2 million transformation project of UD Arena in time for the Arena's 50th anniversary season. The project transformed the 50-year-old facility into a state-of-the-art venue. The upgrade, the largest construction project in University history, modernizes the Arena without losing the "soul of the bowl" – the atmosphere that has made UD Arena one of the best places to watch college basketball.
#TRENDING
• UD's 25-2 start is the best in school history. The previous best was 23-2 in 1957-58.
• Dayton's No. 4 ranking is its highest since the Flyers were ranked third in the last four polls of the 1955-56 season. UD has been ranked in the Top 20 for 12 consecutive weeks this year.
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Obi Toppin has been named to the USBWA and Oscar Robertson Mid-Season Watch Lists. The Athletic named Toppin its Mid-Season Player of the Year in a vote of their college basketball writers and the Sporting News selected him to be one of its First Team Mid-Season All-Americans. He is on five national player of the year watch lists.
• Toppin had his 100th career dunk during the Virginia Tech game in Maui, which was just his 20th start and 38th career game. He now has 172 in 60 games, five shy of Chris Wright's 177.
• The Brooklyn native was the eighth-fastest Flyer to reach 1,000 points.
• Seth Davis named
Jalen Crutcher college basketball's "Best Supporting Actor" during CBS Sports' college basketball studio coverage on Jan. 25. In Atlantic 10 Conference games, he is the only player in the top seven of the guard-oriented stat categories -- scoring (7th), assists (7th), FT% (3rd), 3-pt. FG's (4th), 3-pt % (5th) and A/T ratio (1st).
• UD is first nationally in FG% (.521, 789-1515) and is second in assists (17.9).
• Seven different Flyers have scored in double figures this season. Six have led UD in scoring.
• Coach
Anthony Grant is among the finalists for the Wooden Coach of the Year Award.
• In Saturday's UD's 80-70 win over Duquesne, Toppin led with 28 points. Crutcher had 17.
UP NEXT
• UD is back home to play Davidson on Friday. Game time is 7 p.m. ET.
