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Post by doc on Apr 8, 2020 14:25:52 GMT
I grew up in Dayton, mentioned before I sold hot dogs and cokes at UD arena in high school. As a Xavier employee there was a pretty bitter rivalry between Dayton and X until the Muskies joined the Big East. But after the difficult year Dayton has had (tornado and Oregon District shooting) Flyer basketball was a way for the entire community to come together and celebrate. Then it was ripped away from them. Their coach and star player have swept all the awards but it's not the same as watching your team in the final four - it would have been something Flyer fans would revel in for years to come. I still recall when they went to the elite 8 in '84 and nearly beat UCLA in triple over time in '74. You are in a very small minority if you root for Dayton and Xavier. They use to play every year then when you had all of the league swapping neither team supported the other to get into the current league that they were in. I think that is what led Xavier to join the Horizon for while. Now that Xavier is in the Big East they have not given any love to bring Dayton in the mix. They have a good thing going right now and their coach Anthony Grant is a Dayton grad and wants to be there. He put VCU on the Map prior to Shaka Smart era knocking out Duke in the first round of the tourney his first year. Then went to a Alabama and struggled a bit which I think that would be a tough place to be successful in hoops. The year before he got the job he would come to Dayton games and sit in the front row. It was his way of lobbying for the position. I don't see him leaving for any Power 5 job unless it is truly elite and the money is so good you can't say no. I had two kids go to UD - they loved it. I have to say I quit going to UD arena for Xavier games, the fans up there hate Xavier. Even when X was upsetting #1 St. Joes in the A-10 tourney in 2004 the Dayton fans rooted for the Hawks! And they weren't very nice about it either. But my allegiances lie with Ohio State, Xavier and Dayton in that order. I think the fact that Dayton really doesn't bring a new, big market into the mix is more of reason for them not to be invited into the Big East although I don't think X would lobby for their inclusion. They are adding UConn next year so that does make it an unbalanced number. Maybe there's hope for Dayton to be team #12. For the record I think Ohio State, Dayton sand Xavier should play every year - Cincinnati too.
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Post by Bevo on Apr 8, 2020 16:44:44 GMT
I feel for you. I was looking forward to watching Dayton play in this tourney. I haven't seen them all year. Thanks to this stupid virus, I had to watch the entire Houston vs NC State game from 1983 again... it was painful, still. Since I can't watch the Masters this year, I will be PLAYING in the Masters Tournament this weekend on my PS3 game... Tiger Wood's, Master's Edition. If I can figure out how to live stream it, I'll post it for you all. I GUARANTEE a Bevo victory. And, my player-character is HOT! All of the golf course are shut down in my county but one county over is open for business and they let you use carts. Each cart is cleaned and sanitized between usage. You pay through a window opened up to the outside of the clubhouse. They give you clorox wipes to further sanitize any thing on the cart. Each person gets there own cart. No flags. All holes are in the middle of the green. I was never a huge fan of playing golf but that has changed. I'm gonna play on Friday... if it's not TOO cold.
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