The Dayton Flyers beat the Charlotte 49ers 75-47 tonight at UD Arena. For the second straight game, Dayton not only beat the first place team in the Atlantic 10, but humiliated their opponent with an embarrassing point differential. Dayton once again displayed the stifling defense that has been so dependable all season long, as they out-rebounded the 49ers 44-33, and limited Charlotte to shooting 25% from the field. Dayton improves to 17-6 (6-3 in the conference), and has re-established themselves in the A-10 race, and NCAA Tournament Picture. The (delightful) story of this game though was the play of Chris Wright. He scored a career high 30 points by going 11-15 from the field, at the same time snaring down 9 rebounds, and blocking 2 shots just for good measure. This is a crucial stretch of games for the Flyers. The kind of stretch where star players are expected to rise to the challenge, elevate their games, and put the team on their backs. Wright has done that for 2 consecutive huge games now, and he has never been more impressive than he was tonight. We may be witnessing a very good player deciding to become great right before our eyes. It's also clear that his play has elevated others around him as Chris Johnson chipped in 14 points (3 three point field goals), 7 rebounds, and has emerged as more than just a complimentary player, but possibly a rising star in his own right.
Next up is another tough challenge for Dayton in Rick Majerus and his St. Louis Billikens. Like Dayton, the Billikens are 6-3 in the A-10 conference and have lost only twice at home. A tough task, but a task that Dayton should be able to accomplish.
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more..."
As you probably know Chris Wright only loss at home was the RI game. We just sent a message to the a10. Now can BG out coach Majerus? I met this fat b**t*rd, he hates UD and the a10. Fat f**k has made comments to paper saying we need to leave this conference and other things. When i was at school two yrs ago his fat a** decided to work out aka grab a inner-tube and go down and back twice. He probably ate it after his work out thinking it was a donut.
ReplyDeleteSaturday will be a hard game bc st. louis is 12-1 this season at home. We need to remove the tie between St. Louis and UD.
http://www.udpride.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12783
ReplyDeleteThis link with Majerus says it all. Also to think we have one less win than UNC in acc play this year is shocking.
Ha! All 1 ACC Win that we have! Screw it, anything we can thumb our nose at UNC for is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteWell said Rossi. Majerus is a complete flake. It's not just because he left USC at the Altar in 2005, nor his preference to live in hotel rooms, or his obscure and numerous references to John Belushi. It's THIS:
http://larrybrownsports.com/college-basketball/rick-majerus-loves-being-naked/1237
The guy just loves being WAY TOO NAKED for me to take him seriously. The problem is guys like Majerus have forgotten more about basketball than Rossi and I can remember.
This type of game is usually a "trap game" for Dayton. The need to really maintain their intesity and remain fluid in the details i.e. rebounding, layups, and free throws when they're present.