Dayton Flyers men's basketball

Dayton Flyers
2024–25 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team
UniversityUniversity of Dayton
Head coachAnthony Grant (8th season)
ConferenceAtlantic 10
LocationDayton, Ohio
ArenaUD Arena
(capacity: 13,407)
NicknameFlyers
Student sectionRed Scare
ColorsRed and blue[1]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Alternate jersey
Team colours
Alternate
Chapel Blue jersey
Team colours
Chapel Blue
NCAA tournament runner-up
1967
NCAA tournament Final Four
1967
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1967, 1984, 2014
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1952, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1984, 2014
NCAA tournament round of 32
1984, 1990, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2024
NCAA tournament appearances
1952, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2024
Conference tournament champions
1990, 2003
Conference regular season champions
2016, 2017, 2020
Conference division season champions
1998, 2000, 2004

The Dayton Flyers men's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) representing the University of Dayton in Ohio. The Flyers play their home games at University of Dayton Arena. The Flyers are coached by Anthony Grant who is in his seventh season. In March 2020, Dayton was ranked #3 in the AP Top 25 Poll, its highest ranking since the 1955–56 season when it was ranked #2. The Flyers have never been ranked #1,[2] but Dayton did receive a lone first place vote in the final AP poll of the 2019–2020 season. When the 2020 seasons was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Flyers did not get to participate in the 2020 NCAA Tournament, despite being projected as a #1 seed by several outlets.

A 2015 study of college basketball team valuations placed Dayton No. 23 in the nation with 2014 adjusted revenues in excess of $16.6 million (highest for non-football conference programs) and a valuation of nearly $84 million (second highest for non-football conference programs and higher than programs such as Florida, Texas, and Michigan).[3]

  1. ^ "Color Palette". UDayton.edu/Brand. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  2. ^ "Dayton Flyers AP Poll History". sports-reference.com. 19 February 2020.
  3. ^ Beaton, Andrew (1 April 2015). "What's Your College-Basketball Team Worth?". Wall Street Journal – via www.wsj.com.