COACH GREGORY SEEKS 100TH CAREER WIN AS UD HOSTS DELAWARE STATE
University of Dayton head coach Brian Gregory looks for his 100th career coaching win on Wednesday as the Flyers host the Delaware State Hornets on Tom Blackburn Court at 7:30 p.m. ET. The game will be carried by WHIO Radio and available with live streaming video, stats on Gametracker and streaming audio at www.DaytonFlyers.com.

Gregory looks to become the fourth coach in UD Basketball history to reach the 100-win mark. Dayton, 1-0 overall, is coming off a 52-49 win over the Wofford Terriers in the season opener. Chris Wright and Marcus Johnson scored 17 points apiece as the Flyers extended their non-conference, home winning streak to 19 games. Defense proved to be the key in the Wofford game as Dayton forced 23 turnovers and held the Terriers to 39 percent shooting from the floor.

The Hornets are in the midst of an eight-game road swing and enter Wednesday's contest 1-2 overall and 0-2 on the road. Delaware State was picked to finish third in the 2008-09 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Preseason Poll after finishing 14-16 last year. However, the Hornets won three consecutive MEAC titles, including a tourney championship in 2005. In their last game against Lehigh, Donald Johnson scored 16 points while Fred Bouie had 15 and Frisco Sandidge contributed 14 in a 76-58 defeat.

SERIES STUFF
The Flyers hold a 3-0 all-time series lead over Delaware State. UD picked up a 65-38 win in their last meeting held on Nov. 24, 2002. All three games have been played at UD Arena.

FLYERS PICKED TO FINISH THIRD IN A-10 POLL
After a 23-11 season in 2007-08, the Dayton Flyers were picked to finish third in the league according to a poll of the Atlantic 10's head coaches and media. Xavier was named the preseason favorite, with 44 of the 61 first-place votes. Temple garnered 12 first-place votes and placed second in the preseason poll. Dayton garnered three first-place votes and was tabbed third. Saint Joseph's was tabbed fourth, while Charlotte earned a pair of first-place votes and was chosen fifth. Massachusetts was selected sixth in the poll, while Saint Louis was picked seventh. Richmond was selected eighth followed by Rhode Island, La Salle, George Washington, Duquesne, Fordham and St. Bonaventure.

FLEXING THEIR MUSCLE
UD will play a non-conference schedule that includes teams from the Big East, the Colonial Athletic Conference, Conference USA, the MAC, the Missouri Valley and the SEC. The Flyers will play home-and-home Atlantic 10 games with Duquesne, Saint Louis and Xavier. In addition, Dayton will play host to Fordham, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph's and Temple in conference play. All three A-10 teams that played in the 2008 NCAA tournament will visit UD Arena. The Flyers will play at Charlotte, George Washington, La Salle, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, in addition to the Dukes, Billikens and Musketeers.

A highlight of the non-conference schedule is UD's participation in the Chicago Invitational Challenge. Dayton will have two extra home games against Bethune-Cookman and Mercer before traveling to Chicago to play Auburn and Marquette. UD will play one team who returns all five starters - Marquette, who not surprisingly is a pre-season Top Ten team. Dayton will play eight other teams who have four starters back: Charlotte, George Washington, La Salle, Miami, Richmond, Temple, Toledo and Xavier. In addition, the Flyers will play 14 games against teams that were in the post-season in 2008-09.

FLYERS SIGN KAVANAUGH TO 2008 CLASS
With only one scholarship available, University of Dayton men's basketball coach Brian Gregory and his staff landed their third top local product in as many years when Centerville High School star Matt Kavanaugh signed his letter of intent to attend UD and play basketball for the Flyers. As the newest official member of the Flyers family, the 6-foot-9, 225 pound power forward, follows in the footsteps two other local standouts who will be his teammates in 2009-10. Chris Wright of Trotwood-Madison High School was the first as he signed with the Flyers in November of 2006. Dayton Dunbar graduate Josh Benson followed Wright and signed with UD last year.

LITTLE BIG MAN
At 6-foot-6, 247 pounds, Charles Little might be one of the most inaccurately named players in the country. Little brings a powerful physical package to the floor and with the best measured vertical leap on the team, well off the floor too. As the lone senior on the team, Little will also be counted upon for veteran leadership. Against Wofford, Little recorded team-highs of five rebounds and two blocked shots.

CHARLES IN CHARGE
In his last 33 games against Atlantic 10 competition, Charles Little has averaged 10.6 points and 5.3 rebounds while shooting 147-of-282, (.525) from the floor. Last season against the A-10, Little averages 9.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game while shooting .527 from the field. In UD basketball history, Little is 67th on the all-time scoring list with 718 career points and needs four to eclipse Sedric Toney for 66th all-time.

THE WRIGHT STUFF
Displaying an NBA-like level of athleticism, Chris Wright looks to lead the Flyers back to the postseason and continue his progression as a dynamic all-around player. The sophomore forward is a Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Second Team selection heading into 2008-09. In the season opener Wright tied for a game-high 17 points to go with four rebounds and a block in UD's win over Wofford. Wright shot 7-of-12 from the field including a couple of thunderous dunks. The Flyers are 15-2 with Wright in the lineup in his UD career.

FIGHT FOR YOUR WRIGHT
On March 10, sophomore Chris Wright earned a spot on the A-10 All-Rookie team. The 6-8 forward from Trotwood, Ohio was the fifth Dayton player to be selected to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team. Tony Stanley (1998), Brooks Hall (2000), Keith Waleskowski (2001) and Brian Roberts (2005) are the previous Flyer A-10 Rookies. He played eight minutes in the A-10 opener against Rhode Island before fracturing a bone in his ankle that required surgery on January 14. But before that, he was chosen A-10 Rookie of the Week four times in the first six weeks of the season (the last player to do that was Jameer Nelson).

BEING `KURT' TO THE OPPOSITION
As one of the most team-oriented players to wear a Flyer uniform, Kurt Huelsman looks to be counted upon more as a leader on both ends of the floor. Huelsman averaged 5.9 points and 4.0 rebounds per game last season while shooting .527 from the field and tied for the team lead with 59 offensive rebounds. He opened the 2008-09 campaign with five points, five rebounds and a steal versus Wofford.

AN UP-HUEL BATTLE
Junior Kurt Huelsman was the only player to start every game in 2006-07 for UD, all 34 games in 2007-08 and the first one in 2008-09. After being held scoreless in his first three games last season, he tallied 200 points thanks to 53 percent (77-of-146) shooting during that span. Huelsman capped the season by earning the John L. McBeth Scholar Athlete Award., which goes to the team member with the highest cumulative grade point average based on at least five semesters of academic work.

MARVELOUS MARCUS
An athletic wing with shutdown defender talent, Marcus Johnson began the 2008-09 season right where he left off. He tied for a game-high 17 points to go with four rebounds in a season opening win over Wofford. Johnson shot 7-of-11 from the field and hit 3-of-5 shots from beyond the arc. The 6-3 guard has scored in double figures 18 times in his career and in 16 of his last 25 games. In exhibition play, Johnson averaged 5.0 points and four rebounds per game.

MORE ON MJ
Last year Marcus Johnson was at his best from the line in the clutch, making 21-of-27 in the final minute of regulation. In the A-10 quarterfinals, Johnson netted career-highs of 26 points and 13 free throws. He nailed two in the final minute against Louisville and 4-of-4 to seal the win over American. Johnson scored 16 points versus Loyola and against Akron recorded 16 points and seven rebounds. In the Rhode Island game, Johnson finished with 14 points, five rebounds and hit a 3-pointer with 58 seconds left. At Xavier, Johnson led all UD scorers with 12 points. Johnson dished out a career-best four assists at George Washington. In the Temple win, Johnson had 14 points and three rebounds. Johnson was just shy of a double-double with nine points and nine boards at Fordham. He added 13 points and four rebounds at St. Bonaventure. Finished the regular season with a team-high 17 points and seven rebounds over Saint Joseph's.

THE JACKSONVILLE JET
Known as the "Jacksonville Jet," London Warren is an explosive point guard who has outstanding quickness on the offensive and defensive ends. Warren's energy, enthusiasm and creativity made him a favorite among the Flyer Faithful. Last season Warren earned the Flyers' Defensive Player of the Year award after leading the team with 45 steals. In the Atlantic 10, Warren ranked 17th with 1.3 steals per game. Warren opened the 2008-09 season with three points, four assists and a steal in the season opener over Wofford.

HEY MICKEY
Known as a strong outside shooter, team-first player and a quality individual, Phillip "Mickey" Perry looks to build upon a sophomore season in which he made strong strides on-and-off the court. Last season in 23 games, Perry averaged 2.8 points and 1.4 rebounds per game while shooting .391 from the field. He began the 2008-09 season with three points over Wofford. The Flyers are 8-1 when Perry knocks down a three-pointer in his career.

BIG SHOT ROB
Junior college transfer Rob Lowery, a 6-2, 165 pound guard from Cecil College in North East, Maryland, has quickly made a name for himself as a clutch performer. With Wofford trailing by four Lowery, who missed his first five shots in his debut with the Flyers, drilled a 15-foot field goal with 48 seconds to go to push the lead back to four and swished two free throws with 15 ticks left to seal the decision. Lowery averaged 18.2 points, 8.7 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game last year. Lowery was chosen to play in the national junior college all-star game in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 20, where he scored 19 points and had eight assists.

THOMAS THE TRAIN
A heady player with a classic Hoosier-guard game, Stephen Thomas is a quick, shifty point guard who can also play at the two spot as well. In 23 games last season Thomas averaged 0.7 points and 0.5 rebounds. He made his UD debut against E. Tenn St. and recorded his first collegiate field goal at George Mason. In the two exhibition games, Thomas shot the ball extremely well, hitting 4-of-5 shots during the two exhibition games while dishing out four assists. He recorded an assist against Wofford in the season opener.

DIAL IN WITH DEVIN
Devin Searcy is back to patrol the paint and provide the Flyers with solid post depth, defense and length on the floor. Searcy owns a fundamentally sound game by being able to set screens, fight for position on the interior, and hustle after loose balls. Searcy averaged 1.0 points and 1.2 rebounds in 25 games last season. Against Capital, Searcy led the Flyers with a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds. In nine minutes against Wofford, Searcy recorded two rebounds and two assists. The two assists against Wofford equaled his total from all of last year.

CHRIS-CROSSING
Freshman Chris Johnson joined the Flyers with a reputation as a high-flying, explosive scorer endowed with the ability to take over a game. Johnson joins Flyers from Columbus Brookhaven High School with a reputation as a high-flying, explosive scorer endowed with the ability to take over a game. He displayed that ability with eight points and six rebounds in an exhibition win over Gannon. Five of his six rebounds came on the offensive glass. He finished the exhibition season averaging eight points and five rebounds while shooting 43 percent from the floor. In his UD debut, Johnson had a defensive rebound over Wofford.

COOL HAND LUKE
Although it didn't show up on the box score, freshman Luke Fabrizius had a memorable Flyer debut. His mom, Julie Fabrizius, is a breast cancer survivor for five years and, thanks to her son, she was honored at halftime of the Flyers' home opener against Wofford. It was a part of UD and National City teamming up to fight breast cancer with the "Real Men Wear Pink" campaign. Flyers head coach Brian Gregory has served as the official spokesperson, and Sunday all the Flyers coaches and other team personnel wore pink ties. To honor survivors, nominations from the public were taken -- Fabrizius submitted his mom's story -- and from a pool of 200 people, eight were selected to take the court.

P-DUBYA
Freshman Paul Williams, one of the top prep recruits out of Michigan, will bring a reputation as a clutch shooter and lockdown defender to this year's Flyer backcourt. An athletic 6-foot-3 shooting guard from Detroit's Renaissance High School, Williams was one of four finalists for the title of Michigan's "Mr. Basketball" during his senior year. Williams was also a Preseason Atlantic 10 All-Rookie selection.

GIVEN THE COLD SHOULDER
Freshman Josh Benson, the second in a line of highly-anticipated local talents, will be out 3-to-6 months following shoulder surgery performed on Nov. 3.The 6-foot-10 big man was an ESPN Top 150 recruit where he averaged of 18.9 points, 11 boards and four blocks during his senior year.

NON-CONFERENCE NOTES
UD's non-conference schedule features one top 25 team from the first Associated Press Poll and USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll. The Flyers will play No. 15/17 Marquette on Nov. 29 in the Chicago Invitational Challenge. Dayton also has four games among teams in the also receiving votes category: Xavier, Mercer, Creighton and Rhode Island.

NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER
Flyer head coach Brian Gregory has never had a losing month of November. In fact, the Flyers have won four consecutive games in November dating back to last season. In November games Gregory is 18-5 all-time.

EYE 75 ON THE SCOREBOARD
The Flyers are 29-4 under head coach Brian Gregory when they score at least 75 points.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Last year the Flyers ranked third in the A-10 in scoring defense, allowing 63.9 points per game. UD was 11-2 when holding opponents to 59 points or less. This season the Flyers not only held Wofford to 49 points, but also forced 23 turnovers.

LOCK IT UP
The 49 points allowed by the Flyers in the season opener were the least since UD defeated Delaware State on Nov. 24, 2002. Dayton won that contest 65-38.

STEAL OF A DEAL
Six different Flyers recorded a steal in the season opener against Wofford. If Dayton continues at that pace, it will be the sixth-highest team rate in the program's history.

HOME SWEET HOME
With the win over Wofford, UD extended its non-conference home court winning streak to 12 games. Last season the Flyers' started off the 2007-08 campaign 10-0 at home. It was the second consecutive season UD won its first 10 games of the year on Tom Blackburn Court. Dayton finished with a 15-3 home record in 2007-08 that included victories over NCAA Tournament teams Pittsburgh, Saint Joseph's, Temple, American and Coppin State. The Flyers have a home all-time winning percentage of .775 (732-213).

UD AMONG THE BEST IN NCAA ATTENDANCE
The University of Dayton finished in the Top 30 in men's basketball attendance for the 11th straight season in 2007-08. The Flyers led the Atlantic 10 in attendance for the 12th straight season. UD averaged more than 2,400 fans a game better than any other team in the conference. In conference games only, Dayton averaged 13,220 (up 625 from a year ago).

DAYTON AMONG TOP 10 IN NCAA GRADUATION SUCCESS RATE
The University of Dayton's 96 percent Graduation Success Rate leads the Atlantic 10 Conference and ties it for 10th in the NCAA in the latest breakdown of Division I graduation rate data. In addition, this year's GSR Report shows that UD graduated 100 percent of its student-athletes that participated in women's basketball, men's cross country, women's cross country/track & field, men's golf, women's golf, women's rowing, women's soccer, men's tennis, women's tennis and volleyball. In addition to the ten programs listed above, the football program had a GSR of 95 followed closely by men's soccer (93), baseball (92), softball (92) and men's basketball (89). The UD's men's basketball team's GSR was the best in the A-10.

DAYTON TO PLAY IN THE 2008 CHICAGO INVITATIONAL CHALLENGE
The University of Dayton will play in the third annual Chicago Invitational Challenge at the Sears Centre Arena this November. The other teams in the field will be Auburn, Marquette, Northern Iowa, Chicago State, Mercer, Texas Southern and Bethune-Cookman. Rounds one and two will be played on the home courts of Marquette, Dayton, Auburn, and Northern Iowa. Dayton will host Bethune-Cookman on Sunday, November 23 and Mercer on Tuesday, November 25. The final rounds of the tournament will be during Thanksgiving weekend. UD will play Auburn on Friday, November 28 and Marquette on Saturday, November 29 at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

THE FLYER FAITHFUL
For years, UD has claimed it has had the best fans in the nation. In 2001, The Sporting News conducted an unscientific poll of college basketball coaches, media and SIDs. In the Jan. 8, 2001 issue of the magazine, UD's fans were tabbed as college basketball's best. And they prove it to everyone the Flyers play. In 2007-08 UD had the second-best average home attendance in school history (12,801). UD Arena has 85 sellouts in its 38-year history and seven in 2007-08. The record for sellouts is eight held in the Arena's first season 1969-70. UD's last 136 regular season home games have had attendance of at least 11,000 fans. In the last 14 years, 99% of UD's home games have drawn at least 10,000 (374 of 377), including the last 173 regular season games.

TOURNEY TOWN
The NCAA Division I Tournament will make its start at UD Arena for the eighth year in a row as the University of Dayton Arena hosts the NCAA Opening Round Game in 2009. In addition, the Arena will be a First and Second Round site for the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, and a regional site for the 2010 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. UD has hosted the Opening Round game since its inception in its current form in 2002. When the 2009 NCAA Tournament is over, UD Arena will have been an NCAA site in 23 of the last 40 years and will have hosted 84 NCAA Tournament games. That will make UD Arena the most prolific NCAA Tournament venue ahead of Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City (83) and the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City (81).

GREGORY A PART OF OPERATION HARDWOOD
After the 2007-08 campaign, head coach Brian Gregory was selected as one of eight college basketball coaches to travel to the Persian Gulf and visit troops as part of the fifth installment of "Operation Hardwood," a USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour.

The tour featured a week-long basketball tournament and championship game with some of the best military players stationed overseas. Joining Gregory on the tour were Fran Fraschilla (ESPN Basketball Analyst and former St. John's head coach), Jeff Jones (American), Reggie Minton (National Association of Basketball Coaches Deputy Director and former Air Force head coach), Tom Pecora (Hofstra), Barry Rohrssen (Manhattan), Tom Schuberth (Texas-Pan American) and Jerry Wainwright (DePaul). Among the coaches and basketball figures who have participated in previous tours are Jay Bilas, Mike Brey, Bobby Cremins, Karl Hobbs, Tom Izzo, Bobby Lutz, Dave Odom, the late Skip Prosser, Tubby Smith and Gary Williams.

NEW MANN IN TOWN
In the off-season, the Flyers announced the addition of assistant coach Cornell Mann to the Flyer basketball coaching staff. Mann, 36, has spent the last five seasons as an assistant at Western Michigan, where he helped the Broncos win three Mid-American Conference West Division championships. With Mann on the staff, WMU experienced some of the most sustained success in school history with five-straight top-two finishes in the MAC West, including division titles in 2004, 2005 and 2008. Prior to his arrival at CMU, Mann spent two seasons as the head coach at Oak Park High School near Detroit. Mann's collegiate experience also includes assistant coaching stops at Colby Community College in Colby, Kansas (1998-99), and Elmira College in Elmira, N.Y. (1997-98).

WELCOME TO FLIGHT CLUB
Through 34 games in 2007-08, Flyers set an unofficial record with 60 dunks. After averaging 1.8 dunks per game last year, UD is already well above last year's pace. In the Wofford contest Dayton had three dunks. Chris Wright had two slams and Marcus Johnson dunked in one.

UD FINALIZES REGULAR SEASON TV SCHEDULE
The Dayton Flyers men's basketball team will have 17 televised games during the 2008-09 regular season. Flyer games will be shown locally on WHIO-TV, regionally through CBS College Sports and nationally on ESPN and CBS College Sports.

Nine of the 17 telecasts are away from UD Arena with the first broadcast at the 2008 Chicago Invitational Challenge when the Flyers battle the preseason Top 20 Marquette Golden Eagles on Saturday, Nov. 29.

UD's marquee televised road games include the Marquette clash, the Wednesday, Dec. 10 contest at Creighton and key Atlantic 10 road games at Massachusetts, Charlotte, Saint Louis, Rhode Island and the ESPN nationally-televised contest at Xavier.

The times of three road games have been established. The Saturday, Jan. 10 contest against Massachusetts will begin at 1 p.m. ET. On Sunday, Feb. 8 at Charlotte the contest will tipoff at 1 p.m. ET. The Saint Louis road game on Saturday, Feb. 21 is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET.

All Flyer home games, not nationally televised, can be viewed via live video stream for free on daytonflyers.com. Fans can follow the Flyers online all season long by signing up for a free account to Dayton All-Access.

STARTING OFF STRONG
UD's 12-1 non-conference record in 2007-08 marked just the fourth time in school history the Flyers reached 10 wins before January 1.

UD ANNOUNCES FREQUENT FLYER FAITHFUL ATTENDANCE INCENTIVE PROGRAM
UD is instituting the "Frequent Flyer Faithful" Attendance Incentive Program. Season ticket holders whose tickets are utilized for at least 15 of the 18 regular season home games will have the chance to win one of over 65 prizes, including free season tickets and VIP experiences, at the end of the season.

For the grand prize, season ticket holders utilizing their tickets for all 18 of the Flyers regular season home games will automatically be entered to win a trip for two to travel with the Flyers for a road game during the 2009-2010 season. It includes air, hotel, tickets, meals and an inside look at the Flyer team on the road.

This program is simple. All Flyer fans have to do is attend Dayton Flyer men's basketball games, have their ticket scanned, and their attendance will automatically be recorded. If fans are unable to make a game, they can stay in the race by making sure their tickets are utilized. If they give them to another Flyer fan, the ticket will be scanned and entered in the database.

NATIONAL CITY'S "THINK PINK" PROGRAM A SUCCESS
The Flyers and National City teammed up to honor breast cancer survivors during an on-court ceremony at halftime of the Wofford game. The 10 survivors, including Luke Fabrizius' mom Julie and Dayton women's tennis head coach Linda O'Keefe, were chosen from more than 200 nominees. Both coaching staffs wore matching pink ties to show support for the fight against breast cancer. The activities were a part of National City's "Real Men Wear Pink" campaign, featuring UD head coach Brian Gregory.

DID YOU KNOW?
UD won more games than any other school in both the 1950s and `60s. UD won 435 games between 1950 and 1969 and ranks among the top teams of the 1950s and 1960s in Division I history. The Flyers' .763 (228-71) winning percentage in the 1950s ranks fifth in the decade. Their .729 (207-77) winning percentage ranks eighth in the 1960s.