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[Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein]

Source: Dayton will open the 2026-27 college basketball season on November 2nd at UD Arena against NJIT.

Anthony Grant versus Grant Billmeier.

[Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein]

Source: Dayton and South Florida will begin a home-and-home series on December 12th at UD Arena.

Return game in Tampa in 2027-28.

[Dayton Dutch Lions FC @DaytonDutchLion]

DDLFC is excited to announce the signing of Ella Raimondi to our USL W team!

Ella is a recent U of Dayton grad where she was a consistent starter all 4 years! The defender also scored 3 goals in both her jr and sr year!

Looking forward to seeing Ella lock down the backline!

[UDPride™ @UDPride]

@hhqsports @TheAndyKatz @GottliebShow @SethDavisHoops Nobody sent to Dayton left saying, “man this doesn’t feel anything like the ‘real’ NCAA tournament.” Been the opposite. They were usually overwhelmed at the support, hospitality, and in-game buzz. Teams also get the same winning $$ units whether bubble or 16 seed.

[UDPride™ @UDPride]

@DavidGPuppet …soccer in mid-Feb when it’s 17°F in Ohio w/3” of snow on a dead grass field. It’s not safe under any reasonable metric to head a rock-frozen ball on a 65yd punt. It has fractured orbital bones and left grade 2 concussions. But but…..player safety and wellbeing!

[UDPride™ @UDPride]

Terrible solution in search of a non-existent problem that harshly penalizes programs in 4-season climates.

[NCAA News @NCAA_PR]

Committee adopts 2-semester playing season for DI men’s soccer.
https://t.co/jznRxJSURX

[Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein]

Sources: Dayton's Anthony Grant will promote assistant James Kane to Associate Head Coach.

The Flyers are also hiring two new assistants --- Jordan Talley who was at Duquesne and Nick Irvin who was at Arizona State --- to the staff.

[UDPride™ @UDPride]

@TheJJChiles USC (2), UCLA (2), ASU (3), St. Marys, SDSU, UC Davis, Ca Poly. That's quite a few invites just in CA alone.

[UDPride™ @UDPride]

Pit and Huntsman Center had/have facility shortcomings w/newer NCAA hosting requirements. Not sure they were/can be overcome to put them back in rotation. Omaha, Wichita, De Moines not west enough of Dayton. Vegas is bad optics.

[Matt Norlander @MattNorlander]

Ten cities I'm expecting the NCAA to look into for the second opening round site:

Albuquerque
Dallas/Fort Worth
Des Moines
Denver
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Omaha
Phoenix
Salt Lake City
Wichita

I think The Pit/ABQ would be a great spot to start. Hasn't hosted NCAAT games since 2012.

[UDPride™ @UDPride]

No more talking. The expanded bracket is official.

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

A look at the new bracket 👀

[UDPride™ @UDPride]

Boom! Former Indiana Hoosier who was Ms Volleyball and 3rd Team HS All American.  Played on U19 National Team and Top-25 former prep recruit. Didn't play much in 2025 as IU brought in a Top-5 recruiting class. Great job by the staff.

@charlotte_v9 https://t.co/A5vT8Uitq3

[UDPride™ @UDPride]

Big accomplishment. Had a lot of good runners over the years that did well individually. As a team we've moved up the pecking order. Been slow and methodical but the Flyers finally did it. Impressive.

[Dayton Flyers @DaytonFlyers]

Congrats👏👏👏

[UDPride™ @UDPride]

In 1985 when the NCAA bracket expanded to 64, 22.6% of D-I schools got a bid. Today it's 18.6%. Expansion to 76 = 20.8%. UD currently fights over 3-5 non-P4 at-large invites a year. If that becomes 6-8, it nearly doubles the access -- not insignificant.

[UDPride™ @UDPride]

@DavidGPuppet Expansion will be sold as helping mid-majors gain tourney access, but suspicion is most of the additional bids will go to 16-14 (6-12) P4 squads w/an 11th place conference finish b/c they beat a depleted Top-10 team on a random Tuesday and fattened up the NET on 12 "good" losses.

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@jsteele78 The Pit is logical choice (local support/history). Huntsman Ctr stopped hosting 20yrs ago due to lack of ADA, other NCAA requirements. If they resolved those shortcomings? Viejas and McHale Center also strong options. Vegas: bad optics given the recent gambling news.

[UDPride™ @UDPride]

It's upon us. Dayton would retain one launching pad while the western US would get a secondary, similar NCAA event.

[Pete Thamel @PeteThamel]

Sources: The NCAA has initiated the final steps to expand the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments to 76 teams. The expansion is on track to be formalized in the upcoming weeks, with mid-May as the target. The 76-team tournaments begin next year. https://t.co/2ZGUjZR0uJ

[Amanda Christovich @achristovichh]

NCAA also announces that two former Fordham men's basketball players have been ruled permanently ineligible for their betting activity, which was also connected to the federal probe from 2025.

NCAA says a bettor reached out to players under the guise of being an NIL agent.

[UDPride™ @UDPride]

Chop.

[Midtown Madness Podcast @MidtownMadPod]

SLU Announces Discontinuation of Men’s and Women’s Tennis https://t.co/N998kMY8xL

[Margaretta Basketball @PolarBearHoops]

🏆🏆🏆 THREE FOR THREE!

🐻‍❄️ In his final time wearing the green and white, @Ju_Washington14 takes home the @ohioBKcoaches North/South game MVP in Columbus! Three All-Star games and three MVP awards — congratulations young man!

✈️ Dayton is up next!

[UDPride™ @UDPride]

UD has been knocking at the door the last cpl years. Flyers get another crack at it.

[Atlantic 10 Conference @atlantic10]

Flyers Clinch, Another Shot at the title! 🎾 @UDFlyerTennis @DaytonFlyers

#A10MTEN #A10FIFTY