2008–09 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team

The 2008–09 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team represented the University of Dayton during the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flyers, led by sixth year head coach Brian Gregory, played their home games at the University of Dayton Arena and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 27–8, 11–5 in A-10 play for a tie for second-place. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated West Virginia in the round of 64 before losing in the round of 32 to defending national champion Kansas. The Flyers first round win was the program's first in the NCAA Tournament since 1990, when they defeated Illinois in the round of 64.

2008–09 Dayton Flyers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	27–8 (11–5 A-10)
Head coach	Brian Gregory (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Billy Schmidt Jon Borovich Cornell Mann
Home arena	University of Dayton Arena
Seasons ← 2007–08 2009–10 →

2008–09 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 20 Xavier	12	–	4		.750			27	–	8		.771
Dayton	11	–	5		.688			27	–	8		.771
Rhode Island	11	–	5		.688			23	–	11		.676
Temple†	11	–	5		.688			22	–	12		.647
Duquesne	9	–	7		.563			21	–	13		.618
La Salle	9	–	7		.563			18	–	13		.581
Richmond	9	–	7		.563			20	–	16		.556
Saint Joseph's	9	–	7		.563			17	–	15		.531
Saint Louis	8	–	8		.500			18	–	14		.563
UMass	7	–	9		.438			12	–	18		.400
St. Bonaventure	6	–	10		.375			15	–	15		.500
Charlotte	5	–	11		.313			11	–	20		.355
George Washington	4	–	12		.250			10	–	18		.357
Fordham	1	–	15		.063			3	–	25		.107
† 2009 Atlantic 10 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The 2007–08 Dayton Flyers finished the season with an overall record of 23–11, with a record of 8–8 in the Atlantic 10 regular season for a tie for a fifth-place finish. They received an at-large bid to the 2008 National Invitation Tournament where they beat Cleveland State and Illinois State in the first and second rounds before falling to eventual champion Ohio State in the quarterfinals.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Brian Roberts	2	G	6'2"	175	Senior	Toledo, OH	Graduated
Andres Sandoval	3	G	6'4"	198	Senior	Milford, MA	Graduated
Jimmy Binnie	33	F	6'7"	211	Senior	Des Moines, IA	Graduated
Thiago Cordero	54	F	6'9"	220	Junior	Pernambuco, Brazil	Transferred

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Rob Lowery	3	G	6'2"	165	Junior	Forestville, MD	Junior college transfer from Cecil College.

Incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Paul Williams SG	Detroit, MI	Renaissance High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Aug 2, 2007
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 93
Chris Johnson SF	Columbus, OH	Brookhaven High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jun 10, 2007
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 91
Josh Benson PF	Dayton, OH	Dunbar High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Nov 1, 2006
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 89
Luke Fabrizius F	Arlington Heights, IL	Hersey High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sep 9, 2007
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 76
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2008 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 27, 2015.

Roster

2008–09 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Mickey Perry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 197 lb (89 kg) RS Jr Proviso East Maywood, IL G 1 London Warren 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Raines Jacksonville, FL G 1 Robert Lowery 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr McDonough Cecil College Forestville, MD G/F 4 Chris Johnson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 176 lb (80 kg) Fr Brookhaven Columbus, OH G 11 Stephen Thomas 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Cathedral Indianapolis, IN F 15 Charles Little 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 247 lb (112 kg) Sr Cleveland Cleveland, TN G 22 Paul Williams 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 213 lb (97 kg) Fr Renaissance Detroit, MI F 23 Luke Fabrizius 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Hersey Arlington Heights, IL F 24 Luke Hendrick (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Nouvel Catholic Central Saginaw, MI F 30 Dan Fox (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Jr Lakeland Wolcottville, IN F 32 Marcus Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Jr St. Vincent-St. Mary Cleveland, OH F 33 Chris Wright 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 226 lb (103 kg) So Trotwood-Madison Trotwood, OH F/C 34 Devin Searcy 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 226 lb (103 kg) So Romulus Senior Romulus, MI F/C 41 Kurt Huelsman 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Jr St. Henry St. Henry, OH F/C 44 Josh Benson     6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Dunbar Dayton, OH G 53 Brad McEldowney (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 182 lb (83 kg) So Ansonia Greebville, OH	Head coach Brian Gregory (Oakland) Assistant coach(es) Billy Schmidt (Wake Forest) Jon Borovich (Central Michigan) Cornell Mann (Akron) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2008* 7:00 pm		Capital	W 98–73	–	UD Arena  Dayton, OH
11/11/2008* 7:00 pm		Gannon	W 67–59	–	UD Arena  Dayton, OH
Non-conference regular season
11/16/2008* 7:00 pm		Wofford	W 52–49	1–0	UD Arena (12,254) Dayton, OH
11/19/2008* 7:30 pm		Delaware State	W 62–42	2–0	UD Arena (11,906) Dayton, OH
11/23/2008* 2:00 pm		Bethune–Cookman Chicago Invitational Challenge	W 78–38	3–0	UD Arena (12,678) Dayton, OH
11/25/2008* 7:30 pm		Mercer Chicago Invitational Challenge	W 71–53	4–0	UD Arena (12,074) Dayton, OH
11/27/2008* 5:00 pm		vs. Auburn Chicago Invitational Challenge	W 60–59 ^ot	5–0	Sears Centre (3,087) Hoffman Estates, IL
11/29/2008* 7:00 pm		vs. No. 15 Marquette Chicago Invitational Challenge Championship Game	W 89–75	6–0	Sears Centre (4,780) Hoffman Estates, IL
12/02/2008* 7:30 pm		Troy	W 87–70	7–0	UD Arena (11,853) Dayton, OH
12/06/2008* 7:06 pm		at Akron	W 54–50	8–0	James A. Rhodes Arena (4,059) Akron, OH
12/10/2008* 8:07 pm		at Creighton	L 59–77	8–1	Qwest Center Omaha (15,418) Omaha, NE
12/13/2008* 8:00 pm		Coppin State	W 73–56	9–1	UD Arena (12,777) Dayton, OH
12/20/2008* 8:00 pm		UNC Greensboro	W 75–44	10–1	UD Arena (12,706) Dayton, OH
12/23/2008* 8:00 pm		Marshall	W 62–50	11–1	UD Arena (13,021) Dayton, OH
12/30/2008* 7:00 pm		George Mason	W 66–62	12–1	UD Arena (13,107) Dayton, OH
01/02/2009* 7:00 pm		at Toledo	W 77–63	13–1	Savage Arena (6,921) Toledo, OH
01/06/2009* 7:00 pm		Miami (OH)	W 45–40	14–1	UD Arena (12,637) Dayton, OH
Atlantic 10 regular season
01/10/2009 1:00 pm		vs. UMass	L 62–75	14–2 (0–1)	MassMutual Center (5,485) Springfield, MA
01/14/2009 7:30 pm		Fordham	W 72–71	15–2 (1–1)	UD Arena (11,993) Dayton, OH
01/17/2009 7:00 pm		at Duquesne	W 78–69	16–2 (2–1)	A.J. Palumbo Center (4,051) Pittsburgh, PA
01/22/2009 7:30 pm		at George Washington	W 63–61	17–2 (3–1)	Charles E. Smith Center (2,517) Washington, DC
01/25/2009 2:00 pm		St. Bonaventure	W 80–68	18–2 (4–1)	UD Arena (13,408) Dayton, OH
01/29/2009 8:00 pm		Saint Louis	W 47–46	19–2 (5–1)	UD Arena (12,436) Dayton, OH
02/01/2009 12:00 pm		Saint Joseph's	W 69–58	20–2 (6–1)	UD Arena (13,169) Dayton, OH
02/04/2009 7:00 pm		at La Salle	W 63–61	21–2 (7–1)	Tom Gola Arena (2,114) Philadelphia, PA
02/08/2009 1:00 pm		at Charlotte	L 66–79	21–3 (7–2)	Halton Arena (5,939) Charlotte, NC
02/11/2009 7:00 pm		No. 14 Xavier	W 71–58	22–3 (8–2)	UD Arena (13,435) Dayton, OH
02/14/2009 7:00 pm		Richmond	W 69–63	23–3 (9–2)	UD Arena (13,435) Dayton, OH
02/21/2009 8:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 25	at Saint Louis	L 49–57	23–4 (9–3)	Chaifetz Arena (10,603) St. Louis, MO
02/25/2009 7:00 pm		at Rhode Island	L 91–93 ^OT	23–5 (9–4)	Ryan Center (7,218) Kingston, RI
02/28/2009 4:00 pm		Temple	W 70–65	24–5 (10–4)	UD Arena (13,435) Dayton, OH
03/05/2009 9:00 pm		at Xavier	L 56–79	24–6 (10–5)	Cintas Center (10,250) Cincinnati, OH
03/07/2009 9:00 pm		Duquesne	W 74–61	25–6 (11–5)	UD Arena (13,435) Dayton, OH
Atlantic 10 tournament
03/12/2009 9:00 pm		vs. Richmond Quarterfinals	W 69–64	26–6	Boardwalk Hall (4,333) Atlantic City, NJ
03/13/2009 9:00 pm		vs. Duquesne Semifinals	L 66–77	26–7	Boardwalk Hall (6,160) Atlantic City, NJ
NCAA tournament
03/20/2009* 2:02 pm, CBS	(11 MW)	vs. (6 MW) West Virginia First Round	W 68–60	27–7	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (15,794) Minneapolis, MN
03/22/2009* 12:30 pm, CBS	(11 MW)	vs. (3 MW) No. 14 Kansas Second round	L 43–60	27–8	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (14,279) Minneapolis, MN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region MW=Midwest.

References

1. "2008-09 Men's Basketball Statistics".