Dayton Flyers men's basketball
| Dayton Flyers men's basketball | |||||||||||
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| University | University of Dayton | ||||||||||
| Head coach | Anthony Grant (9th season) | ||||||||||
| Location | Dayton, Ohio | ||||||||||
| Arena | UD Arena (capacity: 13,407) | ||||||||||
| Conference | Atlantic 10 | ||||||||||
| Nickname | Flyers | ||||||||||
| Colors | Red and blue | ||||||||||
| Student section | Red Scare | ||||||||||
| NCAA Division I tournament runner-up | |||||||||||
| 1967 | |||||||||||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||||
| 1990, 2003 | |||||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||||
| 2016, 2017, 2020 | |||||||||||
| Conference division champions | |||||||||||
| 1998, 2000, 2004 | |||||||||||
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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. Dayton has appeared 19 times in the NCAA tournament, most recently in 2024.
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, 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).