Men's basketball will play in the NIT on Wednesday at Florida Atlantic

Dayton – The Columnball team of the University of Dayton will travel to Boca Raton, Florida, Florida Atlantic in the first round of NIT on Wednesday. The playing time is 7 p.m.

The game will be a kind of return for flyers trainers Anthony Grant. Grant was a graduate of the Miami Senior High School in 1983, where he played for the South Florida Coaching legend Marcos “Shakey” Rodriguez. Grant's coaching career also started with Miami Senior after completing 1987 after a four-year career as a game career for the Flyers.

UD, 22-10 in total, was third with a 12-6 record in the Atlantic 10. FAU is 18-15. The owls were 10-8 in the American Athletic Conference, which she took fifth place.

The flyers play in their 28th Nit. Dayton has a 41-25 record in the tournament and three NIT championships 1962, 1968 and 2010.

The flyers came from 15 to overtime, fell in the quarter-finals of the A-10 tournament last Friday in the quarter-finals of the A-10 tournament 73-68. Javon Bennett And Amaël L'Etang led the way with 15 points. Nate Santos Had a double double with 14 points and a career high of 15 rebounds, and Malachi Smith 11 points added. L'Etang also had four blocks for the career.

The Florida Atlantic Game is broadcast on Whio Radio, broadcast on ESPN2 and streamed on ESPN+. Streaming audio, video and live statistics can be found at Daytonflyers.com.

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• Nate Santos was appointed second team All-Atlantic 10 and A-10 All-Academic, Henoch -Wangen was appointed third team All-Atlantic 10 and A-10 all-defensive team; and Amaël
• L'Etang was added to the Atlantic 10 All-Rokie team on Tuesday.
• L'Angang is the seventh Anthony Grant Rekrut (in eight seasons) is included in the A-10 all-rookie team.
• This is also the seventh year in a row in which Dayton had at least two players named All-Atlantic 10.
• Santos' 6-against-6 shooting performance from deep against Lehigh is the second best in Di. It is also the third best in the UD, behind Shawn Haghs 8-towards 8 in 1993-94.
• Posh Alexander is one of three active players who have 1,500 career points, 500 career templates and 250 steals (1,503, 610, 293).
• The DayTon list comprises six players who have received a recognition of All-Conference in their career. Nate Santos (A-10), Henoch -Wangen (Horizon & a-10). Javon Bennett (Nec)), Malachi Smith (A-10), Posh Alexander (Big East) and Amaël L'Etang(A-10).
• Amaël L'Etang was appointed A-10 rookie of the week on November 25, January 25 and February 10th. He had an average of 8.5 ppg and 8.0 RPG with a 13/13 double double vs. Davidson.
• The cheeks was appointed A-10 player of the week on December 2, after protruding an average of 15.7 points and 7.0 rebounds against North Carolina, Iowa State and Uconn in Maui.
• The cheeks are 11. In the A-10 in the rebound (6.4), fourth in steals (1.8) and 14. In FG% (.471, 139-295). It is the shortest of the top 15 a-10 rebounders with 6-foot 3.
• Santos is 18. In the A-10 in the rating (14.1) and in 3 -pt. FG% (.423, 66-156).
• Smith is second in A-10 in assists (5.3) and third parties in the A/T ratio (2.6).
• Bennett is ninth in steals (1.5) and 18. FG% (.368, 60-163).
• Zed Key 12. In blocked shots (1.1). It is bound to most Dunks for the 28th in Di (49).
• As a team, Dayton is the first in the Atlantic 10. FG% (.355, 258-726), second in the assist-gymnastics ratio (1.45) and third in FT% (.746, 510-684) and sales edge (1.44).
• This is the 30th season of the Flyers in Atlantic 10, and UD won its 300th A-10 game on January 21st in Duquesne.
• UD took 20th place in the average NCAA Division I in the NCAA Division I last season and in 2023-24 achieved an average of 13,407 fans per game. Of the schools in the top 25, only Kansas, Purdue, Michigan State and Uconn were sold out every game of the season.
• Dayton sold every game 2024-25 for those again. This will be the fourth year in a row in which UD has sold out every home game. This series is now 77 games.
• This is also the 55th anniversary of the UD Arena. The arena underwent a transformation project of $ 76.2 million that was completed in time for the 2019-20 season.
• In memory of Don Donoher “DJD” on the left shoulder strap. Trainer Donoher died last April at the age of 92. He was the first man to train his Alma Mater in the NCAA tournament after appearing in it as a player. He is a member of the NABC College Basketball Hall of Fame and is Dayton's most victorious coach (437 victories). He was the winner of the USBWA Dean Smith Award 2017.

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• The winner on Wednesday will play the winner between Chattanooga and Middle Tennessee on March 22nd or 23rd.