2018–19 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team

2018–19 Dayton Flyers men's basketball
2018–19 Dayton Flyers men's basketball
NIT, first round
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	21–12 (13–5 A-10)
Head coach	Anthony Grant (2nd season);
Associate head coach	Anthony Solomon
Assistant coaches	Donnie Jones; Ricardo Greer;
Home arena	UD Arena
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
VCU	16	–	2	.889	25	–	8	.758
Davidson	14	–	4	.778	24	–	10	.706
Dayton	13	–	5	.722	21	–	12	.636
St. Bonaventure	12	–	6	.667	18	–	16	.529
George Mason	11	–	7	.611	18	–	15	.545
Saint Louis †	10	–	8	.556	23	–	13	.639
Duquesne	10	–	8	.556	19	–	13	.594
Rhode Island	9	–	9	.500	18	–	15	.545
La Salle	8	–	10	.444	10	–	21	.323
Saint Joseph's	6	–	12	.333	14	–	19	.424
Richmond	6	–	12	.333	13	–	20	.394
George Washington	4	–	14	.222	9	–	24	.273
Massachusetts	4	–	14	.222	11	–	21	.344
Fordham	3	–	15	.167	12	–	20	.375

† 2019 Atlantic 10 tournament winner

The 2018–19 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team represented the University of Dayton during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flyers were led by second-year head coach Anthony Grant and played their home games at the University of Dayton Arena as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 21-12, 13-5 to finish in 3rd place. As the No. 3 seed in the A-10 Tournament, they lost to Saint Louis in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NIT where they lost in the first round to Colorado.

Previous season

The Flyers finished the 2017–18 season 14–17, 8–10 in A-10 play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the second round of the A-10 tournament to VCU.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Darrell Davis	1	G	6'5"	170	Senior	Detroit, MI	Graduated
Matej Svoboda	11	F	6'7"	224	Freshman	Ostrave, Czech Republic	Signed to play professionally in Czech Republic with Tuři Svitavy
Kostas Antetokounmpo	13	F	6'10"	197	RS Freshman	Athens, Greece	Declare for 2018 NBA draft
Jordan Pierce	14	C	6'11"	265	Freshman	Scotch Plains, NJ	Transferred to Odessa College
John Crosby	15	G	6'3"	197	Junior	Baltimore, MD	Transferred to Delaware State
Xeyrius Williams	20	F	6'9"	205	Junior	Huber Heights, OH	Transferred to Akron
Joey Gruden	44	G	6'1"	185	RS Senior	Leesburg, VA	Walk-on; graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Jhery Matos	31	G	6'6"		Junior	Santo Domingo, Dominic Republic	Junior college transferred from Monroe College
Jordy Tshimanga		C	6'11"	268	Junior	Montreal, QE	Transferred from Nebraska. Under NCAA transfer rules, Tshimanga will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Ibi Watson		G/F	6'5"	200	Junior	Pickerington, OH	Transferred from Michigan. Under NCAA transfer rules, Watson will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Rodney Chatman		G	6'1"	175	Junior	Lithonia, GA	Transferred from UT Chattanooga. Under NCAA transfer rules, Chatman will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.

Recruiting class of 2018

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Dwayne Cohill #35 PG	Parma Heights, OH	Holy Name High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sep 11, 2017
Dwayne Cohill #35 PG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80
Frankie Policelli #55 SF	New Hartford, NY	Long Island Lutheran High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)
Frankie Policelli #55 SF	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 79
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: "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 15, 2018.

Honors and awards

Preseason Awards

Street & Smith's^[1]

All-Conference – Josh Cunningham

Athlon Sports^[2]

All-Atlantic 10 First Team – Josh Cunningham

Lindy's Sports^[3]

All-Conference Second Team – Josh Cunningham

Roster

2018–19 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Josh Cunningham	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	RS Sr	Morgan Park Bradley	Chicago, IL
F	1	Obi Toppin	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Fr	Mt. Zion Prep (MD)	Ossining, NY
G/F	2	Frankie Policelli	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Fr	Long Island Lutheran	New Hartford, NY
G/F	3	Trey Landers	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Wayne	Huber Heights, OH
G	4	Jordan Davis	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Dutch Fork	Irmo, SC
G	10	Jalen Crutcher	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	161 lb (73 kg)	So	Ridgeway	Memphis, TN
G	23	Jack Westerfield (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	St. Xavier	Cincinnati, OH
G	31	Jhery Matos	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	West Oaks Academy Monroe College	Santo Domingo, DR
F	33	Ryan Mikesell	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Jr	St. Henry	St. Henry, OH
G	35	Dwayne Cohill	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	Fr	Holy Name	Cleveland, OH
G	51	Jabali Leonard (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Meadowdale	Dayton,OH
G	52	Camron Greer (W)	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	So	Rich Central	Country Club Hills, IL
G	53	Christian Wilson (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	RS Fr	Northmont	Dayton, OH
G		Rodney Chatman (I)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	Jr	Lithonia Chattanooga	Lithonia, Georgia
C		Jordy Tshimanga (I)	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	268 lb (122 kg)	Jr	The MacDuffie School Nebraska	Montreal, QC
G		Ibi Watson (I)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Pickerington Central Michigan	Pickerington, OH

Head coach

Anthony Grant (Dayton)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2018* 7:00 pm		Capital	W 89–71^[4]		UD Arena (12,446) Dayton, OH
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2018* 7:00 pm, SPEC OH		North Florida	W 78–70	1–0	UD Arena (12,522) Dayton, OH
November 10, 2018* 7:00 pm, SPEC OH		Coppin State Battle 4 Atlantis campus-site game	W 76–46	2–0	UD Arena (12,849) Dayton, OH
November 16, 2018* 7:00 pm, FSOH		Purdue Fort Wayne	W 91–80	3–0	UD Arena (13,004) Dayton, OH
November 21, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPNews		vs. Butler Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals	W 69–64	4–0	Imperial Arena (1,452) Nassau, Bahamas
November 22, 2018* 3:30 pm, ESPN		vs. No. 4 Virginia Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinals	L 56–64	4–1	Imperial Arena (2,258) Nassau, Bahamas
November 23, 2018* 11:30 am, ESPN2		vs. Oklahoma Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd place game	L 54–65	4–2	Imperial Arena (1,052) Nassau, Bahamas
November 30, 2018* 7:00 pm, CBSSN		No. 25 Mississippi State	L 58–65	4–3	UD Arena (13,455) Dayton, OH
December 4, 2018* 7:00 pm		Detroit	W 98–59	5–3	UD Arena (12,700) Dayton, OH
December 8, 2018* 8:30 pm, SECN		at No. 8 Auburn	L 72–82	5–4	Auburn Arena (8,365) Auburn, AL
December 16, 2018* 3:30 pm, CBSSN		vs. Tulsa Hall of Fame Holiday Showcase	L 67–72	5–5	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
December 19, 2018* 7:00 pm		Western Michigan	W 85–72	6–5	UD Arena (12,590) Dayton, OH
December 22, 2018* 2:00 pm		Presbyterian	W 81–69	7–5	UD Arena (13,147) Dayton, OH
December 29, 2018* 3:30 pm, NBCSN		Georgia Southern	W 94–90	8–5	UD Arena (13,147) Dayton, OH
Atlantic 10 regular season
January 6, 2019 12:30 pm, NBCSN		Richmond	W 72–48	9–5 (1–0)	UD Arena (13,147) Dayton, OH
January 9, 2019 7:00 pm		at George Washington	W 72–66	10–5 (2–0)	Charles E. Smith Center (2,325) Washington, D.C.
January 13, 2019 3:30 pm, NBCSN		Massachusetts	W 72–67	11–5 (3–0)	UD Arena (12,767) Dayton, OH
January 16, 2019 8:00 pm, CBSSN		at VCU	L 71–76	11–6 (3–1)	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
January 19, 2019 4:30 pm, NBCSN		at St. Bonaventure	W 89–86 ^2OT	12–6 (4–1)	Reilly Center (3,918) Olean, NY
January 23, 2019 7:00 pm		George Mason	L 63–67	12–7 (4–2)	UD Arena (12,895) Dayton, OH
January 26, 2019 2:00 pm		at Fordham	W 75–52	13–7 (5–2)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (3,200) Bronx, NY
January 30, 2019 8:00 pm, CBSSN		Saint Joseph's	W 75–64	14–7 (6–2)	UD Arena (12,628) Dayton, OH
February 2, 2019 2:00 pm, FSOH		Duquesne	W 68–64	15–7 (7–2)	UD Arena (13,147) Dayton, OH
February 5, 2019 9:00 pm, CBSSN		at Saint Louis	L 60–73	15–8 (7–3)	Chaifetz Arena (6,311) St. Louis, MO
February 9, 2019 4:00 pm, CBSSN		at Rhode Island	W 77–48	16–8 (8–3)	Ryan Center Kingston, RI
February 16, 2019 4:00 pm, NBCSN		VCU	L 68–69	16–9 (8–4)	UD Arena (13,147) Dayton, OH
February 19, 2019 6:00 pm, CBSSN		at Davidson	W 74–73	17–9 (9–4)	John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC
February 23, 2019 4:00 pm, CBSSN		Saint Louis	W 70–62	18–9 (10–4)	UD Arena (13,137) Dayton, OH
February 26, 2019 7:00 pm		at Massachusetts	W 72–48	19–9 (11–4)	Mullins Center (2,478) Amherst, MA
March 1, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN2		Rhode Island	L 70–72 ^OT	19–10 (11–5)	UD Arena (13,147) Dayton, OH
March 6, 2019 7:00 pm		La Salle	W 70–39	20–10 (12–5)	UD Arena (13,147) Dayton, OH
March 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Duquesne	W 78–67	21–10 (13–5)	Palumbo Center (4,057) Pittsburgh, PA
Atlantic 10 tournament
March 15, 2019 8:30 pm, NBCSN	(3)	vs. (6) Saint Louis Quarterfinals	L 55–64	21–11	Barclays Center (6,857) Brooklyn, NY
NIT
March 19, 2019* 11:00 pm, ESPN2	(5)	at (4) Colorado First round – Alabama bracket	L 73–78	21–12	Coors Events Center (3,091) Boulder, CO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

^ Street & Smith's Basketball. 2018–19: 29. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Athlon Sports College Basketball. 2018–19: 82. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Lindy's Sports College Basketball. 2018–19: 67. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Capital v Dayton" (PDF). Retrieved November 7, 2018.

[1] Street & Smith's Basketball. 2018–19: 29. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] Athlon Sports College Basketball. 2018–19: 82. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[3] Lindy's Sports College Basketball. 2018–19: 67. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[4] "Capital v Dayton" (PDF). Retrieved November 7, 2018.

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2018–19 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting class of 2018

Honors and awards

Preseason Awards

Roster

Schedule and results

References

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