Chris Wright's dunk from Saturday over the 5'8" Marquette guard as the Flyers won the Chicago Invitational by beating Marquette 89-75. Flyers are 26th in today's coach's poll and are 6-0

The final exhibition

Dayton Flyers beat the D2 Gannon Knights tonight by a final score of 67-59 at the UD Arena. The boys will open the regular season at home against the Wofford Terriers (2007: 10-19, 5-13 in the Southern Conference) on Sunday the 16th at 7pm.

Chris Wright, Devin Sercy, and Marcus Johnson all looked very good in their final tune-up. C Wright filled the stat sheet nicely:13pts, 5reb, 3asts, 3stls, and 2blks.

The Flyers offense looks good when they get out and run however it goes very stagnant in the half court when they have to set up. Not enough motion in the motion offense.

Their team defense has looked very stong in the two exhibition games. They are running a soft full court press in transition and go to their typical man-to-man that they have played for all of the Gregory era in the half court.

Other stuff

Sagarin Ratings - The first Sagarin rankings are out and the A10 has seven teams in the Top 100; they are : #17 X, #53 UMass, #54 St Joes, #80 Dayton, #87 Temple, #92 Rhode Island, and #97 Charlotte. These seem pretty arbitrary until the season starts but it is worth a look. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/bkc0809.htm

Out - London Warren is out. He sprained his ankle in the first exhibition game and is sitting out tonight

Best Blog - The Blackburn review is a satrical blog on Flyers basketball. Definetly worth a look even if all you need is a laugh  http://blackburnreview.blogspot.com

Predictions - Picked by many to be third in the A10 behind X and Temple; I say that they find their footing before the conference schedule, finish second or third in the regular season and win the A10 tournament for a spot in the National Championship Tournament

Must see - If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend "Kung Fu Panda"

I enjoyed blogging on the LotD about the Dragons because I felt that I gave the Cincinnati Reds fan a little information about the farm team however I am thinking about posting about the Flyers but I am not sure it would be appreciated.

Anyone interested in reading a Flyer blog? At any rate I will be in attendance tonight at the Arena as the Flyers take on the DIII Capital Crusaders at 8pm

Western Division Championship: The 2008 Western Division MWL Championship belongs to the Burlington Bees. The Bees swept the Cedar Rapids Kernals to claim the crown

Season Series: While the Dragons have to get past the Silverhawks first to whom they lost nine of eleven games in the regular season; the Dayton boys fared well against the Bees this season wining four of the six games played

Eastern Division Championship: After dropping the first game of the series to South Bend on Sunday at 5/3 Field; the Dragons and the Silverhawks were rained out on Monday night and will attempt to play Game Two on Tuesday night at South Bend

Miles Traveled: 262 miles on a bus that they had spent half of the season on after the Dragons won the first game 3-1 on Wednesday night in Dayton.

Rosey: The nickname that they call Enario del Rosario and "rosey" he was on Thursday night. One week after throwing a complete game against the Lugnuts; Rosario tossed a gem going seven full innings giving up eight hits and three runs en route to a 7-3 Dayton win.

Mop Up Duty: Aguido Gonzalez was lights out for the final two innings as he no hit the Lugnuts to earn his first save of the playoffs.

At The Dish: Jacob Kahaulelio and Neftali Soto both went three for five on the night and accounted for five of the seven Dayton runs.

Series MVP: Neftali Soto was four for nine with one run scored and three runs batted in for the Dragons in the two game series. He is hitting .444 in the playoffs and continues to be the best looking prospect

Bad Weather: All other gamesin the Midwest League Playoffs were suspended due to inclement weather

Next: South Bend leads West Michigan one game to none. If South Bend defeats the Whitecaps tomorrow they would play in Dayton on Saturday. If it takes two games to eliminate West Michigan, the Dragons would host them on Sunday night. If West Michigan beats South Bend twice then they would host the Dragons on Sunday and games two and three (if necessary) would be played in Dayton on Monday and Tuesday.

Congratulations and Good Luck