I got my steps in yesterday morning, trekking to the Apple store and then to the arena. You can’t walk far in Charleston this week without running into Dayton fans. I had a brief chat with a fan smoking a cigar on King Street, one of the main thoroughfares for bars and restaurants, on Thursday night. Several Flyers walked by at the same time.
“How did you win that game?” the fan asked, hours after the 70-67 comeback victory against LSU.
That’s probably the question I should have started the press conference with earlier that day. The simple questions are the best ones.
There was less disbelief Friday as the Flyers beat St. John’s 88-81. Throughout the second half, Dayton was just the better team and played as if it knew that. It didn’t let the Red Storm have any hope of a comeback and just played smart basketball without any lulls late in the game.
Two victories in Charleston have put Dayton on the right path to getting a NCAA tournament at-large bid. A loss to No. 6 Houston on Sunday in 8:30 p.m. game won’t hurt their chances. No one expects the Flyers to win that game. As will be said many times between now and then, they’ll be playing with house money.
“I really like where we’re headed as a team,” coach Anthony Grant said Friday. “I really like the group, I think they’re complementing each other really well and figuring it out. We’ve just got to keep moving forward.”
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