NBA commissioner’s ‘Dayton University’ reference angers UD fans

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addresses the media regarding the investigation involving Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling at a news conference on Tuesday April 29, 2014, in New York. Silver said Sterling would receive a lifetime ban by the league, a $2.5 million fine, and he will urge NBA owners to force Sterling to sell the team. (Chris Pedota/The Record/MCT)

Credit: Chris Pedota

Credit: Chris Pedota

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addresses the media regarding the investigation involving Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling at a news conference on Tuesday April 29, 2014, in New York. Silver said Sterling would receive a lifetime ban by the league, a $2.5 million fine, and he will urge NBA owners to force Sterling to sell the team. (Chris Pedota/The Record/MCT)
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Nov 19, 2020
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A moment fans of the Dayton Flyers have waited months for — if not decades — began with two words they hate to hear: “Dayton University.”

That’s how NBA Commissioner Adam Silver referred to the University of Dayton as he announced the New York Knicks had drafted UD’s Obi Toppin with the No. 8 pick in the NBA Draft on Wednesday.

Basketball recruits considering Dayton make the “Dayton University” mistake often. Dayton fans didn’t expect to hear it from the NBA Commissioner, judging by their reactions on Twitter.

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