The Conference Season Is Upon Us

BEVERLY HILLS (MI) – As I pen this piece, the Dayton Flyers are on the precipice of the Atlantic 15 Conference schedule opener vs. Davidson. The Red and Chapel Blue pretty much took care of business in the non-con slate, losing only to highly ranked Houston in the Charleston Classic final and to well-regarded Northwestern on the road. Wins vs. UC, SMU, St. John’s and LSU have padded the Flyer postseason resume to the point that they are a virtual lock for an at-large bid, barring a total collapse.

Currently, Ken Pom has UD ranked at #39:

https://kenpom.com/

The NET has the Flyers at #25, with a 3-1 record in Quad 1 games:

https://bracketologists.com/team/dayton-flyers?20231216

T3Bracketologists projects UD as a #5 seed and a possible matchup with USF and Mongolian Mike!



While Bart Torvik is dragging up the rear, showing Dayton to only be #51:

https://barttorvik.com/team.php?team=Dayton&year=2024

That’s all well and good, but there is only one things that really matters:

Win the next game!

Elsewhere in Flyerland:

– This was posted after the UC game and having been there in person I can attest to its validity:



– This was written a month ago before he was demoted to the second unit, but the title is still valid: “Obi Toppin’s Efficiency Is Exceeding All Expectations”:

https://lastwordonsports.com/basketb...ndiana-pacers/

– ICYMI on the Toumani Camara thread, here is some good stuff on our guy TooMany Buckets:

Toumani Camara’s improbable rise in Portland: From 52nd pick to Trail Blazers starter

https://archive.is/nQsEs#selection-321.0-321.85

ISO with Toumani Camara

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I89C2V4P1Hg

According to Tom Haberstroh, Toumani Camara by himself, has more full court presses than 8 other NBA teams

https://www.reddit.com/r/ripcity/com...ani_camara_by/

– A video ranking of the Top 30 largest fast food chains in the USA:

https://twitter.com/historyinmemes/s...98005001101457

– I’m sorry, but the Pontiac Aztek is the ugliest automobile ever manufactured and it is not up for debate:

https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...otten-feature/

Finally, this is a really fun video of "Kate the Chemist" AKA Dr. Kate Biberdorf, Dr. Younger Swampette's housemate at Michigan:

https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisf...hings_go_boom/

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at: swampy@udpride.com