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Flyers going through drills at game site
Dayton are currently practicing at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, the site of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off Classic, working up a serious sweat during the hour they’re allowed on the floor.
If coach Brian Gregory isn’t satisfied with this workout, the team has reserved another gym in San Juan for a second practice later today.
It’s a typical session for UD, which is going over offensive sets and emphasizing defense and crashing the boards. The sense you get in watching these guys is that they won’t be intimidated by Georgia Tech on Thursday.
Although the Yellow Jackets will field a star-studded lineup, one edge the Flyers might have is in experience. They start three seniors and two juniors, while the Yellow Jackets’ best players are a junior (forward Gani Lawai), a sophomore (guard Iman Shumpert) and a freshman (forward Derrick Favors).
When I proposed that theory to Gregory, he replied: “You would hope it would … Yeah … but at the same time, we rely on three sophomores (Paul Williams, Chris Johnson and Luke Fabrizius), and our two freshmen (Josh Benson and Matt Kavanaugh) are definitely in the mix. But you hope their experience and the fact they’ve played a lot of similar games will help them in this situation.”
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