The 64-team field was announced Sunday night. Dayton watched the selection show at Top Golf in West Chester.
Dayton is 6-7 all time against Louisville. The teams last played in 2008.
Dayton earned a NCAA tournament berth by winning the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament on Nov. 18, beating Virginia Commonwealth 3-2 in Richmond, Va. It was the Flyers' 12th A-10 tournament title.
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This will be Dayton’s 13th NCAA tournament appearance. It is 7-12 in the tournament. It has won its first-round game seven times but has never won a second-round game.
Dayton last played in the NCAA tournament in 2016 and lost 3-1 to Pittsburgh in the first round at Penn State. Dayton’s last NCAA tournament victory came in 2015 against Villanova.
The verdict is...we’ll stick to volleyball! ⛳️🏐✈️ pic.twitter.com/EkQhaSANhM
— Dayton Volleyball (@DaytonVB) November 26, 2018
Hats off to @DaytonVB for picking @Topgolf for our @NCAAVolleyball selection show party! pic.twitter.com/fmrVI6GugC
— Adam Tschuor (@aktschuor) November 26, 2018
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