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Cedric Dempsey
Spectator
This game is a real tall task for anyone. They did lose to UMass (albeit at UMass) so I suppose anything is possible. I saw pieces of that game on tv---one of the uglier games I've seen this year. Dayton missed any number of layups and made many turnovers. But that may have been the one stinker that happens to every good team.
After beating us by 30+ last year, maybe they'll be overconfident, maybe their starters will all come down with stomach flu, maybe they will foul us on every possession and we'll continue to shoot 80+ % from the line. But I wouldn't bet that any of those "maybes" happening.
Don't scrimp on the optimism.