First Four committee steps up, helps WSU sell tickets

The First Four Local Organizing Committee helped sell out the NCAA’s first four games in record time in October. Now it’s turning its attention to helping Wright State get a good crowd at the Nutter Center for Monday’s 7 p.m. game against Richmond in the second round of the College ...

• 4:32 p.m. Friday, March 22, 2013

NCAA recognizes Dayton’s commitment to First Four event

A high-ranking NCAA official said Wednesday there is no other site in the country that offers what the city of Dayton and the University of Dayton Arena can when it comes to hosting the First Four.Dan Gavitt, the NCAA vice president of men’s basketball championships, said the NCAA’s main goal ...

• 5:18 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2013

First Four games opportunity for Dayton to ‘shine’ nationally

Local organizers and businesses want to make sure the First Four, the opening round of the Division I men’s basketball tournament, can call Dayton home in 2016 — and beyond. The First Four will be in Dayton through at least 2015. Last October, the University of Dayton Arena announced that ...

• 8:31 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, 2013

First Four teams hoping to make more history tonight

Two years ago the University of Dayton Arena made history, last year it witnessed it and tonight the place will welcome it with the arrival of Liberty University. The Big South Conference champion Flames, at 15-20, are just the second team with 20 or more losses to qualify for the ...

• 4:25 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, 2013

First Four game to reunite coaches

Tonight’s second game of the First Four between Middle Tennessee State and St. Mary’s College will mark the first ever meeting between the two schools, but it also will be a reunion. MTSU coach Kermit Davis and SMC’s Randy Bennett were on Tim Floyd’s staff at the University of Idaho ...

• 8:34 p.m. Monday, March 18, 2013

Dayton has long, colorful history with NCAA tourney

Hosting NCAA tournament games requires almost as much planning as a NASA space launch, which is why schools usually are given advance notice of a couple of years to begin preparations. But that wasn’t the case in 1970 when Dayton and its visionary athletic director, Tom Frericks, agreed to take ...

• 6:20 p.m. Monday, March 18, 2013

2013 First Four practice, preparations

North Carolina A&T held their first practice session at UD Arena in preparation of the First Four NCAA games that begin Tuesday.

• 11:22 p.m. Monday, March 18, 2013

Interactive map and charts: UD Arena's NCAA tournament history

Dayton ready for First Four tip off

If there’s one thing anyone involved with the NCAA tournament games in Dayton wants to see this week, it’s a packed house at every game. UD Arena will host, starting today, 10 tournament games through Sunday with teams including Ohio State, Indiana and Notre Dame. All the games have been ...

• 5:21 p.m. Monday, March 18, 2013

Dayton ready for First Four tip off

If there’s one thing anyone involved with the NCAA tournament games in Dayton wants to see this week, it’s a packed house at every game. UD Arena will host, starting today, 10 tournament games through Sunday with teams including Ohio State, Indiana and Notre Dame. All the games have been ...

• 5:21 p.m. Monday, March 18, 2013

Dayton — A real good town for college basketball'

When it comes to college basketball towns, few places can beat Dayton. Over the next six days, 16 teams in this year’s NCAA Tournament - nearly a quarter of the field - will play at UD Arena, which is hosting not only the First Four, but also Second and Third Round games.

Dukes pick up slack for suspended star

Playing without their leading scorer and rebounder for the first half of Wednesday night’s First Four game against Long Island-Brooklyn, the James Madison Dukes got a big lift from four starters who filled the void with point totals well above their season averages. Senior forward and Columbus native A.J. Davis ...

• 10:12 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2013