One thing Dayton coach Archie Miller doesn't expect to see in his team's rematch with George Washington in an Atlantic 10 tournament opener is the kind of 3-point shooting the Flyers put up in their regular-season finale.
The Flyers were 10-for-16 (62.5 percent) from 3-point range in beating George Washington 75-59 on March 3. For the season, Dayton shot just under 35 percent from behind the arc.
With the two teams to meet again just three days after that game, Miller also expects to see other changes.
"They created some problems for us, and we created some problems for them," he told the Dayton Daily News. "I don't anticipate we'll shoot the ball as well next game.
"I'm concerned with really preparing for their personnel and doing things better defensively."
The two teams were matched in the A-10 tourney when the Flyers shook out as the No. 6 seed after finishing in a tie with Saint Joseph's, La Salle and Massachusetts.
All four teams finished in a tie for fifth place in the final standings with 9-7 records.
Dayton is 19-11 overall heading into the postseason.
GWU, 5-11 in the conference and 10-20 in all games, earned the 11th seed in the tourney.
The winner of the first-round game will meet Xavier in the tourney quarterfinals in Atlantic City.
NOTES, QUOTES
Dillard makes A-10 second team
--Dayton placed only one player among the 15 selections for Atlantic 10 all-conference teams as voted on by the league's coaches.
Junior G Kevin Dillard was a second-team selection.
Dillard averaged 13.8 points in 16 conference games, which tied for 14th in the league, and he was second in assists at 6.7 per game.
His assist-to-turnover ratio in league play was 2.4-to-1, which led the conference.
--Dayton led the A-10 in free-throw accuracy in the regular season. The Flyers shot 76.9 percent in 30 games overall and 79.6 percent in 16 conference games.
The Flyers had three players in the top 10 in league games with Dillard No. 3 at 88.0 percent, senior F Chris Johnson No. 4 at 87.5 percent and senior G Paul Williams No. 10 at 80.9 percent.
In all games, Johnson was fifth at 84.0 percent and Dillard sixth at 82.5 percent. Williams shot 80.8 percent in all games but that did not make the top 10 in the league.
--Dayton entered the postseason one win away from reaching the 20-win level for the fifth consecutive year.
BY THE NUMBERS: 74.2 -- Dayton was the third-highest scoring team in 16 conference games with its 74.2 average.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "It will be really, really interesting to see the adjustments that will be made." -- Coach Archie Miller, in the Dayton Daily News, after his Flyers were matched against George Washington in their A-10 tourney opener after beating the Colonials in the last game of the regular season.
STRATEGY AND PERSONNEL
THIS WEEK'S GAMES
--vs. George Washington, Atlantic 10 tournament first round, March 6
KEY MATCHUPS: The Flyers handled the Colonials handily in the regular-season finale, winning by 16 points after leading by double digits throughout the second half. F David Pellom came off the bench to score 18 points for the Colonials. Two other players, G Tony Taylor and G Lasan Kromah, had 17 and 16, respectively, but no other player had more than two points for GWU.
FUTURES MARKET: Dayton is hoping to make a repeat run to the championship game after getting there last year before losing to Richmond. The Flyers have won at least one game in the event in five consecutive years, including a first-round win over George Washington in 2010, and they won the tourney in 2003.
PLAYER NOTES
--Senior F Luke Fabrizius earned A-10 all-academic honors. He averaged 6.1 points and 2.6 rebounds in 27 regular-season games, 12 of them starts.
--Senior F Chris Johnson led Dayton with 19 points in the March 3 win over George Washington to reach double figures for the eighth straight game and the 10th time in his last 11 outings.
