Gem City hoops

Between keeping up with work and making trips on consecutive days to Dayton for college basketball games, I'm all tuckered out.

A column about Dayton's basketball appetite does an excellent job of explaining what compelled me to go back there for last night's game and why I still feel strongly about the Flyers despite not having lived in the area for a decade and a half.

In an ironic turn, attendance for tonight's NIT game was pretty terrible, although there are several possible explanations (fans disgruntled with the disappointing season, problems in the ticket selling process, short turnaround time after game's announcement, St. Patrick's Day).