The 2020–21 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team represented the

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in the

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. Their head coach was Anthony Grant, in his fourth season with the Flyers. The Flyers played their home games at

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as members of the

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. They finished the season 14–10, 9–7 to finish in 7th place. They defeated

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in the second round in the A10 Tournament before losing to VCU in the quarterfinals. They were invited to the NIT where they lost in the first round to

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Previous season

The Flyers finished the season with an overall record of 29–2 and were undefeated regular season champions of the Atlantic 10. Grant was named consensus national coach of the year while sophomore

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became Dayton's first consensus first-team

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and earned the majority of major college player of the year awards, including the

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and the John R. Wooden Award. The season was cut short due to the

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prior to the Flyers’ first game of the Atlantic 10 tournament. They finished ranked third in both major polls, their highest ranking in a major media poll since the Don Donoher era.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2020 recruiting class

2021 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

Dayton had to cancel its games against Cedarville,

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, and Purdue Fort Wayne due to the

. They also postponed their game against

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Rankings

References

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