Dayton

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Atlantic 10 · Dayton, Dayton, Ohio

The Heartbreak Index4.5 · #478

The Tortured · Never won it, waiting since 1904

4.5

Heartbreak

#478

of 1,138 clubs

#32

in CBB

3.8

agony · 0.7 despair

The clocks

First CBB title since 19047.5
CBB final appearance since 19671.4

Heaviest wounds

lost the final, 1967 · playoff run died early, 2014 · playoff run died early, 1984

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1807-1184

All-time

0.604

Win %

NCAA titles

Final Fours

Tourney apps

#1 seeds

Weeks at #1

All-Americans

Greatest tournament games

Dayton’s top NCAA tournament games of all time by Game Score.

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Dayton 60-59 #22 Ohio State

First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York

2014 · Mar 20, 2014 · First Round

1.76

Game Score

Dayton 55-53 #14 Syracuse

First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York

2014 · Mar 22, 2014 · Second Round

1.76

Game Score

Dayton 88-86 #18 Illinois

Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas

1990 · Mar 15, 1990 · First Round

1.74

Game Score

Dayton 89-85 #7 Oklahoma

Special Events Center, Salt Lake City-Provo, Utah

1984 · Mar 17, 1984 · Second Round

1.72

Game Score

Dayton 64-79 #1 UCLA

Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky

National Title

1967 · Mar 25, 1967 · Championship Game

1.63

Game Score

Dayton 69-67 #6 Western Kentucky

Lexington Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky

1967 · Mar 11, 1967 · First Round

1.57

Game Score

Dayton 58-64 #19 Wichita State

Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana

2017 · Mar 17, 2017 · First Round

1.48

Game Score

Dayton 79-86 #1 Kentucky

Iowa Field House, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

1966 · Mar 11, 1966 · Second Round

1.45

Game Score

Dayton 76-62 #4 North Carolina

Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky

Final Four

1967 · Mar 24, 1967 · Final Four

1.39

Game Score

Dayton 68-60 West Virginia

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2009 · Mar 20, 2009 · First Round

1.36

Game Score

#			Round	Match
1	Mar 20, 2014	2014	First Round	Dayton 60-59 #22 Ohio State First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York	1.76
2	Mar 22, 2014	2014	Second Round	Dayton 55-53 #14 Syracuse First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York	1.76
3	Mar 15, 1990	1990	First Round	Dayton 88-86 #18 Illinois Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas	1.74
4	Mar 17, 1984	1984	Second Round	Dayton 89-85 #7 Oklahoma Special Events Center, Salt Lake City-Provo, Utah	1.72
5	Mar 25, 1967	1967	Championship Game	Dayton 64-79 #1 UCLA Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky National Title	1.63
6	Mar 11, 1967	1967	First Round	Dayton 69-67 #6 Western Kentucky Lexington Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky	1.57
7	Mar 17, 2017	2017	First Round	Dayton 58-64 #19 Wichita State Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana	1.48
8	Mar 11, 1966	1966	Second Round	Dayton 79-86 #1 Kentucky Iowa Field House, Cedar Rapids, Iowa	1.45
9	Mar 24, 1967	1967	Final Four	Dayton 76-62 #4 North Carolina Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky Final Four	1.39
10	Mar 20, 2009	2009	First Round	Dayton 68-60 West Virginia Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota	1.36

Season by season

2027 · Dayton

Atlantic 10

Record

0-0

Conf record

—

SRS

—

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2026 · Dayton

Atlantic 10

Record

25-12

Conf record

12-6

—

SRS

#80

Seed

—

Tournament

NIT

2025 · Dayton

Atlantic 10

Record

23-11

Conf record

12-6

—

SRS

#82

Seed

—

Tournament

NIT

2024 · Dayton

Atlantic 10

Record

25-8

Conf record

14-4

—

SRS

#41

Seed

Tournament

NCAA tournament

2023 · Dayton

Atlantic 10

Record

22-12

Conf record

12-6

—

SRS

#73

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2022 · Dayton

Atlantic 10

Record

24-11

Conf record

14-4

—

SRS

#58

Seed

—

Tournament

NIT

2021 · Dayton

Atlantic 10

Record

14-10

Conf record

9-7

—

SRS

#88

Seed

—

Tournament

NIT

2020 · Dayton

Atlantic 10 ★

Record

29-2

Conf record

18-0

SRS

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2019 · Dayton

Atlantic 10

Record

21-12

Conf record

13-5

—

SRS

#58

Seed

—

Tournament

NIT

2018 · Dayton

Atlantic 10

Record

14-17

Conf record

8-10

—

SRS

#135

Seed

—

Tournament

—

2017 · Dayton

Atlantic 10 ★

Record

24-8

Conf record

15-3

—

SRS

#44

Seed

Tournament

NCAA tournament

2016 · Dayton

Atlantic 10 ★

Record

25-8

Conf record

14-4

—

SRS

#55

Seed

Tournament

NCAA tournament

Year	School	Record	Conference	Conf	AP	SRS	Seed	Tournament
2027	Dayton	0-0	Atlantic 10
2026	Dayton	25-12	Atlantic 10	12-6		#80		NIT
2025	Dayton	23-11	Atlantic 10	12-6		#82		NIT
2024	Dayton	25-8	Atlantic 10	14-4		#41	7	NCAA tournament
2023	Dayton	22-12	Atlantic 10	12-6		#73
2022	Dayton	24-11	Atlantic 10	14-4		#58		NIT
2021	Dayton	14-10	Atlantic 10	9-7		#88		NIT
2020	Dayton	29-2	Atlantic 10 ★	18-0	#3	#8
2019	Dayton	21-12	Atlantic 10	13-5		#58		NIT
2018	Dayton	14-17	Atlantic 10	8-10		#135
2017	Dayton	24-8	Atlantic 10 ★	15-3		#44	7	NCAA tournament
2016	Dayton	25-8	Atlantic 10 ★	14-4		#55	7	NCAA tournament
2015	Dayton	27-9	Atlantic 10	13-5		#52	11	NCAA tournament
2014	Dayton	26-11	Atlantic 10	10-6		#58	11	Elite Eight
2013	Dayton	17-14	Atlantic 10	7-9		#61
2012	Dayton	20-13	Atlantic 10	9-7		#66		NIT
2011	Dayton	22-14	Atlantic 10	7-9		#96		NIT
2010	Dayton	25-12	Atlantic 10	8-8		#36		NIT
2009	Dayton	27-8	Atlantic 10	11-5		#78	11	NCAA tournament
2008	Dayton	23-11	Atlantic 10	8-8		#74		NIT
2007	Dayton	19-12	Atlantic 10	8-8		#122
2006	Dayton	14-17	Atlantic 10	6-10		#125
2005	Dayton	18-11	Atlantic 10	10-6		#112
2004	Dayton	24-9	Atlantic 10 ★	12-4		#79	10	NCAA tournament
2003	Dayton	24-6	Atlantic 10 ◆	14-2	#16	#46	4	NCAA tournament
2002	Dayton	21-11	Atlantic 10	10-6		#42		NIT
2001	Dayton	21-13	Atlantic 10	9-7		#65		NIT
2000	Dayton	22-9	Atlantic 10 ★	11-5		#50	11	NCAA tournament
1999	Dayton	11-17	Atlantic 10	5-11		#97
1998	Dayton	21-12	Atlantic 10 ★	11-5		#60		NIT
1997	Dayton	13-14	Atlantic 10	6-10		#107
1996	Dayton	15-14	Atlantic 10	6-10		#145
1995	Dayton	7-20	Great Midwest	0-12		#196
1994	Dayton	6-21	Great Midwest	1-11		#176
1993	Dayton	4-26	Midwestern	3-11		#190
1992	Dayton	15-15	Midwestern	5-5		#115
1991	Dayton	14-15	Midwestern	8-6		#128
1990	Dayton	22-10	Midwestern ◆	10-4		#53	12	NCAA tournament
1989	Dayton	12-17	Midwestern	6-6		#143
1988	Dayton	13-18	Independent			#164
1987	Dayton	13-15	Independent			#121
1986	Dayton	17-13	Independent			#68		NIT
1985	Dayton	19-10	Independent			#44	9	NCAA tournament
1984	Dayton	21-11	Independent			#47	10	Elite Eight
1983	Dayton	18-10	Independent			#59
1982	Dayton	21-9	Independent			#91		NIT
1981	Dayton	18-11	Independent			#92		NIT
1980	Dayton	13-14	Independent			#95
1979	Dayton	19-10	Independent			#45		NIT
1978	Dayton	19-10	Independent			#35		NIT
1977	Dayton	16-11	Independent			#63
1976	Dayton	14-13	Independent			#88
1975	Dayton	10-16	Independent			#105
1974	Dayton	20-9	Independent		#20	#37		Sweet 16
1973	Dayton	13-13	Independent			#96
1972	Dayton	13-13	Independent			#97
1971	Dayton	18-9	Independent			#52		NIT
1970	Dayton	19-8	Independent			#30		NCAA tournament
1969	Dayton	20-7	Independent			#39		NCAA tournament
1968	Dayton	21-9	Independent			#12		NIT
1967	Dayton	25-6	Independent			#8		Final Four
1966	Dayton	23-6	Independent			#11		Sweet 16
1965	Dayton	22-7	Independent			#37		Sweet 16
1964	Dayton	15-10	Independent			#47
1963	Dayton	16-10	Independent			#60
1962	Dayton	24-6	Independent			#12		NIT
1961	Dayton	20-9	Independent			#8		NIT
1960	Dayton	21-7	Independent			#12		NIT
1959	Dayton	14-12	Independent			#64
1958	Dayton	25-4	Independent		#11	#8		NIT
1957	Dayton	19-9	Independent			#13		NIT
1956	Dayton	25-4	Independent		#3	#2		NIT
1955	Dayton	25-4	Independent		#9	#6		NIT
1954	Dayton	25-7	Independent			#23		NIT
1953	Dayton	16-13	Independent			#24
1952	Dayton	28-5	Independent		#11	#17		NCAA tournament
1951	Dayton	27-5	Independent		#13	#8		NIT
1950	Dayton	24-8	Independent			#47
1949	Dayton	16-14	Independent
1948	Dayton	12-14	Independent
1947	Dayton	4-17	Independent
1946	Dayton	3-13	Independent
1943	Dayton	9-8	Independent
1942	Dayton	12-6	Independent
1941	Dayton	9-14	Independent
1940	Dayton	4-17	Independent
1939	Dayton	2-12	Independent
1938	Dayton	6-11	Independent
1937	Dayton	7-12	Independent
1936	Dayton	3-13	Independent
1935	Dayton	4-11	Independent
1934	Dayton	9-7	Independent
1933	Dayton	7-7	Independent
1932	Dayton	3-12	Independent
1931	Dayton	2-15	Independent
1930	Dayton	4-14	Independent
1929	Dayton	9-10	Independent
1928	Dayton	11-5	Independent
1927	Dayton	10-9	Independent
1926	Dayton	7-8	Independent
1925	Dayton	9-11	Independent
1924	Dayton	9-5	Independent
1923	Dayton	8-8	Independent
1922	Dayton	6-8	Independent
1921	Dayton	6-16	Independent
1920	Dayton	5-8	Independent
1919	Dayton	3-4	Independent
1918	Dayton	2-4	Independent
1917	Dayton	8-3	Independent
1916	Dayton	11-2	Independent
1915	Dayton	4-4	Independent
1914	Dayton	5-4	Independent
1913	Dayton	11-0	Independent
1912	Dayton	13-0	Independent
1911	Dayton	10-0	Independent
1910	Dayton	5-6	Independent
1909	Dayton	12-2	Independent
1908	Dayton	10-3	Independent
1907	Dayton	14-0	Independent
1906	Dayton	7-2	Independent
1905	Dayton	6-1	Independent
1904	Dayton	5-1	Independent

Consensus All-Americans

6 AP All-American selections.

DaRon Holmes II2024

Obi Toppin2020

Don May1968

Hank Finkel1966

Bill Uhl1956

Monk Meineke1952

Year	Player
2024	DaRon Holmes II
2020	Obi Toppin
1968	Don May
1966	Hank Finkel
1956	Bill Uhl
1952	Monk Meineke

NBA first-round picks

16 first-round NBA draft selections from this program.

DaRon Holmes II2024

Last college yr: 2024

DaRon Holmes II2024

Last college yr: 2023

DaRon Holmes II2024

Last college yr: 2022

Obi Toppin2020

Last college yr: 2020

Obi Toppin2020

Last college yr: 2019

Jim Paxson1979

Last college yr: 1979

Jim Paxson1979

Last college yr: 1978

Jim Paxson1979

Last college yr: 1977

Jim Paxson1979

Last college yr: 1976

Jim Paxson1956

Last college yr: 1956

Johnny Horan1955

Last college yr: 1955

Johnny Horan1955

Last college yr: 1954

Draft	Player	Last college yr
2024	DaRon Holmes II	2024
2024	DaRon Holmes II	2023
2024	DaRon Holmes II	2022
2020	Obi Toppin	2020
2020	Obi Toppin	2019
1979	Jim Paxson	1979
1979	Jim Paxson	1978
1979	Jim Paxson	1977
1979	Jim Paxson	1976
1956	Jim Paxson	1956
1955	Johnny Horan	1955
1955	Johnny Horan	1954
1955	Johnny Horan	1953
1956	Jim Paxson	1953
1955	Johnny Horan	1952
1956	Jim Paxson	1952

The Heartbreak Index4.5 · #478▸

Greatest tournament games

Season by season

Consensus All-Americans

NBA first-round picks

The Heartbreak Index4.5 · #478