Ngelixa ilizwe likwisiphithiphithi, iqela lebhola yomnyazi lamadoda laseDayton lichithe ihlobo.Ihlobo eliqhelekileyo kakhulu.Inani elikhulu labadlali ababuyayo lithetha ukuncitshiswa kokufunda kwakhona kunye nokusasazwa ngakumbi kweekhonsepthi ezisekiweyo.Wonke umntu uyalazi eli gama.Emva kwexesha lokuwina le-24 elenziwe phantse ngokupheleleyo ngabantu abasanda kuqala kunye ne-sophomores, wonke umntu uyayiqonda into yokhuphiswano oluphezulu.Akukho ndawo inokulinganiswa kwaye akukho mfuneko yesityhilelo.Njengobusika obudlulileyo, ngcono kuphela.
“Sizama ukubona into ekufuneka siyenzile ukuqhubela phambili,” utshilo umqeqeshi u-Anthony Grant kwiveki ngaphambi kokuba iiflaya zakhe ziqale ngokusesikweni ukuzilolonga, engaqinisekanga ngabom ukuba ichaneke kangakanani na inkcazo yeminyaka elishumi ezayo yenkqubo yakhe.
I-Dayton iqale isizini kwi-Nombolo ye-24 yelizwe kunye nomnye wabadlali abanomdla kakhulu kweli lizwe, eliqulunqwe ngu-Obie, kunye ne-ceilings ephezulu kwi-roster, ekhokelwa ngumqeqeshi oxosha i-100 ephezulu ebonakala ngathi ayifuni ukuqhubela phambili.isetyenziswa njengendawo yokugcina izinto, hayi indawo yesiseko.Mhlawumbi nje unyaka.Okanye inokuba lelinye inyathelo elisingise kwinqanaba eliphezulu lobukho besikolo, esithi, ngokomlawuli waso wezemidlalo, sizibone njengenkampani encinci yebhola yomnyazi egxile kwimisitho yezemidlalo nokunye.
Kwindawo engekude kakhulu kukho enkulu kwaye yintoni.Umhlaba uhamba phantsi kwesikolo ngasinye.Kukho idabi lesiseko esiluqilima.Ukuba u-Dayton uzandisa ngendlela abhale ngayo kwiisizini ezintathu ezidlulileyo, ngaba uya kukwazi ukugcina ubukho bakhe ngoku?Okanye ngaba ukugqwesa okusisigxina kufuna utshintsho lwezitikha zenkomfa?Ngokufutshane: ukuba u-Dayton ulunge kakhulu kwaye uhlala elungile kakhulu, kwaye imidlalo yekholeji inokushiya abaphakathi ngasemva… ukuze kwenzeke ntoni?
“Senza konke okusemandleni ethu yonke imihla ngokungathi kufuneka silwele i-intshi nganye yomhlaba esinawo, nokuba kungokubekelwa indawo, ukuqesha okanye ukugcina abasebenzi abaqeqesheke kakhulu,” utshilo uNeil Sullivan ongumlawuli weembaleki.“Ekupheleni kosuku, sigqibele apho sikuyo ngoku.Kwiminyaka nje emithathu edlulileyo, sasinoMdlali weSizwe woNyaka, sasinomqeqeshi weSizwe woNyaka, kwaye sobabini sasiyimbewu yoku-1.Ke, nje ukuba uyazi ukuba inokwenziwa, nokuba kunjani na umoya ovuthuzayo, ekuphela kwendlela yam kukuqhubeka. ”
Qala ngokuphumelela.Kufuneka ibe yimali efanelekileyo.Isizini ka-2019/20 awayikhankanyayo uSullivan yayigcwele impumelelo.Amashumi amabini anesithoba aphumelele.Ingqokelela yeembasa ze-Obitopin “zoMdlali woNyaka”.Ibekwe kwindawo yesithathu kuvoto lokugqibela lwe-Associated Press.Ingxaki kuphela kukuba umhlaba uyavala ngenxa yobhubhani ngaphambi kokuba u-Dayton aphile ngokupheleleyo olona guqulelo lubalaseleyo kwaye azuze amandla.
Nangona kunjalo, iiFlyers ziphumelele umndilili wemidlalo engama-23.2 kwiisizini ezili-13 ezidlulileyo ngaphandle kobhubhane.Baye baphumelela enye kuphela kwi-Final Four ngo-2014. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kwexesha le-2019-20, u-Dayton uchithe iiveki ezimbini kwi-top 20. Kukho umsantsa ocacileyo phakathi kweziphumo kunye nokuqatshelwa.Ngaba oku kuya kuchaphazela uphawu lwe-Dayton?“Ngokuqinisekileyo banomoya ovuthuzayo,” utshilo uLarriman, usekela mongameli olawulayo wentengiso yezemidlalo kwi-rEvolution, osebenzele i-ESPN kunye neFOX.“Asiyomarike inkulu le.Ngoku banabaxhasi abomeleleyo kumbindi weOhio.Kubonakala ngathi amashishini asekhaya axhasa ezinye izinto zero.Ngoko ubona impumelelo ethile.Kodwa ndiza kukunika umzekelo: sinayo I-brand ayimeleyo yenza izivumelwano ezininzi nezikolo.Ilizwekazi lithenga imiqondiso emininzi yasenkundleni kwiinkundla ezininzi zebhola yomnyazi.UDayton akakho kuluhlu – hayi ngenxa yokungaphumeleli, kodwa ngenxa yentengiso yeendaba.”
Kodwa ukuqokelela impumelelo kunye nokupapashwa ngakumbi kunokuba luncedo ekuqaliseni ukusombulula ingxaki.Ngaloo ndlela, iinyanga ezintandathu ezizayo (okanye nangaphezulu) zinemilinganiselo eyahlukahlukeneyo yokubaluleka.
Ukwenza into enye kusenokunganeli, kanye njengokwenza into enye.“Okokuqala, asiziva ngathi siphumelele nantoni na ekufuneka siyixhase,” utshilo uGrant.“Kufuneka siqhubeke sivela kwaye ndivakalelwa kukuba ngokolawulo nangokwenkxaso, sinabantu bokusinceda siqhubeke siyenza loo nto.Kwaye ndiyinxalenye yaloo nto.abadlali abafanayo.Ndicinga ukuba eli lithuba elihle lokuqhubela phambili inkqubo.”
Ke, ngaba likhona ithuba lokuba uDayton aqhubele phambili kwaye asike kwincoko ebanzi nebanzi?
Iziseko ezingundoqo kunye nefilosofi yemithombo yebhola yomnyazi yamadoda ayibonakali ingumqobo.Esi sisikolo sabucala, ngokweSebe lezeMfundo laseMelika, ngoko ke amanani adiziweyo angaphezulu kunayo nayiphi na enye into, kodwa uDayton uthi ibasketball yamadoda ixabisa i-5,976,600 yeedola kwixesha lokunika ingxelo lika-2020-21.Oku kodlula ukuthelekiseka kwezikolo zenkomfa zePower Six Butler ($5,017,012) kunye neDePaul ($5,559,830).Kwakhona ngaphezu kwezikolo ezithathu kwezine eziye zahamba ngokukhawuleza ukusuka kumaqela amancinci ukuya kwi-12 ephezulu, ngaphandle kwe-Houston, eyabika ngaphezu kwe-7 yezigidi zeedola kwi-basketball yamadoda kwaye ngaphezulu okanye ngaphantsi kwafikelela kwi-gen ephezulu.I-Dayton mhlawumbi yenzelwe ukwenza.
Ukuqonda ukuba u-Dayton akazukwazi ukufikelela kumanqanaba enkcitho yegazi eblue nangaliphi na ixesha kwakamsinya, injongo kukuba ngaphambili okanye kufutshane nephambili kwiqela lakho."Masiyibize ngaphezu kwe-350 ye-NCAA Division I yamaqela e-basketball, kuphela i-10 yeepesenti eya kunyulwa kwi-NCAA Main Event (amaqela)," kusho uSullivan.“Ngoko indlela esiyakhe ngayo apha kukuba ifuna ipesenti ezilishumi eziphezulu zokusebenza, ifuna i-10 lepesenti ephezulu yotyalo-mali.Ngokusisiseko, sikholelwa nje ekuhlangabezaneni nemfuno yentengiso yezixhobo kuba le yintshatsheli yeNCAA., imigangatho yimigangatho.Yiloo nto efunekayo ukuze uzinike ithuba.Sityala ngolo hlobo.”
Ngesi sizathu, kufanelekile ukucinga ukuba ukuba u-Dayton wayetyale imali ethe chatha, umzekelo ngepakethe eyandisiweyo yamalungelo eendaba, ngendenze imali eninzi.Okwangoku, unokwenza oko amele akwenze.
Isikolo senza oko uSullivan akubiza ngokuba “lutyalo-mali olungaqhelekanga” kwimali yeGranti kunye nabancedisi bakhe babaqeqeshi abafakwe kwi-payroll – kwakhona, olu asilolwazi lukawonke-wonke.“Ukuba asiso isikolo sabucala kwaye uthelekisa [ne] neBig Ten high school, isikolo se-ACC — ndiyathetha, siyayenza,” utshilo umlawuli wezemidlalo.Ukuphuculwa kwe-76 yezigidi zeedola kwi-UD Arena kwagqitywa ngo-2019, kugxilwe ekuphuculeni amava abalandeli.Kodwa utshintsho oluthile lweprojekthi, olufana negumbi lokutshixa elitsha neliphuculweyo, alishiywanga ngaphandle.Uthanda okanye awuthandi, iintsimbi kunye neempempe zingabaluleka kubathengi abanokubakho.Ngoko ke ezona ntsimbi zibalaseleyo kunye neempempe nazo zibalulekile."Ngokuqinisekileyo ijongeka njengebala lamandla (inkomfa)," utshilo umgadli omncinci uToumani Kamara.“(Igumbi lokutshixa) likhulu.Intle.Iphantse yakhangeleka njengegumbi lokutshixa le-NBA.Sineempawu kuyo yonke indawo, yonke into icocekile, yonke into yeyangoku.”
Kwiflaya yangoku, uKamara uyibona kakuhle: uchithe amaxesha amabini okuqala ekholeji yakhe eGeorgia, eqala imidlalo engama-48 kwengama-57, sele edlalela iprojekthi kugqatso lwezixhobo..“Imali yahlukile,” uvumile uKamara, kodwa wathi ayiwachaphazeli amava abadlali eDayton.Isebe loqeqesho lomzimba nezemidlalo liyazanelisa zonke iimfuno.Ukwabelana ngejim kunye neqela labasetyhini lebhola yomnyazi-eGeorgia, amadoda nabasetyhini baneendawo zabo zokuzivocavoca-akukhange kuthintele ukukhula komntu.“Ekupheleni kosuku, ndisenokufikelela kwindawo yokuzivocavoca xa ndifuna,” utshilo uKamara.“Sasisazi ukuba amabhinqa ayezilolonga nini, yaye indawo yokwenza umthambo yayivulwa phantse imini nobusuku, iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngeveki.Ayizange isichaphazele ngokwenene.”
Kodwa yinto emele ilawulwe.Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, ukuguquguquka kukukwazi kwenkqubo ukuzalisa igumbi lokutshixa ngetalente ephezulu.Akukho nkqubo ephakamisa indawo yakho ngaphandle kokunyusa umgangatho wobuchule.Oku kusizisa e-Daron Holmes kunye nengxaki ye-Daron Holmes yokuvelisa kwakhona.
I-6-10 yase-Arizona phambili yi-rookie eqhelekileyo ye-38 kwiklasi ka-2021 kwaye, ngenxa yoko, indawo yokugcina indawo ephezulu yokusayina no-Dayton.Kanye.Utshintsho kuGrant kunye nabasebenzi bakhe.UHolmes ukhuphisane kwisizini ka-2021-22, efumana imbasa ye-Atlantic 10 Rookie yoNyaka kwaye enze iQela lesibini le-NBA.UHolmes naye wahlala, nto leyo ayisosiqinisekiso somdlali ophumelele emagqabini kwisikolo senkomfa engenamandla.Idityaniswe malunga neeponti ezingama-25 azifumeneyo ukusukela ekupheleni kwesizini edlulileyo, indlela yakhe ka-2022-23 ifana kakhulu neka-Obie.Umbono wabo kukuba, ukuba uyayithatha kwaye wenze into ekufuneka uyenzile, uya kuyithanda apha,” utshilo uHolmes.“Kwaye ndikude kakhulu.Ngokunyaniseka, ndinayo yonke into endiyifunayo apha kwaye ndinokuba ngoyena mntu ubalaseleyo endinokuba nguye. "
U-Dayton uphumile eHolmes yokugqibela ezine e-Arizona, eCalifornia naseMarquette kulandela utyelelo olusemthethweni lukaSherlock Holmes ukuya eArizona naseMarquette exhotyiswe kakuhle, kunye notyelelo olungekho semthethweni kwezinye izikolo zePac-12, ebonisa ukuba ipakethe yemithombo yeDayton inokhuphiswano olwaneleyo.Ubunzima bukwindlela ekhethekileyo yobudlelwane bukaHolmes noDayton xa ufaka isicelo somsebenzi.UHolmes uthe wayebukele imuvi malunga neeFlyers kunye nendlela abanokusebenzisa ngayo ithuba le-Toppin xa umqeqeshi kunye nomqeqeshi u-Auguste Mendez ecebisa u-Dayton njengendawo yekholeji enokwenzeka.Emva kwale ngxoxo, uMendes uqhagamshelane nabasebenzi beeFlyers egameni likaHolmes.Umdla ukhule ngokwenene ukusukela ngoko, utshilo uHolmes.
“Enyanisweni, isigqibo sam ndisithathele phezulu kakhulu kunyaka wam wokuqala ndizama ukufumana ondifaneleyo,” utshilo ngelixa ecacisa ividiyo kaDayton yeSynergy Sports.“Nantso into endizama ukuyithetha indikhuthazile.Uya kubona abantwana abaninzi befudukela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kwaye ayizukusebenza kubo.Abayi kuyithatha nzulu loo nto.Andiqondi ukuba kufuneka ndihambe ngaloo ndlela.
Kodwa mhlawumbi uHolmes wahamba loo ndlela kuba waqesha uDayton kwasekuqaleni.“Sathi sakukwazi ukwazana, ndicinga ukuba wabona umntu ofanelekileyo kwaye wavuya ngesicwangciso sethu ngaye,” utshilo uGrant.Isebenza kakuhle e-Dayton.USherlock Holmes sisimntwiso sokuba abaqeshwa abaphezulu abangama-40 banokuphuma kwindlela yabo yokudumisa inkqubo yokulunga phambi kuka-2023 ekujoliswe kuko nguJazz Gardner, ekuxelwe ukuba uneenkqubo e-Illinois, Georgia, Arizona naseHouston.“Ngokuqinisekileyo ndithethile naye malunga nokusithathela ingqalelo isigqibo sakhe,” utshilo uHolmes.“Sifana nentsapho enkulu.Ndizame ngokwenene ukuva amazwi am.”
Ngabadlali abali-11 abaphumelele unyaka wesibini kuluhlu lweeFlyers, amanani abantu abasaqalayo kulindeleke ukuba abe mancinci kulo nyaka, ngoko ayisosalathisi esihle sendlela iGrant kunye nenkampani enomdla ngayo ekuqeshweni.Ukuphela komntu osanda kuzalwa yi-swingman yeenkwenkwezi ezine uMike Sharavyams, kunye nemvumelwano eneminyaka engama-22 ubudala yithemba # 90, ngoko kubonakala ngathi ukongeza okuhle.Nangona kunjalo, iklasi yolwazi ihleli.Siza kufumanisa kwakamsinyane ukuba ngaba uSherlock Holmes ngumqondiso okanye i-quirk yenkqubo.Kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, iziphumo zeli xesha lonyaka ziyakuchaphazela ngandlela thile ukungena kwabasebenzi.
UGrant, 56, nguye ophethe yonke le nto, kwaye ukutshintshwa kobunkokeli kulawulo lokuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni kule nkomfa kungajongela phantsi ukunyuka kukaDayton.Njengomntu othweswe isidanga ngowe-1987, utyalo-mali lomntu siqu lunokugqwesa unikezelo.Naye, njengaye nawuphi na umqeqeshi, unokulangazelela elinye ithuba kwinqanaba eliphezulu emva kweminyaka emithandathu kwi-NCAA Tournament e-Alabama.Ngokwemvelo, u-Dayton akayi kuthatha nawaphi na amathuba kule nto ukuzama ukubonisa ukubaluleka kwakhe: wenza oko uSullivan akubiza ngokuthi "utyalo-mali olungaqhelekanga" kwi-payroll ye-Grant kunye nabaqeqeshi abancedisayo, nangona amanani angabikho ulwazi loluntu.UGrant akazange akwazi nokuyicinga into awayeyicela kurhulumente, owangena kwangethuba wayizalisa.
Ukuba u-Dayton uyaqhubeka nokuncwina kwaye aqhume kwinto evakala ngathi yinyani entsha yesizini ka-2022-2023, Ke Yintoni eza kuqhubeka nokuhoywa ngakumbi.
Ngokutsho kukaSullivan, imidlalo yasekholejini “itshintsha kube kanye ebomini.”“Awuqinisekanga ukuba kukhuselekile nini ukujikeleza ikhabhinethi kwakhona,” waqhula, kodwa ukuma ngxi ayisosicwangciso sexesha elide esinomtsalane.I-Atlantic 10 ifumene iibhidi ezinkulu ezintandathu kwii-tournaments ezine ze-NCAA zokugqibela.USullivan uthe ngokongezwa kweLoyola Chicago kwisizini ka-2022-23, liqonga elifanelekileyo.Kodwa waphinda walatha imfuneko yamathuba amaninzi e-Quad 1 kunye ne-Quad 2 kwiligi, kunye neengxaki zokuzicwangcisa.Umzantsi wentlanganiso kufuneka ube ngcono, ixesha.Le miba ayibangeli ngxaki ingako eGrand East, ekukuphela kwenkomfa yokunyuka efanelekela i-Dayton phantsi kwayo nayiphi na imeko.
Ubalo lwexabiso olongezelelweyo lweligi lumisela yonke into, ngakumbi ukuqala ngayo nayiphi na inkqubo yokukwazi ukusondela ekuthinteleni izimemo jikelele.Oku kuzisa iligi ngaphezulu kweeyunithi zetumente ye-NCAA kwaye ke imali eninzi, endaweni yokwahlula ipayi enye ibe ngamaqhekeza amaninzi."Ngaba kukho indawo yokugcina abanye abali-11 ukuba banciphe?"Umkomishinala weBig East uVal Ackerman uxelele I-Athletic ngexesha losuku lokugqibela lwemidlalo yeligi.Kakade ke, iibhola zamehlo ezinokubakho nazo zibalulekile.NgokukaWilliam Mao, usekela mongameli ophezulu we-Octagon Global Media Rights Consulting, i-Dayton njengemarike yeendaba iya kuba nemizi emalunga nama-460,000 yeTV ngo-2020-2021.Ukusukela ngo-2021, iDayton yeyona marike inkulu yama-65 elizweni, ngokutsho kukaNielsen.Ngakolunye uhlangothi, xa i-Octagon igqityiwe ukubalwa, i-Dayton yayiliqela kwi-Atlantic 10 ngokwemiqathango yenkcitho yabaphulaphuli kwimidlalo yenkomfa kuphela, okwesibini kuphela kwi-VCU iyonke.
Kodwa kujongeka ngathi isibheno saso nasiphi na isicwangciso sithathwa ngakumbi yimpumelelo yasekhaya, enokwenza kube lula kwiimarike ezincinci.Kufuneka ube yimpumelelo enkulu."Ezinye izinto zilingana - kwaye le yicaveat enkulu - kwimeko ye-basketball yekholeji, ndicinga ukuba ukuphumelela mhlawumbi kubaluleke kakhulu," kusho uMao.“Kwiimeko ezininzi, nayiphi na inkqubo ye-DMA (iNdawo yeMarike eMiselweyo) yamadoda ayisayi kuba nentsingiselo ebalulekileyo okanye ifaneleke.Ukunyaniseka ngokupheleleyo, ixesha elininzi, amandla e-brand aqhutywa yibhola.Ukujonga kulo mbono, into yokuba ufumana udumo olubanzi lwesizwe, ukubalasela kunye nexabiso lophawu ziimeko ezininzi ze-DMA. ”
Okanye, njengoko u-Ackerman esitsho, ngokwembono yabenzi bezigqibo ngale miba, wayibeka ngokucacileyo nangokubalulekileyo: “Ndingathi kule meko, iingxaki zebhola yomnyazi kunye nethemba lempumelelo yekamva lomnyazi libaluleke kakhulu.”
Ke, ngaba i-Dayton iphumelele kakhulu njengenkampani yebhasikithi ye-boutique kwinkomfa yebhasikithi ye-boutique ukuba ingahoyi ukuba okanye xa ifuna ukomeleza irosta yayo?Okanye ngaba i-Dayton iya kukwazi ukunyuka iye kwinqanaba eliphezulu kwaye igcine unyawo oluhle apho ikhoyo?
Akukho mntu wayeyazi eDayton.Ikakhulu ngenxa yokuba eyona njongo kaDayton kukuphumelela ngokwaneleyo ukwenza umbuzo olungileyo.“Imalunga nokungaguquguquki,” utshilo uSullivan.“Sonke singakhankanya iincopho kunye nezikolo eziwayo.Oku kube ngumceli mngeni kuninzi lwethu ukusukela kwi-COVID, kodwa sikwindlela elungileyo.Kumalunga nokungaguquguquki ukuhlala apho, unyaka nonyaka, unyaka nonyaka, unyaka nonyaka, apho uphumelela khona iintshatsheli zenkomfa uxuba kwiitumente zeNCAA ndiyakholelwa ukuba sijonge kweli cala ndicinga yile nto ndiyifunayo uAnthony. linqanaba elithile lokungaguquguquki nto leyo elucelomngeni kumxholo wamaxesha aguqukayo esikuwo.”
Njengesiqhelo, imalunga neDayton enika abantu isizathu sokuvumela abantu babone u-Dayton.Ngoko, ngethemba lokuba, amehlo abantu aya kuvuleka koko bakubonayo.
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Ixesha lokuposa: Oct-28-2022