Ngenkathi umhlaba ugcwele isiphithiphithi, iqembu le-basketball labesilisa lase-Dayton lichithe ihlobo.Ihlobo elivamile kakhulu.Inani elikhulu labadlali ababuyayo lisho ukufunda kancane kancane kanye nokusabalalisa imiqondo esunguliwe.Wonke umuntu uyalazi leli gama.Ngemuva kwesizini yokuwina okungu-24 eyenziwe cishe ngokuphelele ngabasanda kungena abasha kanye nabafundi be-sophomores, wonke umuntu uyaqonda ukuthi umncintiswano wezinga eliphezulu umayelana nani.Asikho isikhala esingalinganiswa futhi asikho isidingo sokwambulwa.Njengobusika obudlule, kungcono kuphela.
“Sizama nje ukuthola ukuthi yini okumele siyenze ukuze siye phambili,” kusho umqeqeshi u-Anthony Grant kusasele isonto ngaphambi kokuthi amaflaya akhe aqale ngokusemthethweni ukuzilolonga ekwindla, engaqiniseki ngamabomu ukuthi incazelo yakhe yeminyaka eyishumi ezayo izoba nembe kangakanani ohlelweni lwakhe.
I-Dayton iqale isizini kunombolo-24 kuleli ngomunye wabadlali abathakaselekayo kuleli, ocijwa ngu-Obie, onophahla oluphezulu ohlwini, eholwa ngumqeqeshi ojaha abadlali abangu-100 abebebonakala bengazimisele ukuya phambili.isetshenziswa njengendawo engaphansi, hhayi isisekelo.Mhlawumbe unyaka nje.Noma kungaba esinye isinyathelo esibheke ezingeni eliphezulu lokuba khona kwesikole, lokho, ngokusho komqondisi waso wezemidlalo, esizibona njengenkampani encane ye-basketball egxile emicimbini yezemidlalo nokunye.
Endaweni engekude kakhulu kukhona omkhulu nokuthi yini.Umhlaba uhamba ngaphansi kwazo zonke izikole.Kukhona impi yesisekelo esiqinile.Uma u-Dayton ezikhulisa ngendlela asho ngayo kumasizini amathathu edlule, uzokwazi yini ukulondoloza ubukhona bakhe bamanje?Noma ingabe ukwenza kahle okungapheli kudinga ukushintshwa kwezitikha zengqungquthela?Ngamafuphi: uma u-Dayton eba muhle kakhulu futhi ehlala emuhle kakhulu, futhi imidlalo yasekolishi ingashiya abaphakathi ngemuva… pho?
“Senza konke okusemandleni ethu nsuku zonke njengokungathi kufanele silwele yonke intshi yomhlaba esinayo, kungaba ngokubekwa, ukuqasha noma ukugcina abasebenzi abaqeqeshwe kakhulu,” kusho umqondisi wezokusubatha uNeil Sullivan.“Ekupheleni kosuku, sigcine sifike lapho esikhona manje.Eminyakeni emithathu nje edlule, saba noMdlali Kazwelonke Wonyaka, saba nomqeqeshi Kazwelonke Wonyaka, futhi sobabili sasiyizimbewu 1.Ngakho-ke, uma wazi ukuthi kungenziwa, ngaphandle kokuvunguza, indlela yami kuphela ukuqhubeka."
Qala ngokuwina.Kufanele kube inani elifanele.Isizini ka-2019/20 uSullivan akhulume ngayo ibigcwele ukunqoba.Iwini ezingamashumi amabili nesishiyagalolunye.Ukuqoqwa kwemiklomelo ka-Obitopin “Yomdlali Wonyaka”.Ikleliswe endaweni yesithathu kunhlolovo yokugcina ye-Associated Press.Ukuphela kwenkinga ukuthi umhlaba uyavala ngenxa yalolu bhubhane ngaphambi kokuthi u-Dayton aphile ngokugcwele inguqulo yakhe engcono kakhulu futhi athole umfutho.
Kodwa-ke, amaFlyers awine isilinganiso semidlalo engama-23.2 kumasizini ayi-13 edlule ngaphandle kwalolu bhubhane.Basasele ngokuwina okukodwa ku-Final Four ngo-2014. Nokho, ngaphandle kwesizini ka-2019-20, u-Dayton uchithe ingqikithi yamasonto amabili kwabaphezulu abangu-20. Kunegebe elicacile phakathi kwemiphumela nokuqashelwa.Ingabe lokhu kuzothinta uhlobo lwe-Dayton?"Nakanjani banamakhanda," kusho u-Larriman, iphini likamongameli omkhulu wezokumaketha kwezemidlalo kwa-rEvolution, osebenzele i-ESPN ne-FOX.“Akuyona imakethe enkulu lena.Njengamanje banabasekeli abanamandla kakhulu enkabeni ye-Ohio.Kubukeka sengathi amabhizinisi endawo asekela izinto ezithile eziyiqanda.Ngakho ubona impumelelo ethile.Kodwa ngizokunikeza isibonelo: sine-we Ibhrendi ayimele yenza amadili amaningi nezikole.I-Continental ithenga izimpawu eziningi zasenkantolo ezinkundleni eziningi ze-basketball.U-Dayton akekho ohlwini - hhayi ngenxa yokuntuleka kwempumelelo, kodwa ngenxa yemakethe yabezindaba. "
Kodwa ukuqongelela ukuwina kanye nokwaziwa okwengeziwe kungasiza okungenani ukuqala ukuxazulula inkinga.Ngakho, izinyanga eziyisithupha ezizayo (noma ngisho nangaphezulu) zingamazinga ahlukahlukene okubaluleka.
Ukwenza okuningi kwento efanayo kungase kungenele, kufane nokwenza okuningi kwento efanayo.“Okokuqala, asiboni sengathi kukhona esikuzuzile okufanele sikweseke,” kusho uGrant.“Kufanele siqhubeke nokuvela futhi nginomuzwa wokuthi kwezokuphatha nangokwesekwa, sinabantu abangasisiza ukuthi siqhubeke nokwenza lokho.Futhi ngiyingxenye yalokho.abadlali abafanayo.Ngicabanga ukuthi leli yithuba elihle lokuyisa uhlelo phambili.”
Ngakho-ke, ingabe likhona ithuba lokuthi u-Dayton aqhubekele phambili futhi angene engxoxweni ebanzi nebanzi?
Ingqalasizinda nefilosofi yensiza ye-basketball yamadoda akubonakali kuyisithiyo.Lesi yisikole esizimele, ngokoMnyango Wezemfundo wase-US, ngakho-ke izibalo ezidaluliwe cishe zijwayelekile kakhulu kunanoma yini enye, kodwa u-Dayton uthi ibhasikidi labesilisa libiza u-$5,976,600 ngesikhathi sokubika sika-2020-21.Lokhu kudlula izikole zenkomfa ze-Power Six ezifana ne-Butler ($5,017,012) ne-DePaul ($5,559,830).Lokho futhi kunezikole ezingaphezu kwezintathu kwezine ezisheshe zasuka kumaligi amancane zaya kwezingu-12 eziphezulu, ngaphandle kwe-Houston, ebike ukuthi ingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-7 zamaRandi ku-basketball yamadoda futhi yafinyelela noma ngaphansi kohlu oluphezulu.I-Dayton cishe yayiklanyelwe ukwenza.
Ngokubona ukuthi u-Dayton ngeke akwazi ukufinyelela amazinga okusebenzisa igazi aluhlaza noma nini maduzane, umgomo uwukuba phambili noma eduze neqembu lakho.“Masiyibize ngamaqembu e-basketball e-350 NCAA Division I, amaphesenti ayi-10 kuphela awo azokhethwa ku-NCAA Main Event (amaqembu),” kusho uSullivan.“Ngakho-ke indlela esakhe ngayo lapha ukuthi uma idinga ukusebenza kwamaphesenti ayishumi aphezulu, kusho ukuthi idinga amaphesenti ayishumi aphezulu otshalomali.Empeleni, sikholelwa nje ekuhlangabezaneni nesidingo semakethe sezinsiza ngoba lobu ubuqhawe be-NCAA., izindinganiso ziyizindinganiso.Yilokhu okudingekayo ukuze uzinike ithuba.Sitshala kanjalo.”
Ngalesi sizathu, kulungile ukucabanga ukuthi ukube u-Dayton ubetshale imali ethe xaxa, ngokwesibonelo ngephakheji elinwetshiwe lamalungelo emidiya, ngabe wenze imali eyengeziwe.Okwamanje, angakwazi ukwenza okufanele akwenze.
Isikole senza lokho uSullivan akubiza ngokuthi “utshalomali oluyisimangaliso” emalini uGrant kanye nabasizi babaqeqeshi bakhe abafakwe ohlwini lwabaholayo - futhi, lokhu akulona ulwazi lomphakathi."Uma singesona isikole esizimele futhi uqhathanisa [ne] nesikole samabanga aphezulu iBig Ten, isikole se-ACC - ngiqonde ukuthi siyakwenza," kusho umqondisi wezemidlalo.Ukuthuthukiswa kwe-UD Arena engu-$76 million kwaqedwa ngo-2019, kugxilwe ekuthuthukiseni ulwazi lwabalandeli.Kodwa izinguquko eziqondene nephrojekthi, njengegumbi lokushintshela elisha nelithuthukisiwe, nazo azishiywanga ngaphandle.Uthanda noma ungathandi, izinsimbi namakhwela kungabaluleka kumakhasimende angaba khona.Ngakho-ke izinsimbi ezihamba phambili namakhwela nazo zibalulekile."Impela kubukeka njengenkundla yamandla (ingqungquthela)," kusho umgadli omncane u-Toumani Kamara.“(Igumbi lokushintshela) likhulu.Yinhle.Icishe ibukeke njengegumbi lokukhiya le-NBA.Sinezimpawu yonke indawo, yonke into ihlelekile, yonke into ingeyesimanje.”
Ephepheni lamanje, uKamara ubona kahle: uchithe amasizini amabili okuqala omsebenzi wakhe wasekolishi eGeorgia, eqala imidlalo engama-48 kwengama-57, esevele edlalela iphrojekthi emjahweni wezinsiza..“Imali ihlukile,” kuvuma uKamara, kodwa wathi akuthinti isipiliyoni sabadlali eDayton.Umnyango wokuqeqeshwa ngokomzimba kanye nezemidlalo wanelisa zonke izidingo.Ukwabelana ngejimu neqembu labesifazane le-basketball—e-Georgia, abesilisa nabesifazane banamajimu abo—akuzange kuvimbe ukuthuthuka komuntu siqu."Ekupheleni kosuku, ngisakwazi ukufinyelela ejimini uma ngidinga," kusho uKamara.“Sazi ngesikhathi abesifazane beziqeqesha, ijimu yayivulwa cishe ubusuku nemini, izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngesonto.Akuzange kusithinte ngempela.”
Kodwa kuyinto okufanele ilawulwe.Ngokungenakugwenywa, okuguquguqukayo yikhono lohlelo lokugcwalisa igumbi lokungena ngethalente eliphezulu.Alukho uhlelo olukhuphula isayithi lakho ngaphandle kokukhulisa izinga lamakhono.Lokhu kusiletha ku-Daron Holmes kanye nenkinga yokuphindaphinda kwe-Daron Holmes.
I-6-10 yase-Arizona phambili iyi-rookie ejwayelekile yama-38 ekilasini lika-2021 futhi, ngenxa yalokho, indawo yokubhuka esezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu yokusayina no-Dayton.kanye.Ushintsho kuGrant nabasebenzi bakhe.UHolmes uqhudelane ngesizini ka-2021-22, wazuza umklomelo we-Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year nokwenza Iqembu Lesibili Le-NBA.UHolmes naye wahlala, okungesona isiqinisekiso kumdlali ophumelele kahle esikoleni senkomfa engenawo amandla.Uma kuhlanganiswe namakhilogremu acishe abe ngu-25 awazuzile kusukela ekupheleni kwesizini edlule, umkhondo wakhe ka-2022-23 ufana kakhulu noka-Obie.“Umbono wabo wukuthi uma uwuthatha wenze lokho okumele ukwenze, uzowuthanda lapha,” kusho uHolmes.“Futhi ngikude kakhulu.Ngokweqiniso, nginakho konke engikudingayo lapha futhi ngingaba ngcono kakhulu engingaba yikho.”
U-Dayton uphumile kwa-Holmes ka-4 wokugcina e-Arizona, California nase-Marquette kulandela ukuvakasha okusemthethweni kuka-Sherlock Holmes e-Arizona ne-Marquette ehlomele kahle, kanye nokuvakasha okungekho emthethweni kwezinye izikole ezimbalwa ze-Pac-12, okubonisa ukuthi iphakethe lezinsiza ze-Dayton linokuncintisana ngokwanele.Ubunzima busekutheni ubudlelwano bukaHolmes no-Dayton buhluke kanjani lapho efaka isicelo somsebenzi.U-Holmes uthe ubebuka ifilimu ekhuluma ngamaFlyers nokuthi bangalisebenzisa kanjani ithuba nge-Toppin lapho umqeqeshi nomqeqeshi wakhe u-Auguste Mendez ephakamisa i-Dayton njengendawo yasekolishi okungenzeka ibe khona.Ngemva kwale ngxoxo, uMendes uthinte abasebenzi beFlyers egameni likaHolmes.Inzalo ikhule ngempela kusukela lapho, kusho uHolmes.
“Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, isinqumo sami ngisithathe ngokungathí sina onyakeni wami omkhulu ngizama ukuthola ongifanele,” esho ngesikhathi echaza i-video kaDayton yeSynergy Sports.“Yilokho engizama ukukusho okungigqugquzele.Uzobona izingane eziningi zingena esikoleni samabanga aphezulu futhi ngeke kuzisebenzele.Ngeke bakuthathele phezulu.Angicabangi ukuthi kufanele ngehle ngaleyo ndlela.
Kodwa mhlawumbe uHolmes wahamba ngaleyo ndlela ngoba waqasha u-Dayton kwasekuqaleni.“Ngesikhathi sesikwazi ukwazana, ngicabanga ukuthi wabona umuntu ofanele futhi wajabula ngohlelo lwethu ngaye,” kusho uGrant.Isebenza kahle e-Dayton.U-Sherlock Holmes uwumuntu wokuthi abaqashiwe abaphezulu abangama-40 bangakwazi ukwenza konke okusemandleni abo ukuze batuse izimfanelo ezinhle zohlelo phambi kuka-2023 okuhloswe uJazz Gardner, okubikwa ukuthi unezinhlelo e-Illinois, Georgia, Arizona naseHouston."Nakanjani ngikhulume naye mayelana nokucabangisisa ngesinqumo sakhe," kusho uHolmes.“Sifana nomndeni omkhulu.Ngizama ngempela ukufaka amazwi ami.”
Ngabadlali abangu-11 abaphumelele okwesibili kuhlu lwamaFlyers, izinombolo zabadlali abasha kungenzeka zibe zincane kulo nyaka, ngakho-ke akusona inkomba enhle yokuthi u-Grant nenkampani banentshisekelo kangakanani ekuqasheni.Umuntu omusha kuphela osanda kuzalwa yi-swingman yezinkanyezi ezine uMike Sharavyams, futhi ukuvumelana kweminyaka engu-22 kuyithemba # 90, ngakho-ke lokho kubonakala njengokungeziwe okuhle.Nokho, ikilasi lezimpimpi lihlala likhona.Maduze sizothola ukuthi i-Sherlock Holmes iyibika noma i-quirk yesistimu.Futhi-ke, imiphumela yale sizini izoba nomthelela ngandlela thize ekuthelekeni kwabasebenzi.
UGrant, 56, nguyena ophethe konke, kanti ukushintsha kobuholi ngamandla okuzingela ngokungemthetho engqungqutheleni kungase kuphazamise ukuhambela phezulu kukaDayton.Njengomuntu oneziqu zango-1987, ukutshalwa kwezimali komuntu siqu kungadlula ukunikezwa.Naye, njenganoma yimuphi umqeqeshi, angase alangazelele elinye ithuba ezingeni eliphezulu ngemva kweminyaka eyisithupha ku-NCAA Tournament e-Alabama.Ngokwemvelo, u-Dayton ngeke athathe noma yimaphi amathuba kulokhu ngomzamo wokufakazela ukubaluleka kwakhe: wenza lokho uSullivan akubiza ngokuthi “utshalomali olungavamile” ekukhokheni kukaGrant nabasizi babaqeqeshi, nakuba izinombolo zingelona ulwazi lomphakathi.UGrant akakwazanga ngisho nokucabanga ukuthi yini ayicela kuhulumeni, owangena kusenesikhathi wayigcwalisa.
Uma u-Dayton eqhubeka nokucula nokucula kulokho okuzwakala sengathi ngokoqobo okusha kwesizini ka-2022-2023, i-So What nayo izoqhubeka nokunakwa okwengeziwe.
NgokukaSullivan, ezemidlalo zasekolishi zibhekana “nenkathi yoshintsho eyenzeka kanye ekuphileni.”“Awunasiqiniseko sokuthi kuphephile nini ukuhamba uzungeza ikhabethe futhi,” encokola, kodwa ukuma unganyakazi akulona icebo lesikhathi eside elikhangayo.I-Atlantic 10 ithole amabhidi amakhulu ayisithupha emiqhudelwaneni emine edlule ye-NCAA.U-Sullivan uthe ngokwengezwa kwe-Loyola Chicago ngesizini ka-2022-23, iyinkundla efanele.Kodwa uphinde waveza isidingo samathuba amaningi e-Quad 1 ne-Quad 2 kuligi, kanye nezinkinga zokuwahlela.Iphansi lomhlangano kufanele libe ngcono, isikhathi.Lezi zinkinga azidali nkinga enkulu e-Grand East, okuwukuphela kwengqungquthela yokukhuphuka okufanele i-Dayton ngaphansi kwanoma yiziphi izimo.
Ukubalwa kwenani elingeziwe kweligi kunquma yonke into, ikakhulukazi ngokuqala ngamakhono anoma yiluphi uhlelo lokusondela ekuvimbeni izimemo ezijwayelekile.Lokhu kuletha iligi amayunithi amaningi omqhudelwano we-NCAA kanjalo nemali eyengeziwe, esikhundleni sokuhlukanisa uphaya ofanayo ube yizicucu ezengeziwe."Ingabe sikhona indawo yokuvimbela abanye abangu-11 ukuthi banciphe?"Ukhomishana weBig East uVal Ackerman utshele iThe Athletic ngosuku lokugcina lwalolu phiko.Yiqiniso, ama-eyeballs angaba khona nawo abalulekile.NgokukaWilliam Mao, iphini likamongameli omkhulu we-Octagon Global Media Rights Consulting, i-Dayton njengemakethe yabezindaba izoba nemizi ye-TV elinganiselwa ku-460,000 ngo-2020-2021.Kusukela ngo-2021, i-Dayton iyimakethe yama-65 ngobukhulu ezweni, ngokusho kukaNielsen.Ngakolunye uhlangothi, lapho i-Octagon igcina ukubalwa, u-Dayton wayephinde abe yiqembu ku-Atlantic 10 mayelana nezindleko zezilaleli emidlalweni yenkomfa kuphela, isibili ngemuva kwe-VCU iyonke.
Kodwa kubukeka sengathi ukukhanga kwanoma yiluphi uhlelo kuya ngokuya kunqunywa impumelelo yasendaweni, engenza kube lula ezimakethe ezincane.Kufanele kube yimpumelelo enkulu."Ezinye izinto ziyalingana - futhi lokhu kuyi-caveat enkulu - endabeni ye-basketball yasekolishi, ngicabanga ukuthi ukuwina cishe kubaluleke kakhulu," kusho uMao.“Ezimweni eziningi, noma yiluphi uhlelo lwe-basketball yamadoda lwe-DMA (Designated Market Area) ngeke lube nokuzwakala okubalulekile noma ukuhlobana.Ukwethembeka ngokuphelele, isikhathi esiningi, amandla omkhiqizo aqhutshwa yibhola.Uma sikubheka ngalowo mbono, iqiniso lokuthi uthola ukuvelela okubanzi kuzwelonke, ukuthi ukuvelela kanye nenani lomkhiqizo kuyizimo ezengeziwe ze-DMA. "
Noma, njengoba u-Ackerman ekubeka, ngokombono wabenzi bezinqumo ngalezi zindaba, wakubeka ngamafuphi nabalulekile: “Ngingathi kule ndawo, izinkinga ze-basketball namathemba empumelelo yesikhathi esizayo ye-basketball kubaluleke kakhulu.”
Ngakho-ke, ingabe i-Dayton iphumelele kakhulu njengenkampani ye-basketball ye-boutique engqungqutheleni ye-boutique basketball ukuthi inganaki uma ifuna ukuqinisa uhlelo lwayo?Noma ingabe i-Dayton izokwazi ukukhuphukela ezingeni eliphezulu futhi iqhubeke nokuhamba kahle lapho ikhona?
Akekho owayazi e-Dayton.Ikakhulukazi ngoba inhloso enkulu ka-Dayton wukuwina ngokwanele ukuwenza umbuzo omuhle."Kumayelana nokuvumelana," kusho uSullivan.“Sonke singabala amanani aphezulu nezikole eziwayo.Lokhu kube yinselelo kwabaningi bethu kusukela ku-COVID, kodwa sisendleleni efanele.Kumayelana nokungaguquguquki ukuhlala lapho, unyaka nonyaka, unyaka nonyaka, unyaka nonyaka, lapho uwina khona imiqhudelwano yezingqungquthela ozixuba emiqhudelwaneni ye-NCAA ngikholwa ukuthi siphokophele kuleyo ndawo ngicabanga ukuthi yilokho engikudingayo u-Anthony. izinga elithile lokungaguquguquki eliyinselele kumongo wezikhathi eziguquguqukayo esikuzo.”
Njengenjwayelo, imayelana ne-Dayton enikeza abantu isizathu sokuvumela abantu babone u-Dayton.Khona-ke, ngethemba, amehlo abantu ayovuleka kulokho abakubonayo.
Bhalisela i-Athletic ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nabadlali bakho abayintandokazi, amaqembu, amaligi namakilabhu.Wazama ngathi isonto lonke.
UBrian Hamilton ujoyina i-The Athletic njengoMlobi Omkhulu ngemuva kweminyaka engaphezu kwemithathu njengentatheli yasekolishi kazwelonke ye-Sports Illustrated.Phambilini uchithe iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili neChicago Tribune, ehlanganisa yonke into kusukela ku-Notre Dame kuya kuma-Stanley Cup Finals nama-Olympics.Landela u-Brian ku-Twitter @_Brian_Hamilton
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Oct-28-2022