UD playing for A-10 Tourney seeding

The PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Dayton Flyers still don’t know where they’ll land in the Atlantic 10 tournament. A loss at home to George Washington at 3 p.m. Saturday would force them to play in the opening round next Wednesday at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., with the other three teams at the bottom of the standings.

Dayton’s 71-53 loss to La Salle on Wednesday at Tom Gola Arena dropped it into a four-way tie for ninth. The Flyers (13-16 overall) sit at 7-10 in the conference, along with La Salle, Duquesne and George Washington. Massa- chusetts and Fordham (both 4-13) already have clinched the bottom two seeds.

The best-case scenario for Dayton would include a vic- tory over George Washington and a loss by either La Salle or Duquesne. Dayton could earn the No. 10 seed if that happens and avoid playing No. 1 seed Rhode Island in the quarterfinals next Friday if it advances that far.

“Every day you get a chance to compete,” Dayton coach Anthony Grant said. “We have a choice to make. That’s the thing I tell the guys every day. You have a choice to make in who you want to be.”

Roster news: Flyers junior forward Xeyrius Williams did not travel with the team to Philadelphia. UD announced Williams “is out indefinitely due to ongoing treatment for a back injury sustained earlier in the season.”

Williams has not played since Feb. 14 at George Mason. He missed five games earlier this season with a back injury.

Last game: Seniors Dar- rell Davis and Joey Gruden and three student manag- ers will be honored during Senior Day festivities before the game at approximately 2:45 p.m. Saturday.

Dayton has seven straight wins against George Wash- ington at UD Arena.

The Colonials (14-16, 7-10) beat Fordham 72-56 Wednesday. Yuta Watanabe scored a career-high 31 points.

Around the A-10: George Mason’s Ian Boyd is enjoying a run of buzzer beaters per- haps unequaled in NCAA history. He won a game at the buzzer Wednesday for the third game in a row. His tip-in in the final second lifted the Patriots to an 81-80 victory at Virginia Commonwealth.

Boyd beat Massachusetts with a layup in overtime Sat- urday. In the previous game, he hit a 3-pointer to beat St. Joseph’s.

George Mason (15-15, 9-8) moved into a tie for fourth place with Saint Louis and St. Joseph’s.

■ St. Bonaventure (23-6, 13-4) wrapped up the No. 2 seed in the A-10 tournament by beating Davidson 117-113 in triple overtime Tuesday in Olean, N.Y.

The Wildcats (17-11, 12-5) fell to third place, and they will get the No. 3 seed.

■ Duquesne (16-14, 7-10) ended a six-game losing streak with a 76-69 victory against Saint Louis (16-14, 9-8).

■ UMass (11-19, 4-13) lost its sixth straight game, 90-65 at Richmond (10-19, 8-9).