Dayton will play at Toledo as a top seed in the 2022 NIT

This is the third NIT appearance for the Flyers in four years

DAYTON — It was announced Sunday night that the Dayton Flyers will be in this year’s National Invitational Tournament (NIT).

UD is a number one seed in the Top Left Bracket and will play Toledo. The game will be played at Toledo Wednesday night at 7 pm due to the UD Arena being unavailable due to the First Four Tuesday and Wednesday. The winner of that game will play the winner of four-seeded Vanderbilt and Belmont. The rest of the bracket includes three-seeded Florida and Iona and two-seeded Xavier against Cleveland State.

UD has been designated as a replacement team if any team has to cancel due to Covid-19. The Flyers are 23-10 this season and lost their last game to the eventual Atlantic 10 Tournament champs, Richmond, on Saturday afternoon, 68-64.

This will be the Flyers’ third NIT appearance in four years. They made it in 2019 and 2021 before losing in their opening round match-ups.

Dayton was the one of the last four teams left out in this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

You can hear Dayton at Toledo Wednesday night on the home of the Flyers; 1290 and 95-7, WHIO.