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Article: Gregory has Flyers on winning track ; Transfer and injuries set the program back, but the sixth-year coach has UD back in the NCAA tourney.
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- Dayton Daily News
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- March 19, 2009
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University of Dayton coach Brian Gregory always preaches to his
players about the need to handle adversity, and he's been dealt his
share while trying to rebuild the basketball program back to an NCAA
tournament level after his initial year of success.
Gregory inherited a pat hand in 2003-04 from predecessor Oliver
Purnell -- who left behind three 1,000-point scorers in Ramod
Marshall, Sean Finn and Keith Waleskowski -- but the talent pool was
frighteningly shallow after that class departed.
"It was a deceiving situation," said former UD Athletic Director
Ted Kissell, the man who hired Gregory. "The first year's group with
three 1,000-point scorers would have left the casual observer with ...