Yes, the Flyers of Dayton, Ohio are in the sometimes unwelcome category off they should be good this year.

An at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and a first-round upset of West Virginia has Dayton thinking it could to do what it hasn’t done in school history – win the A-10 regular-season title.

The A-10 conference? Okay… I guess that sounds real. Now here’s why everyone should hop on the Dayton bandwagon.

Think back through your sports memory. Hell, just think back through your life. When is the last time you ever heard of a Dayton team competing, let alone anything positive about the city? That’s not to say Dayton isn’t a great city, but we live in a culture where if your city is below a population of a million, then it’s a city not worth talking about. Despite the inclination to fall in love with universities near the big cities, sports fans still have an inclination to root for the underdog or simply those who rarely get the spotlight. As a Cleveland sports fan, I can’t tell you how many of my friends hop on the bandwagon whenever one of our teams stumbles upon a good season. Granted it’s more of a “aww, poor Cleveland” sentiment, but I’ll take it!

So how about it, sports fans? Let’s hop on the Dayton Flyers bandwagon before the NCAA basketball season starts. Say it with me now…

Here we go, FLYERS! Here we go!

[via Rivals.com]