Dayton & Marquette Announce Men’s Basketball Home-&-Home Series – University of Dayton Athletics

DAYTON – The University of Dayton and Marquette University have jointly announced they will play a two-game series in men’s basketball.

Dayton and Marquette will play the first game of a two-game contract on Saturday, Dec. 14 at UD Arena.  The two teams will play at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee during the 2025-26 season.

The Flyers and Golden Eagles first played each other in the 1966-67 season.  Marquette leads the series 21-14.  Dayton won the last meeting 89-75 on Nov. 29, 2008 in the championship game of the Chicago Invitational Challenge played at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill.  UD also won the last game played at the Arena, 92-85 (in overtime) on Jan. 4, 2003.

Dayton returns three starters from its 25-8 team that advanced to the second round of the 2024 NCAA tournament.