Blackburn/McCafferty Trophy

Blackburn/McCafferty Trophy
	Dayton Flyers Xavier Musketeers
Sport	Men's basketball
First meeting	February 20, 1920; Dayton 24, Xavier 18
Latest meeting	November 29, 2015; Dayton 61, Xavier 90
Statistics
All-time series	Dayton leads 84–74

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Xavier

Dayton

Locations of Dayton and Xavier

The Blackburn/McCafferty Trophy is the award given to the winner of regular season

Xavier University

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Origin of Competition

The first meeting between the two Catholic universities was a 24-18 victory by Dayton on February 20, 1920.^[1] The two schools have maintained an annual meeting since then, frequently meeting twice in one season. The series has been interrupted four times, most recently from 1943-45 due to World War II. Xavier held a commanding early lead in the series until Dayton won 61 of the next 74 games beginning in 1950. The rivalry between the two schools took on added significance beginning in the 1988-89 season when Dayton joined Xavier in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now the Horizon League) and again in the 1995-96 season when Dayton and Xavier joined the Atlantic 10 Conference. Dayton has not won against Xavier in Cincinnati since January 10, 1981, a streak that extends to 26 games. Through the 2014-15 season, Dayton leads the all-time series 84–74. Dayton holds the longest winning streak in the series, with 10 consecutive wins between 1972 and 1977. The longest streak in the Atlantic 10 belongs to both Xavier and Dayton for 150 meetings between the two. Starting in the 2013–14 season, the matchup is once again a non-conference rivalry, after Xavier left the A10 to become a member of the Big East Conference.

The Blackburn/McCafferty Trophy

In the 1980-81 season, the two schools began playing for the Blackburn/McCafferty Trophy during regular season meetings. Named for former Dayton coach

MVP is named for the game and scholarship money is raised for each university [1]

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Results

Rankings are from the

AP Poll

(1936–present)

Dayton victories	Xavier victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	February 20, 1920	November 29, 2015^L	Bay Lake, FL	No. 23 Xavier	90–61
Series: Dayton leads 85–76

Source [2]

Notes

^A1956 NIT Quarterfinals
^B1958 NIT Finals
^C1990 Midwestern Collegiate Conference tournament
^D1992 Midwestern Collegiate Conference tournament
^E2002 Atlantic 10 tournament
^F2004 Atlantic 10 tournament
^G2007 Atlantic 10 tournament
^H2008 Atlantic 10 tournament
^I2010 Atlantic 10 tournament
^J2011 Atlantic 10 tournament
^K2012 Atlantic 10 tournament
^L

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Game Most Valuable Players

Date	Most Valuable Player	Team
Jan 10, 1981	Mike Kanieski	Dayton
Feb 22, 1981	Mike Kanieski	Dayton
Dec 12, 1981	Kevin Conrad	Dayton
Dec 11, 1982	Roosevelt Chapman	Dayton
Feb 29, 1984	Victor Fleming	Xavier
Mar 3, 1985	Anthony Grant	Dayton
Feb 25, 1986	Walt McBride	Xavier
Dec 27, 1986	Anthony Corbitt	Dayton
Feb 27, 1988	Stan Kimbrough	Xavier
Feb 4, 1989	Stan Kimbrough	Xavier
Mar 4, 1989	Noland Robinson	Dayton
Feb 3, 1990	Jamal Walker	Xavier
Mar 3, 1990	Negele Knight	Dayton
Feb 17, 1991	Chip Jones	Dayton
Mar 2, 1991	Jamal Walker	Xavier
Jan 21, 1992	Aaron Williams	Xavier
Feb 29, 1992	Jamie Gladden	Xavier
Jan 16, 1993	Brian Grant	Xavier
Feb 13, 1993	Mark Poynter	Xavier
Jan 12, 1994	Steve Gentry	Xavier
Jan 29, 1994	Jeff Massey	Xavier
Dec 19, 1994	Larry Sykes	Xavier
Jan 27, 1996	Rodney Horton	Dayton
Feb 20, 1996	Gary Lumpkin	Xavier
Jan 7, 1997	Darnell Hoskins	Dayton
Feb 12, 1997	Torraye Braggs	Xavier
Jan 24, 1998	Ryan Perryman	Dayton
Mar 1, 1998	Torraye Braggs	Xavier
Jan 30, 1999	Coby Turner	Dayton
Feb 24, 1999	Lenny Brown	Xavier
Jan 11, 2000	David Morris	Dayton
Feb 2, 2000	Alvin Brown	Xavier
Jan 30, 2001	David West	Xavier
Mar 4, 2001	Yuanta Holland	Dayton
Jan 5, 2002	Romain Sato	Xavier
Jan 26, 2002	Lionel Chalmers	Xavier
Feb 8, 2003	David West	Xavier
Feb 22, 2003	David West	Xavier
Jan 31, 2004	Ramod Marshall	Dayton
Feb 21, 2004	Lionel Chalmers	Xavier
Feb 19, 2005	Marques Bennett	Dayton
Mar 5, 2005	Will Caudle	Xavier
Jan 28, 2006	Brian Thornton	Xavier
Feb 21, 2006	Norman Plummer	Dayton
Jan 27, 2007	Justin Doellman	Xavier
Feb 24, 2007	Drew Lavender	Xavier
Jan 24, 2008	Stanley Burrell	Xavier
Feb 24, 2008	Josh Duncan	Xavier
Feb 11, 2009	Chris Wright	Dayton
Mar 5, 2009	Dante' Jackson	Xavier
Jan 15, 2010	Jordan Crawford	Xavier
Feb 6, 2010	Chris Wright	Dayton
Jan 15, 2011	Tu Holloway	Xavier
Feb 27, 2011	Tu Holloway	Xavier
Jan 21, 2012	Kevin Dillard	Dayton
Feb 18, 2012	Tu Holloway	Xavier
Jan 31, 2013	Dee Davis	Xavier
Feb 15, 2013	Kevin Dillard	Dayton

References

^ "Men's Basketball ~ Official Athletic Site of UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON". Archived from the original on 2005-04-26. Retrieved 2005-11-03.
^ "2018-19 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). Amazon Web Services. Xavier Athletics. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

[1] "Men's Basketball ~ Official Athletic Site of UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON". Archived from the original on 2005-04-26. Retrieved 2005-11-03.

[2] "2018-19 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). Amazon Web Services. Xavier Athletics. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

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v t e Dayton Flyers men's basketball
Venues	Montgomery County Fairgrounds Coliseum (1903–1950) Thomas J. Frericks Center (1950–1969) UD Arena (1969–present)
Rivalries	Wright State Xavier
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

v t e Xavier Musketeers men's basketball
Venues	Fenwick Club (1919–1928) Schmidt Fieldhouse (1928–1983) Cincinnati Gardens (1949–1979; 1983–2000) Cintas Center (2000–present)
Rivalries	Cincinnati Dayton
Culture & lore	2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Big East Conference men’s basketball rivalries
Conference	Georgetown–St. John's Georgetown–UConn
Non-conference	City 6 Creighton–Nebraska Cincinnati–Xavier Dayton–Xavier Fordham–St. John's Marquette–Wisconsin Philadelphia Big 5 Providence–Rhode Island Rutgers–Seton Hall Saint Joseph's–Villanova Syracuse–UConn UConn–UMass