If the Flyers had to pick a flaw of last year's 27-8 team, lack of depth in the post would probably be a good place to start-just ask Kansas and Cole Aldrich.

 However, it appears that this year's team will count on its big men to be a strength for the team despite the loss of Charles Little to graduation.

 This year the Flyers welcome true freshman Matt Kavanaugh and redshirt freshman Josh Benson to an already extremely deep team.

 For Kavanaugh, the 6'9", 250 pound Centerville product, this season has been a long time coming. After committing his junior year of high school, Kavanaugh has been anxious to run out onto Blackburn Court.

 "It's been two years now, and finally getting here and wearing the Dayton jersey feels cool," Kavanaugh said. "It's good committing that early to get the pressure of recruiting off your chest, but it makes the wait that much longer."

 For Benson, the wait has been long but for different reasons.

 After being named an ESPN top 150 recruit for the 2008 class, Benson suffered a serious shoulder injury which forced him to have surgery and sit out his entire freshman season.

 "Yeah, I got hurt, but people had the right everything set out for me. The right trainers got me on my rehab and it was pretty much just a blessing in disguise," Benson said. "Sometimes you have to jump back to take two steps forward."

 Dayton will rely on the tandem of Benson and Kavanaugh to replace Little, UD's third leading scorer from a year ago. Add in junior Devin Searcy and senior Kurt Huelsman, and the Flyers have a pretty formidable front court.

 "Charles was definitely a big key for the rebounding side of the game, but Devin, Josh and I are all capable of filling that role," Kavanaugh said.

 Head coach Brian Gregory seems to have full confidence in his freshman duo.

 "Before it's all said and done those guys will have had really solid careers," Gregory said. "I think they bring a lot to the table for us and down the road could be a pretty dynamic inside punch and outside threat."

 With the addition of Kavanaugh and Benson to an already very deep team, the Flyers are looking for big things out of this year. For Benson, the goals are pretty simple.

 "Championship mentality," he said. "That's been our focus, we're trying to get a ring this year. We're tired of being second place, so it's time to get it going."