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DAYTON — Many of the Dayton fans who could not make it to Salt Lake City for the NCAA game are packing watch parties here in the Miami Valley.

For the first time since 2017, the Dayton Flyers are in the NCAA Tournament.

“It’s really exciting obviously. It hasn’t happened when I’ve been here, so it’s been really fun. And it just has, like, a big, exciting energy on campus,” University of Dayton Junior Reilly Walsh said.

Walsh and her roommate Maggie Worthington, also a Junior at UD, got to Milano’s on Brown Street four hours before tip-off for Dayton’s Tournament game against Nevada, just to get a seat.

“So we’re we’re prepared to camp out. Especially since we can’t be at the game, it’s nice just to be around the Dayton community. And, you know, it’s just fun,” Worthington said.

In Washington Township, the ownership at Geez Grill and …