Gem City Jam

Gem City Jam
	Dayton Flyers Wright State Raiders
First meeting	March 5, 1988; University of Dayton, 89–71
Latest meeting	December 13, 1997; University of Dayton, 94–63
Next meeting	TBD
Trophy	Gem City Jam Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total	8
All-time series	Dayton leads, 5–3
Largest victory	Dayton, 94–63 (1997)
Longest win streak	Dayton, 3 (1995–1997)
Current win streak	Dayton, 3 (1995–1997)

Last updated May 03, 2024

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Locations of UD and Wright State

The Gem City Jam is a college basketball rivalry between the University of Dayton Flyers and the Wright State University Raiders.

Series origins

The Dayton Flyers team is a regional basketball power with a long tradition of excellence going back to the early 20th century. UD is proud to represent the leaders and elite of Dayton. Few fan bases in the country rival Dayton's for passion and ticket sales.^[2]

Wright State basketball is a much younger program, playing its first basketball in the 1970s. Wright State built a scrappy fan following at the Division II level with fast, aggressive teams and its 1983 National Championship.

The coaches and administrations for both schools enjoyed close relationships leading to UD making a verbal agreement to play the suburban school once they moved to Division I.^[3]^[4]

Series suspension

Despite having a winning record in the series, UD has declined to renew the contest each year since the 1997–98 season. This change in posture resulted from new administration coming to power at UD that did not think as highly of the cross-town institution. Without an official reason for the suspension in the series, many theories have been offered in the press and around town. Due to the dramatic social gulf between the elite private school student body and the working class state school, a considerable amount of resentment has grown around this decision.

The Dayton Daily News and other local media have called annually for a renewal of the contest as a Dayton civic asset.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Wright State remains optimistic that the series will continue.^[11]

Game results

Dayton victories	Wright State victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	March 5, 1988	UD Arena	Dayton	89–71
2	January 6, 1990	UD Arena	Wright State	101–99
3	December 11, 1993	UD Arena	Dayton	83–56
4	January 8, 1994	Nutter Center	Wright State	77–65
5	December 10, 1994	Nutter Center	Wright State	74–53

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
6	December 9, 1995	UD Arena	Dayton	98–80
7	January 9, 1997	Nutter Center	Dayton	72–63
8	December 13, 1997	UD Arena	Dayton	94–63
Series: Dayton leads 5–3^[1]

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References

1 2 "UD basketball history". sports-reference.com.
↑ "NCAA Men's Basketball Attendance". NCAA. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
↑ Abrahamowicz, Dan; Brown, Jim (26 January 2018). "Jim Brown Interview". Wright State University Retirees Association Oral History Project. Wright State Libraries. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
↑ Albers, Bucky (December 8, 1995). "Jam rivalry in its infancy". Dayton Daily News. Vol. 119, no. 92. Cox Media. p. 4D.
↑ "Gem City Jam, the forgotten rivalry". WSU Guardian. 11 September 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
↑ "SPORTS DAILY: Make Dayton great again, revive Gem City Jam". Dayton Daily News. 16 March 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
↑ "What if UD and Wright State played this year in a Gem City Jam?". Dayton Daily News. 19 January 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
↑ "The ball is in UD's court for reviving the Gem City Jam with Wright State. Will the Flyers accept the challenge?". Jeff Louderback. 8 April 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
↑ "VOICES: It's time to bring back the Gem City Jam". dayton.com. 23 March 2022.
↑ "Kinner's latest ESPN 30 for 30 – "Gem City Jam"". wingam.com. 17 November 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
↑ "History of Raider basketball — the Gem City Jam". Wright State University. 8 March 2018.

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[source1-1] 1 2 "UD basketball history". sports-reference.com.

[2] "NCAA Men's Basketball Attendance". NCAA. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[3] Abrahamowicz, Dan; Brown, Jim (26 January 2018). "Jim Brown Interview". Wright State University Retirees Association Oral History Project. Wright State Libraries. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[4] Albers, Bucky (December 8, 1995). "Jam rivalry in its infancy". Dayton Daily News. Vol. 119, no. 92. Cox Media. p. 4D.

[5] "Gem City Jam, the forgotten rivalry". WSU Guardian. 11 September 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[6] "SPORTS DAILY: Make Dayton great again, revive Gem City Jam". Dayton Daily News. 16 March 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[7] "What if UD and Wright State played this year in a Gem City Jam?". Dayton Daily News. 19 January 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[8] "The ball is in UD's court for reviving the Gem City Jam with Wright State. Will the Flyers accept the challenge?". Jeff Louderback. 8 April 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[9] "VOICES: It's time to bring back the Gem City Jam". dayton.com. 23 March 2022.

[10] "Kinner's latest ESPN 30 for 30 – "Gem City Jam"". wingam.com. 17 November 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[11] "History of Raider basketball — the Gem City Jam". Wright State University. 8 March 2018.

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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 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

v t e Wright State Raiders men's basketball
Venues	WSU Physical Education Building (1970–1990) Nutter Center (1990–present)
Rivalries	Dayton
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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 national championship in bold

Statistics
Dayton Flyers Wright State Raiders
First meeting	March 5, 1988 University of Dayton, 89–71
Latest meeting	December 13, 1997 University of Dayton, 94–63
Next meeting	TBD
Trophy	Gem City Jam Trophy
Meetings total	8
All-time series	Dayton leads, 5–3^[1]
Largest victory	Dayton, 94–63 (1997)
Longest win streak	Dayton, 3 (1995–1997)
Current win streak	Dayton, 3 (1995–1997)