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A lot of fans were fine making the CBI or CIT year in and year out. Now that we’ve tasted the big leagues it would be tough to go back.

Who would’ve thought a win against San Fran would be our “best” win so far? I’ve said this before and I’ll repeat it...from now until conference tournament time (aside from the few who know what we can do) the only time we will be talked about is if we lose. Hopefully the MAC is stronger that way it keeps us and the conference relevant. But my fear is that even if we win we will barely stay in the polls. And one loss will most likely take us out completely. All that said win the MAC tournament and leave nothing to chance. Oh and could Syracuse, WVU and SIU wins some games. How disappointing is WVU?

Ahhh yes, CBSSN - the network that refuses to stream so nobody under the age of 50 can watch. I can't wait to go to an empty New England bar at 9pm to ask if they'll turn on a MAC basketball game.

Yes it would be tough to go backwards. Let’s face it with the mid major level for a lot of teams they can be very good for a number of years. When they lose a number of their impact players and are not able to replace them with more impact players they can take a step back. Case in point is both Niagara and Canisius lost their impact player or players and have not been able to overcome that sometimes for a variety of reasons. As far as Reggie years at UB it is hard sometimes to separate emotions from reality and facts when making judgements on a coach or a team. We had some successful and exciting years but he could not get us to the next level. He was not a good game day coach who would not make adjustments during a game. We still talk about the Ohio MAC game in Cleveland when Ohio made a big time comeback and Reggie never called a timeout until it was too late. His offense has really not changed over the years and he still does to this day take a hot player out of a game and sometimes does not put him in for many many minutes. Again not a Reggie hater at all but it was just time for a change and here we are today. Again hope for success for all our local teams but especially for our Bulls. Go Bulls!!!!

That’s why they play the games and all the talk before a game really is just the hype for the game. Case in point CJ’s 43 against WVU. If he does not score that many points would we still have won or who else on the team would have come through for us. From a team standpoint you just have to keep winning games no matter who you are playing and let the rankings take care of themselves.

And what a difference it makes when teams play on a neutral court (NCAA tourney). UB can beat almost anyone on a neutral court. The trick is winning 3 or 4 in a row (at least).