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Don’t worry guys, our better Kenpom ranking will win this one for us

Okay Wolfy lmao whatever you say As I stated previously, your reading comprehension skills aren’t very good. Go ahead and look back at my comments. I said the wins in Cleveland count as well as the wins in the tournament, however I understand your reasoning for selectively picking and choosing certain lines to back up your flawed rhetoric.

I wish I could like this multiple times

I included Cleveland too, I agree with what you mean but at the end of the day if a team that’s ranked #6583737 on Kenpom wins the whole tournament then who the hell cares about their Kenpom ranking? Defending this underperforming coach by pointing out rankings isn’t acceptable. Where Oats left the program, we should’ve made an aggressive hire to keep the momentum rolling. Being fine with going from one of the top mid majors in the country to returning to where we were at the beginning of Oat’s tenure is laughable in my opinion. We should be taking steps forward and progressing and capitalizing, not repeating a cycle because then that would be we are capped and can’t get any better than the best we’ve ever been. I don’t do participation trophies or merit points because a coach is doing similar to how another did at the same point as the previous coach. You either lose your coach due to them doing really well and choose to capitalize on that success and launch yourself forward or you lose a coach due to underperforming and have to rebuild

No, my behavior is perfectly acceptable. However there are ulterior motives on your end as well. Rankings mean absolutely nothing. The only numbers that matter are the numbers in the win column and the numbers in the loss column. After these two numbers the only other number that matters is how many wins we get in Cleveland followed by wherever we play in the Dance. Go ahead and take comfort in your projected numbers and don’t at all be upset with the lack of momentum that could’ve been capitalized on after Oat’s departure.

Jesus Christ you love numbers dude who the hell cares? We just lost to a team that was ranked worse than us the rankings don’t mean anything

You clearly can’t read very well. I WENT to SBU which is the only reason I would attend one of their games. That also was nowhere near the full capacity of that arena. I’m also in that video

I’m gonna let you in on a funny secret, well over half of that crowd left that game at halftime. Source: I was literally there. They may not have made the big dance after 2016 but they were still good and their coach was hired away as proof of that. Compare it to when UB was at their peak. Arena sold out every game, standing room only and well over doubled the attendance of SBU in their best year. You comparing UB to SBU is laughable and I wouldn’t be surprised if you never set foot on that campus. It’s completely a commuter school and is depressing. They are halfway out on Long Island so, no, they don’t have the NYC metro area draw. They’re in a quiet little Long Island town. I speak from experience and eyewitness to this, you speak from numbers. Those are not the same and don’t ever compare UB to SBU

Oh and there’s a very good reason why the activity of this fan board has declined since Oats left. I wonder why?

I’m going to stop you right there. I truly hope people read this and don’t selectively pick and choose lines from it to have opinions on. Also, admins- please do not alter this comment as it has no profanity and this is a discussion board for fans of the program to discuss the program. This will be a lengthy response. Also, dutchcountry, I’m not sure if you’re well-studied, making pure assumptions, or if you yourself are a staff member of one of the athletic programs but you listed some info in your responses that for us fans would be ....very hard info to come across through research. I went to Stony Brook at the beginning of my collegiate career. They are located in Long Island. If you are unaware, their proximity to New York City and its surplus of professional teams means that their (SBU’s) sports are supported less than local high school teams are. Their student sections are non-existent at games and the only game where there was a respectable sized one was homecoming... and even then, that was only because local fighter Chris Algieri was making an appearance at the game ahead of his fight with the legendary Manny Pacquiao. The best part? All of the students left at halftime. The school’s students have zero interest in their sports programs. Stony Brook had a very nice run recently with their men’s basketball program. The result of which was them losing their coach through a PROMOTION to.....Ohio of the “prestigious” MAC conference. Nobody at SBU cared, and it got zero publicity. When they were at their peak, the arena didn’t sell out games and there were barely any students. (Source: my own two eyes). The UB men’s basketball program is coming off of the best season in its entire history, right after having its best season the season before that. They one-upped their best season ever with an even better one. That combination of seasons not only launched UB into the national spotlight, it led to its greatest coach ever being poached by Alabama. A move that, as a fan, I hated and felt like I got punched in the gut but simultaneously a promotion that he absolutely deserved. It shows with his current performance at Alabama. In addition to it making us one of the more relevant non-P5 programs, comparable to the SDSUs, BYUs, etc- it also showed the country and this fan base what this school is capable of. Nate Oats brought this program to heights that we could’ve only ever dreamed of. There were serious discussions about how the arena may have needed to be expanded if success like that continued. Coaching makes or breaks a team completely. Coach Calipari of Kentucky does not win National Titles despite having NBA farm team rosters every year. This is because he is a good recruiter and businessman but not a great coach. Nate Oats is both an excellent recruiter and fantastic coach. What did this school do to replace the loss of the best coach this school has ever had? They promoted from within. A move that in the past worked because the coach that got promoted was a legendary high school coach with a history of winning at the highest level. However the promotion from within wasn’t their young, star-in-the-making assistant coach Jamie Quarles. They hired a fantastic assistant coach with a lackluster history as a head coach. My point with this response is to point out that we have seen what this school is capable of athletically speaking. It’s fantastic and exciting. We have the size of the other flagship athletic schools in the country and have shown flashes of pure athletic potential. That momentum, which is CRUCIAL for a mid major program, is now dead. We have an athletic director that was fortunate enough to come in to a school that had 3 fantastic coaches already in place. (Leipold, Jack, and Oats) When it was time for him to do his job and continue the success, he did not execute. Keeping the roster together would have been a smart move if we weren’t graduating one of the most amazing senior classes in college basketball history. The fans on this board are frustrated. They have every right to be. I know life-long fans that in previous seasons would have donated a kidney to attend these games with the level they were playing at. These same fans sat through the Reggie era and continued to be die hard fans. Now they don’t want to pay the money to have a cut out picture of themself in the arena because they’re disheartened and upset with the direction the program has gone in. That is huge. We can list Kenpom ratings until our hands fall off but the reality of that is we got absolutely embarrassed by a team that was ranked worse than us by those same ratings. Our players are not executing, they don’t have energy, they play without structure and without discipline and that comes directly from the coach.

Not to be that guy but the refs are doing their best to keep it close

Worth noting as well, Malik has been very optimistic lately and the team has stood by his side through the whole ordeal. He will have his chance to prove his innocence/self defense claim and if found that he acted in self defense fully expect him to be re-rostered as well

Mr. Keishawn Brewton has had his waiver approved and is available immediately. Expect him to start tomorrow

Get rid of Alnutt and Whitesell, bring in an aggressive AD. Hire John Beilein

I’m not going to say my opinion on what happened because I’ll get crucified for it on here but somethings gotta change

They play different positions and Savion has more fouls than points this season

First, UB was the favorite to win by a range of 9.5-11 points. Second, those “big wins” came against a non D1 opponent and a D1 opponent that may as well be a D2 team. Don’t call other fans on here clueless when one of your major talking points was incorrect.

If our starters can remain healthy and play like starters should plus getting the contribution from the bench players that we’ve gotten in this game we’ll do well this year. Maybe this game could be what Nickelberry needed to wake up

Ran some quick diagnostics on that site, do not use that link unless you enjoy Trojan horse and root kit viruses lol

He seemed to be struggling a little

Skogman is available, but still adjusting to the D1 speed. Good offensively but a liability defensively

UB grabs their 73rd O Board this game continuing where they left off last year

Brock looks great out there. Also Towson realizes they have to grab rebounds right?

Stream quality is better than I expected. Commentators think Western Kentucky is in the MAC though

Thank you. One of the wooden chairs in the gym that had the leg snap off during the fight to be exact.