UBigbobby

I have to imagine that Oats is telling them to pound it inside and they're just completely ignoring him in favor of chucking up three after three that they're missing.

Worst half of the season? Or at least since last time we played CMU. They are extremely lucky to only be down by 5. CMU is playing fast, sharp, and agressive. Basically, they're out-UBing UB. Buffalo looks slow, passive, and just downright unfocused and asleep. Especially on defense which has been an absolute sieve. What, did they thing blowing out Akron won them the tournament and this is just an exhibition. They need to wake up or they will easily go down in the second half.

I like your style.

My god these refs and scorekeepers are an absolute mess lol.

Everyone should watch the video. Oats is very frank about the situation. Alnutt promised him a rec center was going to be built so Alumni could become athletics only and then be remodeled to reflect that. He told his agent to say no thanks to any interview offers that come in unless it's something truly special that he just can't say no to. We of course don't know what his standard is, but I think it's safe to say that schools like Illinois, Nebraska, etc aren't going to sway him.

Well 17 point lead, and only 1 Bull with 3 fouls (Jordan). Akron in much worse shape with Olojapoki and Utomi both with 4 fouls and Riak and Jackson with 3. Bulls need to get Perk out there and just keep going inside. Get Utomi and Olajapoki to both foul out. Will open up the lane bigtime.

Only thought on this game so far is that it's an embarrassment that the MAC lets this level of officiating happen on the conference tournament. A disgrace, and I'm saying this cheering for a UB team has overall come out better on the officiating side in this one.

I was really hoping when they got out to a nice lead that maybe the intensity of senior night would keep these guys awake and we wouldn't see the now patented UB "get out to a nice lead and then take the rest of the game off". Alas, it was not to be. Really, really worried that as good as this team is, if they try this in the NCAA tourney against a good team they will get BURIED.

Survived. Very low energy game. Just zombies for most of it.

MAC refs.

UB has had 0 penetration or half court offense other than just chuck up threes. They were hitting them before, they're not anymore, and no one seems to be able to figure it out. This may end up being their lowest energy game of the season. Just blah.

No one showing up when they need it. Team seems to be sleepwalking. Little energy.

It's like a script exists for UB conference games. Go up a bit, and then shut it down and go to sleep. Oh, we're up 12. We win, goodnight. Except there's 10 minutes left.

The MAC is one of the oldest conferences and has pretty much always been a mid-major. It's explicitly designed to be. The constituent schools and the conference administration have little interest in growing past a very good mid-major. For example, there was a proposal by some of the Gang of 5 conferences in football to add G5 conference winners to the BCS. The MAC president declined to support it.

Highly unlikely the Big Ten would entertain adding a program as established as UB, and the gulf in funding would be massive. Big East is a horrible fit for UB. The Big East is a basketball conference of private schools. UB is a major 30,000 student public. UB has also committed to staying FBS in football which the Big East is not. There is no fit there.

Survived. Glad to get a tough win on the road, but this game was like a checklist of all the problems this team has faced that Oats has been harping on.

I have a terrible, terrible feeling about this finish. Miami has ALL the momentum.

Baby Shaq Bam Bam has embarrassed Perkins in this one.

Perkin's defense tonight has been atrocious.

Are you using the right catheter?

Yup. He probably hasn't been impressed with UB getting handled Miami for 2/3 of that half and blowing an 18-0 lead lol.

Every team has cold stretches in a game, but this team's seem to be awfully long and awfully bad when they happen. They will get bounced in the first round of the NCAA if they keep doing this. You can't beat a good team this way.

These long stretches where the team loses focus and goes to sleep seem to happen most games and will absolutely kill them in March against a good team.

Ohio just beat BG. Ub closes this out and will be alone at the top of the league.

Damn straight it did. Need to carry that into the second, because 19 of the 20 minutes in this one was just terrible hoops all around for both teams.