skrabukes

"NIL" is simply another word for buying players. These guys/gals are simply pros now. The idea of "amateur" is long gone within college athletics. Those with the most $$ will win over time. They'll become the Yankees, dodgers, etc, while we'll not even be the Pirates, but will be closer to the Bisons, sadly. Since there is no salary cap, it's nothing less than a free for all at the schools with the deepest pockets of donors.

5 turnovers in the first 2:30 of the 2nd half. Seriously? That's grammar school stuff. I don't know how that can be explained. They have countless turnovers in the backcourt today. That's inexcusable for a d1 team. Thank goodness I have to get back to work and I can stop watching this! Happy Thanksgiving all.

I have to be honest. I don't care about the metrics. Do the following, please: Play defense, hard and as a team Crash the boards Stop turning the freaking ball over Do those 3 and it will be a bearable and watchable experience. Even if they shot 15% a game, I could at least watch that team and not be embarrassed.

Spot on. No D. Turnovers city. Just running around. No fire. Nothing. I've never seen d1 teams give up such easy baskets possession after possession. A missed switch, not moving your feet happens, but literally not every possession. These guys are wide open, both under the basket and outside. It's crazy. Is it possible to have the worst D and highest turnover % in D1 on the same team? This is absolutely trending towards it. I'm just shaking my head here as I watch this. It's like watching a very, very bad high school team that is coached by the social studies teacher in their last year of teaching versus the top team in the region. I said "over 3.5" Mac wins the other day. Boy was I wrong.

Last 4 years: 70-49 - JW 78-47 - Boals One is talked about like a king on here, one was talked about like a chump at every turn. Again, while nowhere near Nate (neither are close), the team was respectable every year. If last year's team played the soft schedule of this year's team, they'd have been close to 20 wins. Instead, they played Colgate, JMU, Uconn, Drake, Tulane, WVU, Michigan State. We can compare things in all sorts of ways, but the days of top 25 are looking to be long gone, never to return. Previously, we were at least able to watch the game without desiring putting on a brown paper bag over our faces. Sadly, football is looking that way too, 14-22 in the last 3 years.

I love the announcers calling for Louisiana to have the big break out game out of the losers from today's game. Who's their opponent? Seems like a reasonable guess based on the last 2 games I've witnessed!

It's not a knee jerk game. Last game was worse than this one, but there still is some talent there. It's still not far from the late 90s/early 00s teams however. Man for man, this team is better than 1999 (Cohane's last full season, 3 MAC wins), 2000 (Reggie's 1st), 2 MAC wins, but not nearly as good as 2001 (the big 4 recruiting class year, 7 MAC wins). That 2001 team versus 2000 versus now: Darcel Williams, Lou Campbell, Rob Brown, Battle, Clem Smith, Bortz, Davis Lawrence, Gilbert, Bird, Cagwin, (Big) Swoffer, Joe Veal 2000: Rob Brown, Lou Campbell, Jason Robinson, Damien Foster, Lawrence, Cagwin, Smith, Swoffer, Libomi, Alston, Rainey, Duane Williams (from the football team), Walcott, Adam Johnson (also from the football team) 2023: Adams, Chatman, Fulcher, Smith, Sabol, Boldin, Jones, Williamson, McVeigh, Wilson At least we haven't raided the football team (yet) for players. The bench is pretty short though. I believe you were one of the loudest yelling for JW's head (along with Erie County who has disappeared now). His teams were respectable, while nowhere near Nate's teams, and never were going to be anywhere near Nate's teams. While far from perfect, it was a solid team every year, pushing for double digit MAC wins each year. This is a far, far cry from that.

There is some talent there. There's no way they get 3 or less wins in the MAC, unless the veteran players completely check out/leave mid-season.

I'd bet the over on this. Even as ugly as watching this is. I still contend that last game was worse. 28 turnovers against a bad D2 team, including 3 - 30 second violations, including the first possession off the tip. Think back to a few years ago. I'd bet my house that Montell McRae would've had a back door screen alley-oop dunk for possession one against that team. This year's version takes a 30 second violation. That was the end of that game for me.

As I look at this message, I can still hear a member of this board yelling "Fire Cohane" frequently at the games.

They won't get anywhere near 125, but we won't be anywhere near their final score tonight. I'm not sure I'd go that far. It's pre-Battle/Bortz/Gilbert/Bird days for sure.

Good thing everyone is happy JW is gone.

These guys are having fun at our expense.

Adams had 2 early fouls. To think that a coach would not be trying to win is ridiculous at best. While the game sucked, in pretty much every way, there's no way they weren't trying to win. Sadly, after Monday's extremely entertaining game, I got my hopes up for another one, but was unfortunately put back in my place while watching this snoozer. The 2nd half felt like the late 90s/early 2000s UB teams where they had already lost the game, down a ton and then ran wild all over the place and tightened the game a little, making it look at least slightly respectable. I dread the thought of being back to those days, but unfortunately here we are. This South Alabama team was not a strong one, but we made them look good with some very sloppy play and a few of our top players really having an off day. It was nice to see some of the younger guys get in the game, but they have a long way to go before being ready to compete with the middle and up MAC teams in a month or so. Sadly, once they develop, who knows if they'll still be here, or go the same route as Skogman, Jones, Jack and others. The women's team didn't fare any better in their game today. UB went 0-2 in this conference challenge. We are way, way closer to the 25 years ago teams on both sides, than the last 10 year's versions. I wish Calvin Cage could suit up. He has the fire on the bench and surely could still knock those 3's down. Back to the arena in a couple of days. We'll see what happens.

My thoughts on tonight's men's game: FDU is way, way better than #309 No UB band/dance team for the home opener under a new coaching staff is ridiculous UB played MILES better in this game than the Daemen game This game was extremely entertaining, win or lose The 3 top returners from last year's team (Adams, Jo, Sy) were very good tonight The crowd actually was decent, but light on students, especially for an opener If every game is like as fun to watch as this one, I'll enjoy watching them all, even if the team takes L's Nice comeback win by the women. They are lean, much like the men with their depth. They look a lot like last year's team, 2 strong players, very light bench. Winning game #1 is always a plus. Canisius is no powerhouse though. Lots of work to do, but a win is a win.

1 - I hope that it will be better, but our non-league schedule seems very lean, so I'm not sure that it will be, unless our league record is better than I anticipate. They could realistically win 5 games in November and I'm not sure it'd move the needle of the ranking too much based on the schedule strength (I think). December is surely much more daunting. For now, I'll say worse. 2 - Worse (Only those top 2 matter in my eyes, but I'll try my best on the rest). 3 - Worse 4 - Worse 5 - Better (for our top 3 scorers, not necessarily the 3 named players) 6 - Better (I hope) (Complete guesswork now...) 7 - Worse 8 - Better 9 - Better 10 - Worse I hope to be very, very wrong on #1 & 2, especially #2. I really don't want to be in the 9-12 seed come March. We'll see what happens from the men and women starting on Monday. It sure would be nice to come away with 2 wins and have a nice crowd. I'm not sure I'd bet on either, but I will surely be there in 2 days supporting the squads. Go Bulls.

He certainly went 4 for 4 with those hires, and not even really singles, but multiple home runs!

This guy deserves a statue at Kansas. Very impressive job!

The 4 state workers guarded each lot entrance as if it was Fort Knox. Had to make sure the 1000 people in attendance parked in the proper lots. Much like the attendants in the green shirts who kicked numerous people out of the 100 level seats into the endzones, for the scrimmage. Way to make those students feel welcome (likely in their first game attended), even though 101-105 was maybe 1/3 filled at the most.

I sure hope some of the guys in the warm-ups can play, otherwise it's going to be a long season. Fulcher is definitely fast. Maybe even Ceaser fast, but also a bit bigger and stronger, which is a plus (he was fun at times though for sure). Boldin will bring something to the table. Sy is solid as advertised. We have a very lean bench based off of today, again, hopefully some of those not suited up will be for the opener.

I must've attended a different game.

If Grant hadn't gotten tossed for a targeting call in the Fordham game, this team is likely 4-4 and in a far greater position to get to 6 wins. He's definitely a good player and seems to be a stud athlete overall. Finishing up 3-1 is going to be a challenge, 2-2 would've been far more reasonable. We'll see what happens, every game starts at 0-0.

The AA is open for business Chet.

My tickets were automatically renewed in early October. I haven't received my parking passes however.

Nice, 2 players that UB developed but couldn't afford to keep.