Kevin Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 You can check out the team's summer update here. We have included all the news and lineup notes from inside the team https://www.trainwrecksports.com/single-post/2019/08/30/UB-Basketball-Continues-to-Impress 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrabukes Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 They're going to be at the top of the MAC once again. 32 wins? Doubtful. MAC champs? I wouldn't bet against it. FYI - Gallion is missing in the "influx section". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Lunardi had Ball St repping the MAC in his latest bracketology. I love that we will be overlooked this season. And by overlooked I mean predicted to be top 4 in the MAC but not win it. Which is fine with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
121Merrimac Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 What, Nothing about Hemphill? Clickbait... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilzenFor3 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Honestly, I'm surprised we are not the MAC favorites again. Graves, Jordan, Williams, Segu and all of the new guys are really being slept on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UB05 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 National media really only sees that we lost our coach and starters. They don’t know or care how great our depth is because that requires work and research. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 2 hours ago, UB05 said: National media really only sees that we lost our coach and starters. They don’t know or care how great our depth is because that requires work and research. Agree. And I guess teams like Ball St and Toledo have guys from last year coming back. I’m ok with it. Let them sleep on us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchcountry7 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 You would think by now they would just default with UB being the best team in the league. We all know it is the safest bet. We are the flagship in the MAC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyRattlesnake Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Deeper 1-10? That seems optimistic, but I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrabukes Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 15 minutes ago, JoeyRattlesnake said: Deeper 1-10? That seems optimistic, but I like it. It sounds crazy, but doesn't sound impossible to me. Last year's "8" and "9" would've been presumably freshmen Williams and Segu, with "6" and "7" being Perk/Caruthers off the bench (even though no one would truly put Perk as a true bench guy). "#10" would've been Fagan or Brock, who truly had minimal at best playing time. This year, you've got Johnson, Graves, Jordan, Nickelberry, Hardnett, Mballa, Grant, Segu, Williams, Skogman/Brock. This isn't necessarily a rank order, but somewhat of the presumed lineup based on the original post of this thread. Based on that, it's not super far off depth-wise. Player for player, it could look like this: CJ - Johnson (we're all hoping for big things from Johnson, but this is a 4th year CJ, edge to CJ) Graves - Graves (edge to this year's version) Jordan - Jordan (edge to this year's version) Harris - Nickelberry (again, we all have high hoped for Nickelberry and I would be more than happy to get a push for this year) Perk - Mballa (this year, I'm definitely going with a 4th year Perk) McRae- Hardnett (without having played yet in college, we can't be sure, but could definitely use Hardnett to be a win here) Caruthers - Grant (not the same position, but Dontay brought us some huge things last year. Hoping for some nice things out of Grant, but giving the edge to #22) Williams - Williams - (edge to this year's version) Segu - Segu - (edge to this year's version) Fagan/Brock - Skogman/Brock (I'd probably take this year's) Breaking it down that way, it doesn't "seem" to be a crazy idea. What can't be assigned is the cohesiveness of last year's group, many of whom played together for at least 2 years. Many of this year's group is new and it may take time to get rotation, roles, understanding of each other. Regardless, it should be a very strong team and one that I greatly look forward to seeing play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UB85 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 On 9/1/2019 at 11:26 AM, dutchcountry7 said: You would think by now they would just default with UB being the best team in the league. We all know it is the safest bet. We are the flagship in the MAC. We were the stand out the last five years. Does that necessarily mean we are the flagship this year? Or the next five years? Unlikely I'd say, but let's give Jim a chance to keep the momentum going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, UB85 said: We were the stand out the last five years. Does that necessarily mean we are the flagship this year? Or the next five years? Unlikely I'd say, but let's give Jim a chance to keep the momentum going. Wut? To each his own but ... Some people just bleed negativity like it's part of their dna. The facts are; we have an exceptional recruitment group supplementing a very good returning group. And for most of us, yes, The Bulls are the flagship of the MAC and have earned it. To those in the Mac who think otherwise - prove it. Edited September 7, 2019 by blue too harsh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGBull Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Saw on instagram that Nickelberry has started practicing with the team. Any news on how he has been doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UB92 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 I saw this recently and thought I'd share. https://cbbreview.com/2019/08/21/q-a-with-buffalo-guard-jayvon-graves/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGBull Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Still no update on Mballa, I am assuming he is playing because he has his number on the website, but I never saw any official statement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, SGBull said: Still no update on Mballa, I am assuming he is playing because he has his number on the website, but I never saw any official statement. I like your optimism, but given the length of time with no official statement, my guess was his initial request was declined by NCAA and currently in an appeal process. As far as I can see, not a lot of transparency on the waiver process, so it is anyone's guess as to what criteria they are considering. Fingers crossed Mballa gets a waiver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynBull Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, DocCas86 said: 1 hour ago, SGBull said: Still no update on Mballa, I am assuming he is playing because he has his number on the website, but I never saw any official statement. I like your optimism, but given the length of time with no official statement, my guess was his initial request was declined by NCAA and currently in an appeal process. As far as I can see, not a lot of transparency on the waiver process, so it is anyone's guess as to what criteria they are considering. Fingers crossed Mballa gets a waiver. For what it is worth Mballa has a number on the roster, which Johnson did not have last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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