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I’ll tell my future children about the day Davonta Jordan went 4/4 from the FT line

Good solid team win against a decent team with an elite player. This team continues to grow and defend like their lives depends on it. I love the effort I saw from Buffalo today. They are making the opposing team uncomfortable with the effort on the defensive end. Bulls had 15 steals today which is a testament to that defense. 22 assists on the offensive end, sure does make the offense flow when we share the ball like this. We out rebounded them 34 to 30. If we shoot the ball well, rebound and play defense, this team is going to be difficult to beat. I would have liked to see us shoot the ball better from the line (50% in this game). We need to improve there or it will come back and and hurt us in a close game. I would also like to see us limit the turnovers a bit more as well (15 in this game). A good day for the Bulls, watching this team grow is going to be fun. Looking back I think that early season home loss to Dartmouth will end up being a moment we look back on and say we were glad it happened at that time, as it was a wake up call to this team and has set the tone moving forward for this team. I really like what I see from Coach Whitesell so far this season. He looks in control of this team and has the Bulls playing hard. These kids clearly really want to succeed for him. I love some of the plays he comes up with out of timeouts. Those will be helpful in a close game at some point this season. I liked the rotations tonight, I thought they flowed well and made more sense. I thing both the coaching staff and the players are beginning to understand all of the players roles and their responsibilities. MBalla-He did a good job of limiting his fouls. I saw a few plays where he has typically thrown his body in over the first few games and he restrained in this game and avoided the fouls. Josh avoiding foul trouble will be something he will need to do all season long. Josh rebounded the ball well and I thought he did a good job fronting Knight and limiting his touches. Josh has great anticipation and is a great help defender. This kid is going to be a stud, buckle up bulls fans we have some fun years ahead. Williams-Another solid game from him. I only took exception to one of his three pointers. The rest of the game he attacked off the dribble and was in control and composed. He is so strong going to his left. He recognized a mismatch tonight and exploited it off the dribble. I thought his defense and offensive rebounding was impressive as always. He is so long and causes a lot of deflections on the defensive end. Graves-I enjoyed seeing him not settle for jumpers tonight. He too saw a mismatch and exploited it. I have not seen a team able to keep the Bulls from attacking the rim off the dribble and Graves showed us a lot of that tonight. If that dunk over Knight goes down we are in sportscenter top 10 no doubt. Graves rebounded the ball well again and his defense was spot on. When he defends like this, the offense almost always comes to him. Graves is growing into the MAC POTY in front of us and I am loving it. Johnson-settled for a few ill advised jumpers early, but finished going hard to the basket aggressively looking to score and get to the line. He is a mush better player when he plays with this mentality. He is a slasher and that is how he should play every game. Jumpers need to remain option 2 for him. I thought this was his best defensive game, he needs to continue to grow in that department. I still think Segu needs to be starting in his place. Jordan-was 4 for 4 from the free throw line, that was exciting to see. He shot them with confidence. His defensive ball pressure was the difference in the game. He made whoever he was covering uncomfortable and took the ball from them regularly resulting in an easy basket for the Bulls. Jordan is going to be a huge part of this team this year. The Bulls will go as far as Graves and Jordan can take us. I love seeing him get his opportunities on offense after years of setting up others. Grant-I thought his rebounding was mush better tonight. He also shot the ball better and seemed to play with a lot of confidence. He is a spot up shooter, and when on he really spreads the floor for this team taking a big away from the basket. Hardett-again was forced to cover a player that is a mismatch for him in the post. I thought he did a decent job despite the fouls. He sets a great screen on the top and the Bulls used it to perfection tonight. This kid will continue to grow and get better with the more minutes he gets. I enjoyed the halftime interview getting to know him. He seems like a fun kid with a great attitude and seems to fit into this team very well. Segu-He was composed and poised tonight. The game seems to have slowed down for him and I really liked his decision making tonight in this game. He did not force anything and was always in control. His ability to knock don the open shot have made him a very dynamic player that can beat u an several ways. His effort on defense is inspirational as well. I see s HUGE season for this kid moving forward. Nickleberry-His rebounding off the bench along with Grant are very much needed. He made several great passes and smart decisions with the ball tonight. I hope he is getting more comfortable and starting to figure things out. I think his minutes continue to grow as the season goes along. Gallion/Skogman-I love the emotions and excitement they both show on the bench. Clearly both of these kids are well liked and love this program. Buffalo has a bright future with these two. A great team win with many great things to take away from this game. These games are getting us prepared to play the MAC season that will be much tougher than people anticipate this season. I am loving what I see from this team and I cannot wait for Tuesday and a chance to play Vanderbilt. GO Bulls!

I'll echo Squire here - that was fun. They're still a work in progress but showing some of that progress. Those interior guys Knight and Van Vliet were a challenge but the Bulls never really lost control of this one. Even in the second half when they started slow, they got some big 3's from Graves. They moved the ball around well today, got some assists, though if anything I thought they gave up some baskets inside and in the lane too easily. Need to tighten that up. Jordan - kinda quietly had a lot of points, but he's the leader of this team. He still gets sloppy with the ball sometimes, though he's obviously really fired up afterwards to make amends for it. Graves - he's the go-to guy and he made some big 3's that kept the Bulls in control Mballa and Hardnett - a tough matchup today inside, hopefully some lessons learned against Knight. Nickelberry - a couple nice assists, a good contribution off the bench, positive to see Segu - what I love is how he's not the highly rated recruit who's too cool for school, he's putting the effort in on defense and that shows really well for his character, because someday soon he'll be running the show out there. Williams - some positive signs, willing to use that length to good effect. Grant and Johnson - their shooting is warming up a little. Having a few more guys to work in off the bench is going to help down the line. W&M - they didn't roll a lot of guys, they wanted to create that matchup problem inside and they were able to since their big guys didn't get in foul trouble. Knight is a tough player to matchup against on offense, but as Squire said, he doesn't play defense too tough (probably to stay out of foul trouble). Crowd - no students or band, which meant the atmosphere was pretty tame on a Saturday afternoon. But a nice showing by the rest of the arena, and no problem getting out of the lots afterwards. Today was about all you could ask for in an early season non conference game.

That was entertaining. Loved two bounce passes that Nickelberry dished for layups. Good to see Johnson and Grant shoot well. Knight was great on offense...not much of a defender. Would someone else please select different music and play it a little softer? I can’t take it! Agree with earlier post: Hardnett had some good defensive stops against Knight.

DePauls looking very good this year, if we come away with a win then we should be able to ride that momentum into conference play. I thought we handled W&M’s height rather well this game. My main takeaway from this one however is that this team is learning quickly and there weren’t any head scratching moments in this one where we gave up multiple offensive rebounds in a row. Showed flashes of the potential this team has Also Hardnett May not have filled up the stat sheet but he did his job very well in this one which is to give Mballa valuable rest time. His time will come but not until we get a true 5 so that he isn’t forced into a role he isn’t meant to be in

Javon just having himself a game

I have to say its been a fun low keyish type year. Last year was a bit frustrating at times knowing the teams potential but I didnt have much expectation overall coming into this season. But 7-5 with some really nice wins and hopefully/should be a bowl on top of it. And yeah the Kent finish was awful but the way they responded, especially Patterson with 11 TDs over the final 2 games made me completely over that fast. The rushing attack was incredible. I never thought I would have fun watching a team that ran the ball this much but so many exciting runs for Patterson and Marks.

Nice preview agree with most your points there. Just hope your right about Johnson, been a big disappointment so far, 30% from the field not gonna cut it. I think he turns it around eventually, but it better happen soon- not so much for this game, but for the two following it we will need him to perform if we going to come out with wins. Williams also looked good last game, hopefully shows some more consistency there.

Shouldn't drunk-post. P.S. #26 is incredible today.

Whoa! Nearly the exact same words I hear at home if I mention the Bowl Projections. I wonder why.

Do you realize your program hasn’t been remotely relevant since probably 1971? Just making sure you’re caught up on the times since news might get to Olean slowly.