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  1. 2-1 in MAC. Who'd have thought that after losing to Canisius to open the season, or watching the D2 loss vs Mercyhurst? 6-1 in the last 7, what a turn around. If they go .500+ in MAC, she should win coach of the year hands down.
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  2. Hard not to like this team. They play hard and play big minutes. They just have no depth and have other lacking attributes as well, but considering it's literally a completely new team other than 1 player, it's a lot better than I anticipated. They will be competitive throughout the season as long as they don't get last night's men's officiating crew, as they can't afford a foul-fest game.
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  3. You really do wonder how much practice they put in on free throws?? Just sad on players that have played all their life and can’t improve on foul shooting.
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  4. The President of UB when football was dropped was not Robert Ketter. It was Martin Myerson, who went on to become President of the University of Pennsylvania. Acting President Peter F. Regan in charge on the day football was dropped. The decision to drop football was made by the people who funded football. The, students. Football was too warlike and the vote to drop football was in part an anti-war action. UB would not have dropped football as they had three games set to be on ABC that fall and lost all of the TV money. It was Robert Ketter who behind the decision to bring football back. when it was brought back it was still funded by the students. For the first few years the budget to run the entire program was $25,000.00 ($121412.08 in 2022 dollars according to the Minneapolis Federal Reserve's CPI calculator). When football was brought back all sports that had been at the Division I level were dropped to Division III except baseball which remained at Division I and ice hockey that remained at Division II. Within weeks to months there was already talk of trying to bring all UB teams back up to Division I. It took a while, but eventually it was completed. History lesson over for today.
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  5. Actually BSF, I think Coach Mo did that just because you suggested it.
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  6. Reggie-ball was the old style, work it around till you found THE shot you wanted. When Hurley came in, and Oates and Whitesell have kept this going, it's the modern idea of: up-tempo, hit them in transition, so you take way more shots than the other team, even if you miss a lot of them, statistically it works out better. And either go for layups (take turns driving to the net) or take 3's. It makes for a lot of ugly basketball at times; it absolutely BURIES opponents when you're shooting well; it's hard to set up rebounders underneath sometimes; when it works it's fast and entertaining. I think they are playing the way the style dictates. But yeah, I hear you, the team has been built around this style for years. I'm not saying go back to what it was before (this year's team plays that higher tempo a LOT better than the past couple years did). I will say that I love a good 2 point jump shot, beat that guy on the perimeter and instead of driving all the way, drain that 2. Then they have to guard you everywhere on the court. Driving to the net and getting fouled works too...provided you're hitting your foul shots. Foster seems best at going to the net, he hasn't been consistent from outside. Powell is all over the place with his intensity, in the end he has points and steals but there's an element of brute force about his game. I feel like Curtis is the one that can hit from anywhere - three's, jumpers, layups, floaters (he doesn't have the height for a classic Yassin Idbihi hook shot though 🙂 ). Last night, I think the outside shooting wasn't working, and it made them have to rely on driving to the net. Since they were drawing lots of fouls (THREE guys on the Deadhawks fouled out), this would've worked if they could've made their foul shots.
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  7. I agree, but geez, those that complain CONSTANTLY, don't even acknowlege when the team plays well. They just dig to find some part of the game to b!tch about.
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  8. Why is he leaving Coastal Carolina? i thought he was a legend there. Im ok with the portal guys opting out of Bowl games or if you’re someone like Bijan Robinson who is a sure fire 1st round pick and not in the CFB playoffs. But some of these players, like the UB guys who opted out to “prepare for the NFL draft” rubs me the wrong way. They will be lucky to play any pro football and they must not love the game that much.
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