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In these next 11 games, Massey has UB losing by just 5-10 pts on the road vs three Top 100 teams (JMU, Butler, Richmond) and winning by 1 at home vs St Bona (178) and WKU (147). I think we’d all be satisfied with those outcomes and a 7-6 record heading into MAC play, but it does seem a bit overly optimistic based on what we’ve seen so far.

The women are back at Alumni looking to stay undefeated at home against Big 4 NU. That was a tough road loss to ODU hard to over come a 2:1 foul call disparity by the refs, just awful officiating. They did themselves no favors by getting out rebounded, TOs, poor FTs(63%) and poor 3PT(18%) yet with 3min in the 4th it was a one possession game. Rana and the freshman Lewis-Williams kept them in the game offensively and even more importantly defensively. Rana's on ball pressure on the perimeter will have her in the top 5 steals in conference. Same can be said for Lewis-Williams perimeter D plus her size 5' 10" allowed her to switch and deny the post as well assist weakside help. Watson (2-8)and Ogden(0-6) both can't have off days at the same time. NU lost to a close one to Duquesne shot 55% from 3PT(11-20) I doubt Coach B allows that type of shooting performance on Tuesday. This should be a decisive win!

My expectations heading into the season were not high, but were a little more optimistic than most, 8 wins in MAC and a trip to Cleveland. That said, I agree with you, the focus is how the team develops throughout the year. UB will likely have Adams, Smith and Graham next season. If 2 or 3 of the other players develop to where they are solid contributors, and they add a couple of transfers, you could have a competitive team next year. Of course this is easier said than done.

Yes, this seems a bit more realistic for the OOC games (3-7 including the 2 games already played), then a 3-0 MAC start which might be a stretch. My expectations for this season remain low with the hope being that the team shows steady improvement and they overachieve

Adams just wasn't on his game early. He actually had two early turnovers. Then had his first foul at the 4.5 minute mark. Then sat out 3 minutes. Played only 45 seconds and then got his second foul at 8.5 minute mark when he was subbed out until 3 minute mark in the first half. Hard to get in a rhythm when you're only playing a few minutes at a time. Nice to see the deeper bench. Also nice to see an actual point guard carry the ball up the court.

Seems like something is off. Barttorvik makes a little more sense Although MOH will have Mirambeaux back so that one may be in jeopardy.

This may have been one of the worst weeks in UB Division 1 athletic history. Football loses at home to Ohio MBB loses 2 (FDU and South Alabama) WBB loses to ODU (credit for beating Canisius) Wrestling loses both dual meets at the Journeyman Volleyball gets swept at Bowling Green Swimming gets destroyed by Miami (OH)

It seems like former UB Bulls just cannot wait to meet Zach Wilson. Malcom Koonce got in on the fun last night.

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.