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Woah a lot to digest here:

17 hours ago, promotherobot said:

Watching the crowd on TV my guess is most of the non-student fans look like older alums who are getting their school spirit rekindled. And that's great. But we also need area kids to get invested. They are your future fans.

 

Tons of kids have been going to the games. A baby sits behind me in my seasons and they always have kids play basketball at halftime. If anything, MORE kids have been coming out this season. I am not disagreeing with your statement about older alums, we are getting those too. As we can tell with a 6,177 crowd without students. 

17 hours ago, promotherobot said:

Also, we need to get Bulls swag into the Wegman's stores and Walmarts.

They do. It might not be right in the front but they sell them. Usually in the sections close to the registers after your purchase. It has been there since 2010 (when I moved to Buffalo). How do I know? I bought a shirt there. They do need to get it out more but it goes back to RMA point about licensing 

14 hours ago, rma said:

just not a fan of DJs at live sporting events 99% of the time

I agree with you here until last game. If they have a guy who is a little better at hyping a crowd, I can see it as a huge success. That is how you get the public into it. I noticed they tried it last game against Miami. They had the DJ come out to the main floor and try to hype people up. But I swear all he kept on saying was "Let's Get It". This is where you get a Let's Go Buffalo going. (Go to a Bandits game where they do an amazing job with a DJ getting you into the game. "Whats he got???")

12 hours ago, bull_trojan said:

So lets keep our games intimate and keep the value high. UB games become a privilege. If we could get our games off ESPN+ and on in all the local bars that would help.

 

THIS! This is what we should be striving for within the next 2 or 3 years. Once we reach this, then we can go to Keybank (who knows it might have a different name by then). No person will say, "I couldn't go to a UB game, therefore I will never go." If anything, it makes them want to go to a game more. 

Go Bulls

2 hours ago, Jeseph said:

So, we all know Harris has (yet again) turned it on big time for MAC play... see:

 

 

But I don't think enough can be said about the play of Dontay Caruthers. He just plays so hard in every game. He doesn't always fill up the scoring but he has countless hustle plays and is, IMO, our best all around defender. He's also starting to stack up a reel of highlight dunks! In a lot of ways I think this team hinges on the intensity and grit that he brings night in and night out.

BTW, he plays like this to save money 😅

 

That is hilarious. I also love the little comment about having to owe her a lot after the Marquette game 😂

Spring semesters were pushed back so that they don't start on MLK week. It gives 15 full weeks with no days off during the week (unlike fall semester). 

Sucks that it kills the student atmosphere for basketball. They can start the chants. People look at me weird in my season ticket section when I try to start one.. 

7 minutes ago, Jeseph said:

Lets see what attendance figures are Friday against EMU (I think students are finally back?).

Nope. Students start the 28th

38 minutes ago, 01bull said:

Btw, segu’s work effort is tremendous. There is an Instagram post of him taking shots at alumni at 1am after they got back

He has been doing that every game. I swear, he came back after the Syracuse game and posted on Instagram of him putting up shots at around 1 am. That is the type of person you want on the squad. 

Usually Williams is out there with him too at that time. 

From a media prospective, it is helpful when a guy like Segu (who has a huge social media presence) posts about Buffalo and the Bulls. Brings more awareness to the program

On a game note,  31% from three point range.  13 compared to their 6 offensive rebounds. In my mind, that stat is what won us the game. WMU definitely played their best for 35 minutes. You can tell WMU was gassed at the end and couldn't keep up. The announcers mentioned it too. Gotta give them a lot of credit though. They put up better efforts than the other MAC teams we played this season.

I am expecting Oats to go to Massinburg a lot against EMU to try to get him going before two road games.

2 minutes ago, Jeseph said:

If this continues to be the case, I expect a number of games that are close at half and then we explode in the 2nd to win by a large margin. MAC teams don't have the depth to do this effectively IMO. As long as we don't get frustrated and just keep playing our game it's simply not a sustainable strategy against our lineup.

Doesn't WMU only have 8 guys essentially that get playing time. Just maintain Holiday and keep a high tempo and this is ours. 

9 minutes ago, UB92 said:

However...the students are back for WMU and this is the highest ranked team they have ever hosted in that arena.  We will very, very likely see WMU's best on display tonight. 

Good catch. I checked tickets yesterday and there were still a ton left. Student sections were obviously blocked off. I can see a ton of students coming out bringing their A game. 

7 hours ago, DooleyBull06 said:

 

 

Graham Couch response:

Luke DeCock = 11 for Ub!

https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article224481750.html

Sorry for Spam

https://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2019/01/14/ap-top-25-basketball-poll/2567732002/ 

Carino had UB at 21 last week. Has then at 13! this week

Well, at least they know whats coming....

https://test.miamihawktalk.com/talk/discussion/4085/miami-19-buffalo-sat-at-noon

The timing of the game is fine. We played over in Ireland and won, arguably, against the best team we faced in our OOC schedule (San Francisco). They can easily handle a noon game. 

I am trying to see how this will be for a match-up. I am having a hard time finding a spot where the Bulls might not be favored. 

Taking a look, Sibande (Guard) and Brown (Forward) are their two biggest scorers. I don't see them doing well against Jordan (hope he is healthy) and McRea/Perkins. 

They won't keep up with our transition offense. This might be a massacre. 

P.S. My thread was turned into the official Miami (Oh) thread. Momma, I made it.

Live and Die by the 3. 

If they have a mediocre 3 point shooting game, Toledo won't win. They have to be lights out to be able to take us down while they are on the road. 

Let's start out 2-0 in MAC play and make Toledo start in a hole at 0-2. 

Woops. I thought the game was at 2 p.m. and switched to Noon. Sorry about that. I think I might ahve confused it with Woman's

Looks as if gametime has moved to noon and was picked up by CBS Sports Network 

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=401089552 

Rothstein has us back in his Top 25:

Zone 😞 Cansius shut us down early on using the zone.

We should pull out a victory here. I just don't see them keeping up with us offensively. Defensively we will shut them down to the 60 point range. Maybe they get to 70 if it is garbage time.

Personally, I find it tough watching us play Reggie every year. Reggie was significant for our program. I agree with many posters in that it was time to move on. It seems it was the right choice. I hope Reggie finds success.

As for dutchcountry, speak for yourself. Don't generalize. I care about the Big 4 rivalries. It is fun and should be advertised. I think that this story should be hyped up as it is. You can see where both coaches were coming from. If you don't like it, you don't. Not ALL people.

Although some people might not like Oats comments, opposing fans remember this. Remember what happened this year with Syracuse? Fans were mentioning comments that Oats said last year (we are more physical) and carrying it over to the following year. Rivalries are good. Do you not think that if Cansius beats UB next year that they won't mention Oats comments?! 

On 12/24/2018 at 9:56 PM, Jeseph said:

Who else is going? I’ve got 7 (including me) coming.

Thanks Jeseph 🙂 

I am going and bringing my voice with me.

Jeez, you all must be very fun at parties.

Best season we have had so far. It is has been incredibly fun to watch and experience. Buzz is all over the nation. It is nice to see more UB gear being worn around. (Stores were having issues with inventory on campus from people buying a lot.)

Excited to see how this plays out and incredibly proud of this team so far. From how they conduct themselves and the selfless attitude. 

They are still selling the 100s and 200s for season tickets. I thought it was odd. I noticed the seat next to my seasons was always vacant for the past couple games (I'm in the 200's). I asked how much the ticket was to buy out for the rest of the games (so I can bring friends, etc). It is still the same price as I paid before the seasons started.

In my mind, I get you want to sell season tickets still. It should be prorated though for the amount of games that are left.

Looks as if Marquette is favored by 2.5

HUGE game. Just about the biggest game of the season in my mind when it comes to at-large potential and solidifying that UB is the real deal (crazy to say that given we have some quality wins already). Marquette plays similar to us.  It seems a lot of their strategy will be getting UB into foul trouble early to take pressure off guards. 

I want to see them hungry for this game. More than Bonaventure, more than Syracuse, more than Arizona. We need big games from Jordan and Caruthers. If Harris can hit 40% from 3-pt range that would certainly help too. 

Most importantly, TURNOVERS, they had 22 turnovers against North Dakota. If we can get them in trouble with that, I can't see them keeping up with our transition.

As the great Oats says, "We're the better team, we play harder."

I got tickets in 313 cause I heard UB people will be there. Time to get loud in the Dome

3 point underdogs

I will take that. If I am Oats I am letting the players know that. This will be a tough game. Hoping to see a lot of Blue out in the stands.

I am nervous about the zone. (If you follow me, I am always nervous with us playing the zone this season). We become stagnant and hesitate. SIU switched to a zone 10 minutes in the first half and we looked flat. For some reason, I feel like Caruthers will have a big game for this one.

All that said, I think we are coming out 10 point victors in this one 82-72