John

These are all good discussions and different opinions give different perspectives on what should be scheduling of games by teams. There have been many articles about scheduling especially on the mid major level. I do not agree with your statement that if you keep winning the top tier programs will play you. But where are thy going to play you?? My opinion is that the power conferences want to totally dictate who they play and where. Many of them don’t want to risk their status and play a very competitive mid major. Again it is power, influence and the almighty$$$$. Please let’s call a spade a spade. In the meantime our family will continue to enjoy these exciting years and support our team and enjoy basketball for what it is. Go Bulls!!!!!

Agree and I meant fun not drunk in my post!!!! On to the Toledo game and hope for a sellout. Go Bulls!!!!

Good analysis. Do agree Adeyeye should be getting more playing time. Wilkins should not be playing down low at all. She is not a physical presence, no quickness or a good rebounder. Onwuka plays rushed and out of control especially the last few games. As I said before the coaching staff has their work cut out for them. Morrison has always been foul prone and a very inconsistent foul shooter. When you don’t have the type of players like we had last year the coaching strategy needs to change. You cannot have 20-30 turnovers and inconsistent shooting and be successful. Keeping the faith and Go Bulls!!!!

Again you are entitled to your opinion but you cannot see the forest for the trees. It’s not a problem if you only favor the power conferences but our family will follow our UB and local teams and always tout our mid major teams. Go Bulls!!!!

I thought there used to be or is someone from the conference,NCAA or whoever is in charge of officials at each game to critique the officials or am I wrong? Is there someone or some organization we as fans can write or email to?? I fully intent to talk to UB administration about my concerns. Go Bulls!!!!!

Agree with mikescherrer8 and UB92. Couch is just shinning a light on an isssue that many fans are thinking and talking about. The polls are dictated in many instances by brands not strictly by basketball. What drives many of the opinions especially by the major media types is power, influence and the almighty $$$$$. The majority of the media want to talk only about the major power conferences. Do you think anyone in power and influence is going to criticize Duke for their scheduling. At any rate it is exciting and drunk to have UB on the national stage and let’s all enjoy the ride. Go Bulls!!!!

Hope Tyree has success and gets drafted. But he can turn out like so many quarterbacks with physical tools but not the other intangibles that make a good quarterback. That list is very long when you cannot have touch on your passes, cannot go through your progressions and cannot stay in the pocket. The last 3/4 games were bad but I attribute that to the coaches and their game plans along with the players. We will see which incoming quarterback can continue our success. Go Bulls!!!!

UB is just a totally different team from the last four years and we have no player in the backcourt to take some of the pressure off of Dillard. All of the this year’s recruits are not close to being ready to play and contribute. Wilkins, Jones, Hamilton are not impact players that will give you consistent games. Unless you can hit on some new players that can come in and play right away the team will struggle. This coaching staff has their work cut out for them. Go Bulls!!!

A tough first MAC game against an Ohio team that we should of blown out in the first half. One reason we did not is the suspect officiating. I have seen these officials before and do not understand how they still have jobs. We are going to have a tough time winning games when we commit 29 turnovers and when Dillard shoots 3-14 from the field and 3-11 from the 3 point line. One positive has been the improvement of Hanna Hall. You can see what the other teams blueprint will be - hound Dillard, double/triple team her, don’t let her breathe and UB will have a hard time winning games. Foul trouble will be a problem this year and I believe the officiating or lack thereof is going to be a concern this year and it does not appear we have the players to overcome that. Still keeping the faith and will continue to support the team’s effort. Go Bulls!!!!

An exciting game against a very very good Stanford team but a loss nevertheless. The positives: UB played a great game on the defensive side with relentless defense causing 19 turnovers and held their own on the rebounding side even though Stanford’s frontline was 6’3, 6’3 and 6’4. A nice crowd of 3400 that was into the game. The minuses: Shooting woes continue shooting 27% from the field, 20% from the 3 point line and 64% from the free throw line. With no other big scorer other than Dillard it will be tough to beat any team even in the MAC. Dillard needs to play the entire game and only shor 2-10 from the 3 point line and did seem to run out of gas in the last 5 minutes of the game. Other than than Hemphill and Morrison there are no other players on the front court. Wilkins a woeful 1-8 and 1-6 from 3 point line. Other than Alanna Smith with 30 points and the inside presence of Nadia Fingall the rest of the Stanford players were kept in check. But a loss is a loss and unless UB starts to hit more shots it is going to be a tough season. Keeping the faith Kane continue to support the team. Go Bulls!!!!

100% agree. Any win especially on the road is a good win. As coach has said that your shooting can be off but your defense should always be there. Good defense pressure can lead to good offense. This team just seems to be able to sustain good defensive pressure and they have the mental makeup to keep at it. Go Bulls!!!!

Also agree and that’s why on paper EMU appeared like it could be a tough game. Predictions and forecasts are just that. Look what Harris did last year and how he has struggled with his shot all year and Reese of Canisius with the season he had last year was the pre season pick for MAAC player of the year. He has had so far just a terrible year shooting and still has not found his shooting touch. With UB’s maturity and this coaching staff we can overcome some off games by players so again let’s enjoy this ride and Go Bulls!!!!

Many times the pre season predictions for teams don’t turn out the way the experts think. That’s why they have to play the games. Not really sure what your will get from teams after a long time between games. Another good team win with different players having good games. McRae has quietly been shooting the ball better and his rebounding has improved. He still has a tendency to get into foul trouble though. Harris had another tough shooting night but always seems to help in other aspects of his game. Agree not a great game overall but still shot 50% from the field and only lost the rebounding battle 42-39. Still concerning was the 3 point shooting and only 59% from the free throw line. Looking forward to a big, boisterous, enthusiastic and sellout crowd against Toledo on Tuesday.

Right there with you UB92!! The bandwagon sure is getting bigger and bigger and welcome to all the new members. Let’s enjoy the ride and Go Bulls!!!!

What I meant was games that were not on the other major networks and stations. I know Spectrum can not compete against those networks. Go Bulls!!!!!

Do 100% agree. With what is happening with especially the power conferences with increasing conference games all the mid major conference heads have to come together and schedule non conference games against other high mid majors and tell the power conferences to jam their non conference schedule. I know this is for another time to discuss better alternatives to scheduling but something has to be done. Go Bulls!!!!!

Amazing what can happen when you have a winning successful team or teams and a conference that is on the upswing this year. Hope to get more interest from the CBSSN’s , NBCSN’s and ESPN. Now if only Spectrum would consider some future game but I know it comes down to $$$. Go Bulls!!!!!

CBSSN has the Ball St at Toledo game on at 7PM and then the UB game. I will watch some of the Toledo game to take a look at both teams. Should be an exciting night of basketball. Go Bulls!!!!

Yes it would be tough to go backwards. Let’s face it with the mid major level for a lot of teams they can be very good for a number of years. When they lose a number of their impact players and are not able to replace them with more impact players they can take a step back. Case in point is both Niagara and Canisius lost their impact player or players and have not been able to overcome that sometimes for a variety of reasons. As far as Reggie years at UB it is hard sometimes to separate emotions from reality and facts when making judgements on a coach or a team. We had some successful and exciting years but he could not get us to the next level. He was not a good game day coach who would not make adjustments during a game. We still talk about the Ohio MAC game in Cleveland when Ohio made a big time comeback and Reggie never called a timeout until it was too late. His offense has really not changed over the years and he still does to this day take a hot player out of a game and sometimes does not put him in for many many minutes. Again not a Reggie hater at all but it was just time for a change and here we are today. Again hope for success for all our local teams but especially for our Bulls. Go Bulls!!!!

That’s why they play the games and all the talk before a game really is just the hype for the game. Case in point CJ’s 43 against WVU. If he does not score that many points would we still have won or who else on the team would have come through for us. From a team standpoint you just have to keep winning games no matter who you are playing and let the rankings take care of themselves.

I do agree that if we play our game we should win. Just need to keep their top scorers in check. They have no Marquette’s Howard!! Did anyone see what Howard did against St. John’s the other night. He scored 8 points and something like 2-14 or so. I seen some of the game and he was shooting bricks so you reall;y never know from one game to the next what a player does. On to the conference wars and Go Bulls!!!!

EMU has decent size up front - 2 players 6’11 and 6’10 and 2 players that are 6’9 and 6’7. They have 7/8 players that average double digit minutes. They are averaging 44% from the field, 26% from the 3 point line and 63% from the free throw line. They are giving up 70 points per game and averaging 70 points per game. We beat them last year playing good defense and rebounding the ball with 48 rebounds. That should be the key again and being able to hit a decent amount of our 3’s. Go Bulls!!!!!

A number of MAC teams had decent OOC wins and records and on the other side the MAAC only had one team(Niagara) that had a winning OOC record. Just from one year to another it is amazing how conferences change their perception on how they are viewed. It could be a very interesting MAC season. Go Bulls!!!!

What numbers are you talking about. Again you are so far off base comparing high school attendance to college. Our family has been to high school games and how many have you attended? Again this is mid major conferences and we are not talking about the major conferences and schools that are on the ESPN’s and other networks. Again the culture shift has changed drastically and it takes winning on a consistent basis to move the needle and get more fans interested. Go Bulls!!!!

Do agree. I have not seen too many losing coaches speak on an upbeat tone but Reggie seemed really downcast and it was even worse with losing to UB. You think he had trouble recruiting at UB it does have to be harder at Canisius. Go Bulls!!!!