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This is literally the worst college basketball forum I’ve been on. I’m sorry I came back.

Holy shit. Please delete my account. I’m not arguing with tone deaf morons.

10 minutes ago, DooleyBull06 said:

It would be the last game of the before the big dance. I mean are we really acting like whoever we would play is the end of the world? Come on. We have proven we are not just some mid major team. Plus Toledo is not a Q1 team. The are a Q2. And the main reason we moved up in Kenpom was bc of our efficiency today. Not bc of who we beat. But how we beat them. So by that theory playing a lesser team we should steam roll them as opposed to playing a tougher team.

1) Toledo is one of our Q1 wins.

2) The coach of this team cares, so yes, apparently it is a big deal.

3) What do you think efficiency rankings are based on? Who you play and how you perform are interrelated.

4) Yes, that’s exactly how the system works. Metrics are much more forgiving when playing better teams.

1 minute ago, MillenniumBull said:

Because Akron is so formidable or because we gave them a proper spanking?  I think the latter

Which, again, is the point? A team like NIU requires a larger margin of victory to become a positive than Toledo would have.

5 minutes ago, MillenniumBull said:

Let’s face it, our opponent’s net isn’t going to move the needle very far at this point.

We moved up 4 spots in Kenpom today playing Akron. We might move up a fifth depending on the game’s left tonight.

10 minutes ago, DooleyBull06 said:

1) we aren’t playing them in the finals yet.

2) at 31-3 Mac regular and postseason champs to me would trump metrics. That’s the eye test. And that to me should net us a 5 seed. No worse than a 6.

3) regardless of who we play we should win so a loss to any team in the championship game would look bad. 

4) at some point the metrics get thrown out and you say damn this Buffalo team is good.

1) Obviously.

2) That’s you. You’re not the committee which has traditionally favored mediocre majors over mid-majors. The coach of the team has spoken at length about the need to have good NET, Kenpom, and Sagarin metrics for seeding. 

3) We were talking about Toledo. They were a Q1 team. NIU, the other team we’re discussing in context, is Q3. A slim BUFFALO win against them is probably a drop in Buffalo’s metrics. We’re not talking about a loss.

4) This Buffalo team is good. However, metrics are going to play a role in seeding whether you like it or not. With potential mid-major bias of the committee, we should be aiming to put our best resume forward, including having the best metrics we can.

13 minutes ago, DooleyBull06 said:

Why is it not good? If anything it makes our loss to them look better. Are you afraid of NIU?

A victory against NIU is worse for the metrics, something that Nate Oats cares about, than Toledo.

Even beating NIU within 10-12 points would probably be a negative. We’d have to hammer them to not drop.

The key is going to be the financials/buyout amount. Any word on the details?

EDIT: per wgrz.com

University at Buffalo announced Thursday afternoon that the college has signed the men's basketball coach to a 5-year extension with an annual salary of $837,000 which includes a base salary of $612,000 and $225,000 to be raised through philanthropic gifts designated to the men's basketball program.

I’m not too worried about Akron, even if we come out flat.

The only team that seems to have had our number a bit is Bowling Green. I’m weary of potentially facing them.

15 hours ago, Kevin said:

This ain’t it lol. 

https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/team/buffalo-bulls/bracketology

ill trust the site with the data, not the Buffalo Snooze who just started covering us this year 

Teamrankings is almost dead last when it comes to their prediction accuracy per The Bracket Project.

3 minutes ago, trueblue32 said:

*typing furiously on keyboard while drinking a beer and sitting on their couch*

"This team is playing with such low effort"

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Alright, I guess I should be thrilled with four minutes of good ball against mediocre competition.

Enjoy your dead board with ten members. I’m out.

16 minutes ago, skrabukes said:

Man, you guys are tough...knocking everything that we do. Based on the comments,  you'd think we were down 30, as opposed to a 1 possession game on the road against a darn good team.

If UB is the team we all hope, a top-25 team, they have no business looking as sloppy as they have for about four games straight now. Kent State is 146 in Kenpom. Good MAC school or not, Buffalo is supposed to be on another level than a team like Kent State (and multiple levels from NIU, etc.) And they should be, because you watch the games, and you can see long stretches of sloppy and lazy play from Buffalo.

It’s not “tough.” Play like a team that would be ranked #14 because right now, they aren’t.

9 hours ago, JoeyRattlesnake said:

Joe Lunardi Bracketology (Again, FWIW): Has us free-falling from a 4 to a 6 seed (tongue-in-cheek).  More evidence that the national media believes in UB. - http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

Lunardi isn’t worth much. He’s one of the least accurate bracketologists over the past five years.

You guys still want to downplay the downright sloppy ball UB’s been playing the past two weeks?

This team is out of sync.

This feels like a Huskies upset to me.  Hopefully UB comes out and plays a complete game, not one of their patented slow start, build a big lead, and then let the other team hang around and chip away at it type games.

This is way too close for comfort against what might be the worst team in the MAC.

We drop this game and we’re going to be punished severely come rankings time.

1 minute ago, hurley said:

WOW what a big win for Cuse and if effect Buffalo.  That gives us a true marquee win.  Go orange!

Syracuse restoring a little luster to that UB win tonight is nice.