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3rd is a bit surprising. Can't really fault them having bowling green 1, they will be a tough team this season

12 minutes ago, DooleyBull06 said:

 

 

 

Being positive, at least we know we are still targeting power conference level players

Hopefully him tweeting about jenkins then hinting at a commitment means it's us.

But speaking about lack of signings, I think if ub comes out in the beginning of the season wins some games and plays a style they have played the past few years, it will go a long way in getting commits. Players may be a little hesitant in committing with out seeing the new coaching staff in action

1 hour ago, SGBull said:

I'll probably check it out for the Giants/Knicks/Yankees/Rangers anyway. Thanks!

Definitely check it out, a few times throughout the season writers will do live chats. I asked a couple questions to Seth davis about ub last season and answered each one

If you enjoy reading sports articles well worth the few bucks a month

1 hour ago, dutchcountry7 said:

It isn't broken out when billed to students.  The total fees are combined and listed as "Comprehensive fees" because parents and students would be upset if they knew how much was going to fund the athletes.

Thats what I had thought, but its been a few years

18 hours ago, dutchcountry7 said:

According to the University Website, the Athletic fee is currently $22.15 per credit someone takes.

Was this always the case? Or did I never look at my tuition bills close enough, I just remember student fee x dollars ha

Thats good to know. 22.15 so about 350 per full time student a semester. 

15 years ago the revenue was 18 million, now it's 40 million, trending in the right direction. 

Remember the student fee isn't just athletics, it includes other student activities that the school provides for all undergrads like the speaker series, and fall fest spring fest concerts

I would assume that the student fees allocated here as revenue are based off a percentage of "free" student tickets given out to athletic events

1 hour ago, DocCas86 said:

Could be... last year they were listed as Redshirt, whereas, Mballa is listed as a sophomore.  Fingers crossed.

Good catch, seems at least the expectation is he will be playing

3 hours ago, Jeseph said:

Let's poll freshman on campus and see what percentage says at vs of.

At my freshman orientation, one of the orientation leaders caught me saying "of", he then corrected me and said "it probably doesn't bother you right now , but it will"...... He was right I generally don't like when I see "of"

With that said its not a big deal that a potential student/recuit uses "of" instead of "at", I'm sure a lot of future graduates made the same mistake at the same age. I did and I'm sure someone else reading this message did too

4 hours ago, MaineBull said:

I agree UB05.  Keep winning and making the tournament at years end and these recruits will be more inclined to attend UB!.  All of these kids want a chance to play on the big stage.  UB offers that chance, year in and year out.  Say what you want about the MAC but if we continue to recruit at the caliber we currently are then  we should be able to have a legitimate chance to make the tournament each year in this conference.  One of the big reasons I don't see Gonzaga in a big hurry to leave the WCC.     

Not to mention those "units" (money) from appearances in the tournament start to add up going every year and winning a game or two

21 minutes ago, MillenniumBull said:

I disagree completely.  Best site out there.  Barttovik is just using an algorithm, and putting out projections based on very limited data in a lot of circumstances for some 300+ d1 programs and some thousands of d1 players for offseason fodder.  But is probably one of the best sites for comparing said 300+ programs once the actual games and actual data is around to compare.  Wanna win some money come March, visit this site. 

Also wanted to reiterate that the barttovik site is great once it gets actual data.

It is goes very conservative on projections with an unknown history. It hates not having data

Maybe its me being way too optimistic but I can see this team cracking the top 25 this year again.

Especially if both mballa and hardnett are eligible

1 hour ago, Gxtrex said:

That makes more sense.  Obviously rankings aren't everything but it looks better to be courting 3 star recruits haha.  This year ended up pretty well.  How many scholarships will we have available next year?

I believe we have 3 spots open (Grant Johnson and Jordan graduate)

With the heavy front court additions this season id expect next years incoming class to be a bunch of guards 

13 minutes ago, Gxtrex said:

Why does it seem like they are offering low end 2020 prospects this early?  Shouldn't they be offering higher guys at this point?

I'm assuming a lot of these guys are players about to take off, like zed key did right after we offered

Something I noticed with recruits is that early stages its more telling the number of offers, seems to correlate to majors offering down the line

26 minutes ago, JoeyRattlesnake said:

So thus far we know the following:

11/16: UB vs. Harvard (James Naismith Classic in Toronto)

11/21: UB vs. UConn (Charleston Classic)

11/22: UB vs. Xavier or Towson (Charleston Classic)

11/24: UB vs Missouri State or Miami or Florida or St. Joseph's (Charleston Classic)

Schedule is shaping up nicely. Each of those games could and should be quad one or quad two games

1 hour ago, BrooklynBull said:

You implied it.

Question: where is the line with cj and kedrian between talking and recruiting?

Ie. If theyre playing pick up, obviously college ball is going to brought up as a topic of conversation at some point

9 minutes ago, Gxtrex said:

Would also look good for our program. Do you think CJ gets a shot at summer league? 

He definitely will get a summer league team.

The wait is probably him looking for a 2 way contract between the g league and nba

Maybe he gets a wavier due to sitting out already and Cronin leaving

58 minutes ago, mikescherrer8 said:

Well I think he’s recruiting well because of the program Oats turned the team in to. A lot of kids see top 15 team from last year and want to continue that success. Not knocking the currently coaches ability to recruit, but, a lot of it has to do with last season which is going to carry over.

The best recruiting tool is winning, kids want to play in the tournament. We have a team thats been there a few times since we hired Hurley

Your second best recruiting tool will be the players you have on the roster already. Guys like segu, Williams and graves are probably a huge help in recruiting.

1 hour ago, MDBullsfan89 said:

https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2019/06/10/pitt-ends-recruitment-of-2019-c-nigel-john/

Looks like Pitt pulled its offer. Gotta love our chances now!

Good news for buffalo. Lets hope we hear a commitment in the next day or so.

In my opinion he takes us from having a shot at the mac title to being a favorite to win again, especially if mballa is eligible this season

18 minutes ago, Kevin said:

We should talk about Nigel John in this thread. 

Anyways, a really good final player who'd be eligible immediately. 

He decommited from Washington State and has a TON of potential

If ub lands Nigel, that would take care of the 4/5 spot in the line up for the next few years.

Looks like hed fit the mold of big we have been recuiting since Hurley except bigger

3 hours ago, trueblue32 said:

I think they just tweet at everyone the coaches follow lol

Smart cast a wide net bound to hit on someone

Kind of off topic but would anyone else like to see basketball use all international rules?

I think it would be a benefit to most college players as the majority end up playing professionally over seas

1 hour ago, 961819 said:

I see Coach Jenkins is putting in work with his burner twitter account lol

I was gonna comment about how that account must have some inside knowledge. It was on mballa almost as soon as he announced he was transferring

1 hour ago, trueblue32 said:

There was a proposed rule change to this effect but I believe it was already shot down.

I want to say the proposed rule was that the scholarship would be tied up for the length of the grad program the player was going for.

The NCAA is trying to cut down on grad transfers. 

What has become an issue has been guys grad transferring but dropping out of school after they play their last remaining eligible year and never finishing the grad program