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If you’re done watching UB basketball then why bother sharing your thoughts about UB basketball on a fan forum? That’s the behavior of trolls, not fans.

Cleveland is a tough place for UB teams to win, playing 5 on what sometimes is 8. A tough loss today, but ultimately a positive for the program and coach Burke and her staff. Go Bulls!

UB alums didn’t attend games when they were students, so why would you expect them to attend games now? where are the data that show the percentage of game attendees as alumni or not?

Well, I looked it up. Rule says don’t stop game until either injured players team gets ball back or otherwise a dead ball. However, refs may stop the game if opponent is NOT on a fast break. Ultimately, none of the three officials appeared aware of the 5 on 4 u til the basket was scored. That’s a conversation I’m sure refs will have amongst themselves and hopefully with an evaluator later on.

I’m with both you and DooleyBull. My left hemisphere understood coach’s outburst, but at the same time my right hemisphere’s reaction was “coach hasn’t earned the right to that sort of inartful response on this court in front of these fans”. Meh, that’s just me. Interesting about Johnson - maybe her pregnancy hiatus from playing gives her an extension? Finally, what’s the rule about a player going down with an injury while the opponent has possession? Play on, like in today’s game - or did the refs blow it? Go Bulls!

Coach flipped out a few minutes into the 3rd quarter. I’m not sure how I feel about that as a longtime fan and supporter. Regardless, props to the team - it’s a tough ask for the starters to play pretty much a full 40 minutes day in and day out. Good luck in Cleveland. Go Bulls.

Well, the UB starters’ (aside from Haddie) average height is around 5’8”. The EMU starters look to average 6’2” or so. Sometimes that matters.

They do, as do the refs when we play in Ohio in the postseason.

I’m not bailing on BB…she’s in a tough spot. UB AD won’t bail, either. I’m just hoping that the 4 students who come to the games are with us on this. Yeah, sometimes I do sarcasm.

It’s what governs, or should govern, whether a referee calls a particular infringement. Some fouls should always be called, but for others the referee must decide if the infringement was “material” to the play or game.

My poor sentence structure seemed to imply that the gender of the referees influenced their treatment of the players. That was not my intention. I should have separated my thoughts (1) I was happy to see an all female officiating crew on a day when & where women’s athletics was celebrated; (2) I was pleased to not see the usual crews; (3) I was pleasantly surprised with the calls. As a national referee of another sport I appreciate materiality when violations are called…this crew seemed better than most at that.

As an aside…the all-woman officiating crew was a refreshing change from the stale, piss-poor (some say biased) refs we usually see in AA…very few “marginal” fouls were called (and I was glad to see a usually overlooked “3 second lane violation” draw a whistle).

I assumed they did. Quite a few women’s teams do (and some of the power programs have scout teams with men on them). If UB doesn’t, with several players MIA, who the heck do they practice against? How can they truly be prepared for opponents without a scout team to mimic their play?

That couldn’t hurt. Once in a blue moon a team as short-handed as this one gets lucky using a member of the scout team as a walk-on.

Spot on comments. This game was even worse than what the score, and even the lopsided stats, would suggest. The UB offense is the opposite of dynamic - I suppose “plodding” is the correct description. Worse still, there were some situations where it appeared some players gave up on even trying to rebound or hustle after a loose ball. As I asked a few days ago - what’s the point?

Over the past 20+ years I have attended nearly every men’s home game. The atmosphere inside the arena has often been electric. But as I get older (Class of ‘75 alum) I find myself making excuses for not going. Why? Like many in this group, I bristle that UB does not go all-in on the BB program, and I’m often disappointed in the poor showing by students. But in truth it’s also the cumulative effect of smaller things…frequent coinciding events at Center for Arts makes parking difficult, egress from campus is maddening thanks to Campus police, amenities in AA are poor (long lines for rest rooms and refreshments), and lastly, it’s time to dump this repetitive, irritating DJ concept…

From my view, maybe skewed a tad by strong teams in the recent past, the goal was to win the conference championship. That’s more likely to happen with a strong bench. But sure, let’s play to win now. Why not? Thanks for responding.

I’m a fan but confess I’m not a “basketball guy”. Please explain the coaching philosophy here. What is the point of three 5th year players getting the bulk of the minutes while using a (very) short bench? Even if you win enough games to qualify for the post season wouldn’t you go into a grueling week with exhausted starters and a bench with likely inadequate game experience? Additionally, how does this approach develop younger players for the future?

To my understanding, moving MBB out of the MAC would likely mean leaving the conference entirely for all other sports. I doubt UB would ever do that.

I’m a “fan” but I want a better experience for my money. Arena amenities are substandard (lobby too small, too few rest rooms, slow concession service), parking less than ideal, and driving out of campus is maddening due to campus police “controlling” traffic. Having said all that, I’m in attendance more often than the 7,500 students who live within walking distance from Alumni.

A better compromise would be a colorful, backlit professionally designed and built display in the AA lobby.

Watching it again today - knowing the outcome I can actually relax. Watching last night even when we were up by double digits I was stressed whenever Perk would miss a free throw, etc.

I’m trying to remember the last time a UB player came out on the positive side of a 50:50 call in the state of Ohio. I’m drawing a blank.

And carryover players with legitimate worry that they will be treated differently from players recruited by a new coach.

Twelve players on current roster. Don’t NCAAW get 15 scholarships?