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RecoveringHillbilly Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Women's schedule released minutes ago, hopefully men not to long a wait. https://ubbulls.com/news/2021/8/27/womens-basketball-womens-basketball-unveils-2021-22-schedule.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RecoveringHillbilly Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 (edited) Just noticed UB's updated schedule has a home game Dec 21st vs UC-Irvine. That is a great mid-major get at home, and good match with UB often saying UC-Irvine is one of our close academic peers. MAC SCHEDULE...playing Akron and Ohio only once!? Holy crap! 2 games vs each West team!? Be still my heart! Edited August 27, 2021 by RecoveringHillbilly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynBull Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Hopefully CBS and ESPN do not ruin it, but there is a rare doubleheader on 1-8-22. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 2 hours ago, RecoveringHillbilly said: Just noticed UB's updated schedule has a home game Dec 21st vs UC-Irvine. That is a great mid-major get at home, and good match with UB often saying UC-Irvine is one of our close academic peers. MAC SCHEDULE...playing Akron and Ohio only once!? Holy crap! 2 games vs each West team!? Be still my heart! To me that’s stupid. Idk I wanna be battle tested and have played them the normal 2 times. As for UC Irvine…great get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RecoveringHillbilly Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 19 minutes ago, DooleyBull06 said: To me that’s stupid. Idk I wanna be battle tested and have played them the normal 2 times. As for UC Irvine…great get. Agreed our biggest MAC rivals is a shock. I am thinking, we need the best MAC seeding to make the highest odds for reaching the Tournament. The MAC is sadly still an automatic 1 bid league UNTIL (not unless lol) a ranked UB rises up again. Back in 04-05 I hated that we got to whip weak Marshall twice which hurt our RPI and partially cost us that at-large chance. Today, I think it is all about key non-conference wins and the #1 MAC seed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikescherrer8 Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 UC Irvine at home is going to be such a great game. Russ Turner is a hell of a coach. Good quality game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 46 minutes ago, RecoveringHillbilly said: Agreed our biggest MAC rivals is a shock. I am thinking, we need the best MAC seeding to make the highest odds for reaching the Tournament. The MAC is sadly still an automatic 1 bid league UNTIL (not unless lol) a ranked UB rises up again. Back in 04-05 I hated that we got to whip weak Marshall twice which hurt our RPI and partially cost us that at-large chance. Today, I think it is all about key non-conference wins and the #1 MAC seed. Key to Toledo winning the MAC last season ... Pandemic aside - was only playing Ohio and UB once. As most MAC teams do with a target on their back, UT had some late-season losses but overall record and locked-in tie-breakers made the Rockets a comfortable conference champ. That said UT's MAC Tournament draw - in the end - was not as easy as Ohio's meaning it went through Buffalo instead of Kent (a team they beat twice), and the Bulls made them pay. Just sayin ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RecoveringHillbilly Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 44 minutes ago, Slim said: Just sayin ... Great point, though I always see Toledo MBB as cursed in some way. Always good but they 🧨💥 in Cleveland tourney time, no sense of any distance advantage, while Kent, Ohio, UB seem to rise-up in C-Town. Looks like UC-Irvine plays against Duquesne in Akron (some Dambrot homecoming?) on Dec 19 before they come to Alumni. Makes some sense as to why they are making the trek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
121Merrimac Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Did the conference remove divisions indefinitely, or only temporarily (for covid)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 56 minutes ago, 121Merrimac said: Did the conference remove divisions indefinitely, or only temporarily (for covid)? Removed them last season to go to 20-game MAC season. Tradeoff is playing two teams only once every year. Schedule this year also eliminates 'rivalry Friday' the last game of the season. Granted this was no big deal to UB (paired with BG) but the rest of the MAC was greatly impacted: OU-Miami, Central-Western, Akron-Kent were not just quality games, but often had a huge impact on tournament seeding. Not to mention these were great TV games with big crowds. MAC needs to find a sweet spot with its BB scheduling. Also don't see that 'bye' week late in the season when teams only played once. In a 'neighborhood' league like the MAC, this was huge, if only for the mental break. The other loss, w/no divisions, was the ability for UB/NIU to get a distant travel game cross-division game off the books early before second semester started. Now I see UB/NIU playing 'cross division games' late in the season which are a killer, when on the road. Lots to look at ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 (edited) I agree with what most have said. The MAC needs to find a middle ground. Would you rather be top heavy? Or have teams like Akron, UB and Ohio play each other twice and potentially earn Q1 wins? Thus potentially leading to the conference being a multi bid league. Gotta have balance and recognition of who the strong teams are headed into a particular season and letting them play twice. And from a fan standpoint, not that this relates to us, but college sports losing rivalries sucks. Edited August 28, 2021 by DooleyBull06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikescherrer8 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 no Niagara this year. Can’t say I am bummed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, mikescherrer8 said: no Niagara this year. Can’t say I am bummed. Maybe they accidentally called Buff St. and got locked into that game Edited August 31, 2021 by UBinMD 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BrooklynBull Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 26 minutes ago, Jeseph said: Would not doubt that scheduling, if both schools make it, at all. In 2019 Danny Hurley called Nate Oats on Selection Sunday morning and told him that UB would be set up to play Arizona State. Danny was correct. Story in John Feinstein's Back Roads to March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikescherrer8 Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 They also have Bonnies not getting beat in the first round of a tournament game. That can’t be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikescherrer8 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 The rivalry continues between the Bonnies and Bulls this season and beyond. I’m interested to see what NBC streaming service is airing the game. I’d hate to yet again pay for another service just so I can watch them play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee4three Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 10 minutes ago, mikescherrer8 said: The rivalry continues between the Bonnies and Bulls this season and beyond. I’m interested to see what NBC streaming service is airing the game. I’d hate to yet again pay for another service just so I can watch them play. Hopefully both ub and the bonnies continue their upward trajectory and building tournament teams so that this game gets to be a major known rivalry not just in western new York but in the country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikescherrer8 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 7 OOC games announced, roughly 5-6 games left to be announced. What are some logical games you all are interested in seeing? I’d still love to see the opportunity to play Iona while Rick Pitino is their coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 7 minutes ago, mikescherrer8 said: 7 OOC games announced, roughly 5-6 games left to be announced. What are some logical games you all are interested in seeing? I’d still love to see the opportunity to play Iona while Rick Pitino is their coach. I like Pittsburg, Xavier, Cincinnati, maybe Creighton since we like the Nebraska link for football. Vermont could be a good matchup certain years, not sure about now. I live in VA, so I could live with Towson, JMU, George Mason or even Virginia Tech so I could see them live. I went to the Naval Academy for a game a few years ago, so I would like to do that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Just now, UBinMD said: I like Pittsburg, Xavier, Cincinnati, maybe Creighton since we like the Nebraska link for football. Vermont could be a good matchup certain years, not sure about now. I live in VA, so I could live with Towson, JMU, George Mason or even Virginia Tech so I could see them live. I went to the Naval Academy for a game a few years ago, so I would like to do that again. I also went to Temple and Drexel in the past. Those were fun games as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee4three Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, mikescherrer8 said: 7 OOC games announced, roughly 5-6 games left to be announced. What are some logical games you all are interested in seeing? I’d still love to see the opportunity to play Iona while Rick Pitino is their coach. Iona would be cool Others I think would be solid games:Vermont, Colgate, Cincinnati, Xavier, Virginia tech, northeastern, Yale, george Mason, vcu Edited September 2, 2021 by Tee4three Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, mikescherrer8 said: 7 OOC games announced, roughly 5-6 games left to be announced. What are some logical games you all are interested in seeing? I’d still love to see the opportunity to play Iona while Rick Pitino is their coach. If you are talking this year, one speculation I have is Northern Iowa. They have a game @ St. Bonaventure Sat 11/27 and following Sunday at home against Richmond. Maybe a game @Alumni 11/30 or 12/1 after Cancun and before we play Bonnies 12/4? That seems like it would be a nice home game. Another point, I could be wrong but thinking only 4 more additional OOC games can fit in our schedule. Recall that MAC added 2 more conference games. Edited September 2, 2021 by DocCas86 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubmae86 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) I kinda wish the UC Irvine game was out in LA, seeing as I live out here. Hopefully they'll play a home in home. I also wouldn't mind seeing UB v USC or UCLA Edited September 3, 2021 by ubmae86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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