BrooklynBull Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 22 hours 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. It will probably be on Peacock. Despite that it may also end up on NBCSN, which will still exist then. Prior to the Tour de France, it appear that the only way to watch the entire race would be behind a paywall on Peacock. However, once it started every stage was available live on NBCSN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalBrett Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 On 9/2/2021 at 5:41 PM, ubmae86 said: 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 UCI fan here. UCI vs Buffalo looks like a great matchup from a basketball perspective. UCI is playing a game in Akron vs Duquesne before they go to Buffalo. I would be interested to see if this is a buy game or a home and home. UCI usually allows themselves to be bought about 3 times per year to assist with paying the contracts for our quality coaches. UCI is already being bought by USC and Santa Clara and perhaps others. Does Buffalo tend to buy games for 70K or more? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 15 minutes ago, SoCalBrett said: UCI fan here. UCI vs Buffalo looks like a great matchup from a basketball perspective. UCI is playing a game in Akron vs Duquesne before they go to Buffalo. I would be interested to see if this is a buy game or a home and home. UCI usually allows themselves to be bought about 3 times per year to assist with paying the contracts for our quality coaches. UCI is already being bought by USC and Santa Clara and perhaps others. Does Buffalo tend to buy games for 70K or more? I doubt it's a buy game for us. Home and Home is more likely or just a convenient game that makes the travel worthwhile. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UB05 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, SoCalBrett said: UCI fan here. UCI vs Buffalo looks like a great matchup from a basketball perspective. UCI is playing a game in Akron vs Duquesne before they go to Buffalo. I would be interested to see if this is a buy game or a home and home. UCI usually allows themselves to be bought about 3 times per year to assist with paying the contracts for our quality coaches. UCI is already being bought by USC and Santa Clara and perhaps others. Does Buffalo tend to buy games for 70K or more? Regardless of the circumstances I appreciate them coming here to play. It’s difficult for Buffalo to get quality out of conference opponents, especially at home. I know travel costs can add up but I’d love to see more home and homes with UCI type programs Edited September 9, 2021 by UB05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee4three Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 If its a home and home, I wonder if next season instead of out of conference tournament in a nice place we see a West Coast trip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubmae86 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 On 9/9/2021 at 2:12 PM, Tee4three said: If its a home and home, I wonder if next season instead of out of conference tournament in a nice place we see a West Coast trip Don't give me that hope, haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalBrett Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 On 9/9/2021 at 10:44 AM, UBinMD said: I doubt it's a buy game for us. Home and Home is more likely or just a convenient game that makes the travel worthwhile. UCI does not schedule a game for convenience only. They are either getting cash or getting a return game. I could see Buffalo coming out west for a game or two, or perhaps playing in a tournament in the West (Vegas, Oregon, So Cal Challenge in Orange County, etc.) and adding a game at UCI. Or, they could come out and play UCI and get a buy game at a Pac 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Still have to finalize games for current season. However, some news for 2022 schedule. Looks to be a solid field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 2 hours ago, DocCas86 said: Still have to finalize games for current season. However, some news for 2022 schedule. Looks to be a solid field. Solid group with winnable games but games that look good in March Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 5 hours ago, SoCalBrett said: UCI does not schedule a game for convenience only. They are either getting cash or getting a return game. I could see Buffalo coming out west for a game or two, or perhaps playing in a tournament in the West (Vegas, Oregon, So Cal Challenge in Orange County, etc.) and adding a game at UCI. Or, they could come out and play UCI and get a buy game at a Pac 12. I would be on board with ether scenario. Buffalo isn’t afraid to travel or play anywhere. Unfortunately we usually just don’t get quality teams to come here, those teams see no upside and know they can lose (see Syracuse (in the Dome) and WVU (in West Virginia) to name a couple recent ones and they were on the road! Glad to see UCI coming in and look forward to a return game wherever that may be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikescherrer8 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 2 hours ago, UBinMD said: I would be on board with ether scenario. Buffalo isn’t afraid to travel or play anywhere. Unfortunately we usually just don’t get quality teams to come here, those teams see no upside and know they can lose (see Syracuse (in the Dome) and WVU (in West Virginia) to name a couple recent ones and they were on the road! Glad to see UCI coming in and look forward to a return game wherever that may be. That’s how it goes in college basketball. It’s not just Buffalo, almost all mid major teams suffer and don’t get that great of quality home games. Power 5 schools are afraid to hurt their resume and hide on their home court or in a neutral site game until conference play. The days of getting top 25 teams coming to Alumni like UNC in ‘99, Pitt in 2006, UCONN in 2008, or BYU in 2010 are far behind us. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 34 minutes ago, mikescherrer8 said: That’s how it goes in college basketball. It’s not just Buffalo, almost all mid major teams suffer and don’t get that great of quality home games. Power 5 schools are afraid to hurt their resume and hide on their home court or in a neutral site game until conference play. The days of getting top 25 teams coming to Alumni like UNC in ‘99, Pitt in 2006, UCONN in 2008, or BYU in 2010 are far behind us. I don’t mind taking buy games at P5 schools. Hell pay us is how I see it. What I think we have been better at since Oats is getting into the MTEs. I think we can still get better at trying to schedule a home and home or 2-1 (2 road for a home) with other good mid majors. Anything to raise the profile of the school while playing top competition to boost our resume and metrics. And make some cash to reinvest into the program…sign me up. Last point, I think the MAC has to be better. The conference has continuously missed the boat on a conference vs conference event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dabulls Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 So we are playing in two early season tournaments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 3 hours ago, mikescherrer8 said: That’s how it goes in college basketball. It’s not just Buffalo, almost all mid major teams suffer and don’t get that great of quality home games. Power 5 schools are afraid to hurt their resume and hide on their home court or in a neutral site game until conference play. The days of getting top 25 teams coming to Alumni like UNC in ‘99, Pitt in 2006, UCONN in 2008, or BYU in 2010 are far behind us. While not getting P5 schools, UCI should be a very exciting game...and with about 100 schools left who have not shared their complete schedule, Northern Iowa still appears to be a possibility, fingers crossed. That would also be a very good home game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynBull Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 11 hours ago, DooleyBull06 said: Last point, I think the MAC has to be better. The conference has continuously missed the boat on a conference vs conference event. The MAC has no say. All of the conference v. conference events are made for TV and promoted by ESPN. What conference could the MAC play that would get people to watch in large numbers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 hour ago, BrooklynBull said: The MAC has no say. All of the conference v. conference events are made for TV and promoted by ESPN. What conference could the MAC play that would get people to watch in large numbers? I’m sure cbssn would show the MAC vs the Mountain West. Idk. Heck everything is streamed now anyway who cares about tv exclusivity. Point is the conference was behind on this that now it may be too late. Should’ve already been done. Again the MAC sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
121Merrimac Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 hour ago, BrooklynBull said: … What conference could the MAC play that would get people to watch in large numbers? Good question. Perhaps someone could review all the old Bracketbuster game tv ratings to find the best matchup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 I thought I had sleuthed it out...but I was wrong, UNI not making a stop in Buffalo after playing the Bonnies https://unipanthers.com/news/2021/9/15/mens-basketball-releases-2021-2022-full-schedule.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 4 hours ago, DocCas86 said: I thought I had sleuthed it out...but I was wrong, UNI not making a stop in Buffalo after playing the Bonnies https://unipanthers.com/news/2021/9/15/mens-basketball-releases-2021-2022-full-schedule.aspx So, we are not playing them then? I'm very confused now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 31 minutes ago, UBinMD said: So, we are not playing them then? I'm very confused now. Sorry to confuse...was speculation on my part that UNI would make trip up to Buffalo after their game with St. Bonaventure...this proves that speculation was not correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue32 Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 This is an exciting set of games 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 22 minutes ago, trueblue32 said: This is an exciting set of games Very cool! Lamonte Bearden's old team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 We agreed to home and home with Western Kentucky (#96 per BT), road game this year on Dec 8th. This should be a good test on the road. Think there are now three more games left to find out about...maybe announcement this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikescherrer8 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 I like the Western Kentucky game. Usually by now the schedule is announced. They must be struggling mightily for decent opponents as per mentioned in the tweet. They might have to take what they can get at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullBoy Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Fans won't like it, but my guess is any home games from this point out are probably going to be Non-DI. If the report above is true and teams won't even buy us, we have no chance of starting a home and home in Buffalo. This is shaping up to be one of our toughest schedules yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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