DocCas86 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 NIU comes in at 4-10, rankings in 300+ range. This is a game that UB needs to find a way to win. If they play hard like they did against Ohio - UB should prevail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 43 minutes ago, DocCas86 said: NIU comes in at 4-10, rankings in 300+ range. This is a game that UB needs to find a way to win. If they play hard like they did against Ohio - UB should prevail. Need to start fast and set the tone. Can’t take any team for granted. Should be a solid win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Would love to see a continuation of Hardnett’s strong showing vs Ohio. And another game of well-balanced scoring with more assists than TOs would be great. Go Bulls! 🤘 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 Wonder if we also see Powell play some minutes...would be great to get him back. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee4three Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Just got to start stacking wins, build confidence and momentum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 36 minutes ago, Tee4three said: Just got to start stacking wins, build confidence and momentum When I looked on ESPN recently, we are project as over 50% likely to win the next 4 games I believe. Then we have the gauntlet of Toledo at home, then road games against Ball St and Kent St, followed by Akron at home. If we could be 5-0 or 4-1 going into Toledo, that would be awesome. Gotta start with taking care of business on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Excited to attend a second game this week and see us stack another MAC win. OT but I didn't want to start a new thread about it. I acquired this ticket in good condition from a 1972 Aud doubleheader - UB vs. Niagara and Canisius vs. Manhattan. A friend's bookstore has a stash of old pro and college tickets and programs (and an amazing selection of rare Buffalo books and ephemera - Fitz Books on Ellicott downtown, highly recommend stopping in.) Does anyone know anything about those games or teams? UB was 12-12 that season under Ed Muto. Student ticket, only $1.25! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBulls99 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 3 hours ago, DocCas86 said: Wonder if we also see Powell play some minutes...would be great to get him back. Heard Powell should play. No idea on how much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
121Merrimac Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 30 minutes ago, MuchMany said: … Does anyone know anything about those games or teams? … Scott Hollander might? The image made think of the random historical facts he occasionally sends out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 10 minutes ago, 121Merrimac said: Scott Hollander might? The image made think of the random historical facts he occasionally sends out. Thanks! No idea how I was not aware of his account. Makes my little ticket look like nothing in comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 52 minutes ago, MuchMany said: Excited to attend a second game this week and see us stack another MAC win. OT but I didn't want to start a new thread about it. I acquired this ticket in good condition from a 1972 Aud doubleheader - UB vs. Niagara and Canisius vs. Manhattan. A friend's bookstore has a stash of old pro and college tickets and programs (and an amazing selection of rare Buffalo books and ephemera - Fitz Books on Ellicott downtown, highly recommend stopping in.) Does anyone know anything about those games or teams? UB was 12-12 that season under Ed Muto. Student ticket, only $1.25! So far found the following links: https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/niagara/1972-schedule.html Niagara beat UB 96 - 76; leading scorer for Niagara was Marshall Wingate and leading rebounder was Cleve Royster https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/play-index/matchup_finder.cgi?request=1&year_min=1950&year_max=2023&school_id=canisius&opp_id=manhattan&comp_school=le&rank_school=ANY&comp_opp=le&rank_opp=ANY&game_type=A&game_month=&game_location=&game_result=&is_overtime=&order_by=date_game Canisius beat Manhattan 88 - 86 Gives you a little bit of start 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire17 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 2 hours ago, MuchMany said: Excited to attend a second game this week and see us stack another MAC win. OT but I didn't want to start a new thread about it. I acquired this ticket in good condition from a 1972 Aud doubleheader - UB vs. Niagara and Canisius vs. Manhattan. A friend's bookstore has a stash of old pro and college tickets and programs (and an amazing selection of rare Buffalo books and ephemera - Fitz Books on Ellicott downtown, highly recommend stopping in.) Does anyone know anything about those games or teams? UB was 12-12 that season under Ed Muto. Student ticket, only $1.25! That was my senior year at Canisius. The Griffs were 15 - 10. Schedule and Results Share & Export Modify, Export & Share Table Get as Excel Workbook Get table as CSV (for Excel) Get Link to Table About Sharing Tools Video: SR Sharing Tools & How-to Video: Stats Table Tips & Tricks Data Usage Terms Glossary G Date Type Opponent Conf SRS Tm Opp OT W L Streak Arena 1 Wed, Dec 1, 1971 REG @ Wake Forest ACC 2.95 W 94 87 1 0 W 1 Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum 2 Thu, Dec 9, 1971 REG @ Boston College Ind -2.36 L 58 76 1 1 L 1 Roberts Center 3 Fri, Dec 17, 1971 REG @ Maryland (15) ACC 14.65 L 77 86 1 2 L 2 Cole Fieldhouse 4 Thu, Dec 30, 1971 REG Long Island University Ind -6.93 W 86 76 2 2 W 1 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 5 Sat, Jan 1, 1972 REG N Niagara Ind 5.85 L 82 91 2 3 L 1 6 Tue, Jan 4, 1972 REG @ Richmond Southern -15.18 W 69 55 3 3 W 1 Richmond Arena 7 Sat, Jan 8, 1972 REG Villanova (14) Ind 10.08 L 65 69 3 4 L 1 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 8 Wed, Jan 12, 1972 REG @ Syracuse Ind 5.89 L 93 106 3 5 L 2 Manley Field House 9 Sat, Jan 15, 1972 REG Niagara Ind 5.85 L 72 73 3 6 L 3 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 10 Wed, Jan 19, 1972 REG @ Duke ACC 6.71 L 58 86 3 7 L 4 Cameron Indoor Stadium 11 Sat, Jan 22, 1972 REG St. Bonaventure Ind 9.36 W 73 70 4 7 W 1 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 12 Sat, Jan 29, 1972 REG La Salle Mid-Atl -5.21 L 78 80 4 8 L 1 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 13 Wed, Feb 2, 1972 REG @ Colgate Ind -8.36 W 87 72 5 8 W 1 Cotterell Court 14 Sat, Feb 5, 1972 REG Manhattan Ind -4.71 W 88 86 6 8 W 2 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 15 Tue, Feb 8, 1972 REG @ Providence (12) Ind 7.15 L 64 69 6 9 L 1 Mullaney Gymnasium 16 Sat, Feb 12, 1972 REG Saint Peter's Ind -8.46 W 96 95 7 9 W 1 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 17 Wed, Feb 16, 1972 REG @ Saint Francis (PA) Ind -3.95 W 95 84 8 9 W 2 Doyle Hall 18 Wed, Feb 23, 1972 REG @ St. Bonaventure Ind 9.36 L 77 95 8 10 L 1 Reilly Center 19 Sat, Feb 26, 1972 REG Fairfield Ind -6.99 W 107 91 9 10 W 1 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 20 Sat, Mar 4, 1972 REG @ Niagara Ind 5.85 W 87 77 10 10 W 2 Gallagher Center 21 Mon, Mar 6, 1972 REG @ Xavier Ind -0.99 L 67 88 10 11 L 1 Schmidt Fieldhouse 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire17 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 (edited) That was Bob MacKinnon’s final year as Griff’s coach. The schedule speaks for itself. The 15 - 10 record must include a few garbage games…and they lost 11, not 10. Edited January 6, 2023 by squire17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 3 hours ago, squire17 said: That was Bob MacKinnon’s final year as Griff’s coach. The schedule speaks for itself. The 15 - 10 record must include a few garbage games…and they lost 11, not 10. Looking at Canisius and Niagara team stats for that season, interesting that they were 46th and 47th nationally in ppg both at 83.8, with Canisius just percentage pts ahead of Niagara who went 21-9. Must have been some high scoring teams that year, nowadays those would be good for top 10 or 15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynBull Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 9 hours ago, Bluebird96 said: Looking at Canisius and Niagara team stats for that season, interesting that they were 46th and 47th nationally in ppg both at 83.8, with Canisius just percentage pts ahead of Niagara who went 21-9. Must have been some high scoring teams that year, nowadays those would be good for top 10 or 15. Especially since combined they hit 0 three point shots the entire season, combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, BrooklynBull said: Especially since combined they hit 0 three point shots the entire season, combined. Good point. Looks like they made up for it in part with more FTs as Niagara averaged 20 makes per game and Canisius 18. Oral Roberts led NCAA in scoring for ‘71-72 season at 105ppg, and tying back into this game thread….NIU playing as an Independent was 3rd at 95.2, one slot ahead of the national champs UCLA. Edited January 7, 2023 by Bluebird96 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Anyone have a basic scouting report on NIU? I'm going in pretty blind. I remember Keshawn Williams from last year but that's about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted January 7, 2023 Author Share Posted January 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, MuchMany said: Anyone have a basic scouting report on NIU? I'm going in pretty blind. I remember Keshawn Williams from last year but that's about it. Basic scouting with admittedly limited effort. They are ranked 300+ on ranking sites I looked at. Statistical summary from barttorvik A lot of red / pink showing they are near bottom of D1 in many categories. Here is some team stats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_paige Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Women's Basketball vs Central Michigan today at Alumni Arena, 2:30pm, ESPN+ Second game of doubleheader, women looking for their first MAC win after nearly taking down Kent State earlier this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 1 hour ago, dj_paige said: Women's Basketball vs Central Michigan today at Alumni Arena, 2:30pm, ESPN+ Second game of doubleheader, women looking for their first MAC win after nearly taking down Kent State earlier this week If they play as well, they should come out on top. I see UB east is doing well. Seems like we had a top tier ACC squad after all. Looking forward to seeing Coach Burke’s version over the next few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 We haven’t been 2-0 in 4 years? That is a bit surprising Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
121Merrimac Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 1 hour ago, DocCas86 said: … admittedly limited effort. … My scouting ended at 300+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yussi1870 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 NIU assistant handing out pills to the players on the court just before start of game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, yussi1870 said: NIU assistant handing out pills to the players on the court just before start of game Interesting… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee4three Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 I love/hate that I'm starting to really like this team This team just needs more playing time together and confidence If they can cut down on the stretches where they get chaotic and sloppy. There is something here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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