The Big Picture: Bulls take care of business, leading from buzzer-to-buzzer in 93-65 win over D3 Buffalo State in what we call the Youngman Expressway Derby. The win, UB’s second in a row, improves the Bulls record to 5-3 on the season. With a nine day break for Fall semester finals before UB heads to Green Bay to take on a very good Wisconsin-Green Bay side, this has to be considered a decent win. If for no other reason then it giving the Bulls a nice morale boost before they hunker down and hit the books.
The Good: So far this season, the Bulls seem to be the type of team that plays down to the level of it’s opponents — close wins over bad Navy and Towson squads and a 73-71 loss to an un-and-down Canisius team — so the rout of the overmatched and outmanned Bengals was welcome. As was the three-point sniping from Sean Smiley (4-of-7) and Zach Filzen (3-of-6). It was also nice to see frosh point Tony Watson, Dave Barnett, and Mike Clifford get some extended burn.
The Bad: I know lots of guys got some run today, but 15 turnovers it way too many. Particularly against Buffalo State. The aforementioned trio of Watson, Barnett, and Clifford were responsible for eight of those turnovers, which may or may not mean that Coach ‘Spoon is going to have shorten his rotation when MAC play begins.
The Ugly: Only 1000 people showed up for this game. That’s pretty sad considering the Bulls were coming off an exciting win over Niagara and the amount of UB and Buffalo State alums in Western New York. Couldn’t tell from the video feed, but it didn’t see like many Buffalo State fans were in attendance.
Who’s Got Next: In reality, the Bulls professors have next since its finals time. Wisconsin-Green Bay (8-2), 88-84 victors over Wisconsin this past Wednesday, are Buffalo’s next opponents on the hardwood. The Phoenix promise to offer a pretty stiff road test for the Bulls; the same sort that they will face when they hit the road for MAC play.
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