As with the start of any college hoops season, there is a clear favorite to win the MAC — Akron in this case — but there are also plenty of reasons to think that the Zips won’t repeat as MAC champs. The most important of which may be the fact that the MAC has [...]
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UB Bulls Beat: There Goes That Chance to Clinch the Bye
The Big Picture: Bulls (10-5, 18-10) blow what was their best opportunity to all but clinch first place in the MAC East and the coveted MAC tourney bye in heartbreaking 77-71 loss to Kent State. Being that UB has never won at the Kent, the result shouldn’t be that much of a surprise; [...]
UB Bulls Beat: Consider This Chance Blown…
The Big Picture: Bulls waste a great opportunity to cement lead in MAC East by blowing layups, missing freebies, and committing needless fouls on offense down the stretch. The end result was a 62-57 loss to Akron that allowed the Zips to catch the Bulls atop the MAC East with a 9-4 league [...]
UB Bulls Beat: Cover Your Eyes
The Big Picture: Bewildered, befuddled, and undone by Bowling Green’s 2-3 zone defense, a frigid Buffalo Bulls (9-3, 17-7) squad loses it’s second MAC game in a row, falling to the Falcons (8-4, 15-10) 59-48. This being the fifth time in six games that UB was held to less than 60 points, I’d [...]
UB Bulls Beat: All Good Things Must Come To An End
Buffalo’s nine-game winning streak ground to a halt in Muncie today, as Ball State held off the Bulls 53-51 in a low-scoring, MAC dogfight. This was just one of those games where the Bulls weren’t able to survive a rare off game from Rodney Pierce, nor overcome missed freebies and missed blockouts down the [...]
UB Bulls Beat: No Letting Up On D!
The Big Picture: Bulls improve to 9-1 in the MAC (17-5 overall) by putting the defensive clamps on Eastern Michigan (1-9, 3-21) to win 58-49 at Ypsilanti. While beating an Eagles squad that’s been pretty terrible all season wouldn’t normally be that big a deal, but with both Miami (7-3, 14-8) and Ohio [...]
MAC Nightcap: Pity, the Poor MAC West
Another night and another pair of crushing routs for the MAC West sides in cross-division play.
Miami (6-2, 13-7) dismantled Ball State (5-3, 10-10), the West’s best team, 59-41, in a game that I thought would be a lot closer. Instead, it seems that the Cardinals couldn’t handle Michael Bramos — few teams in the [...]
On The MAC: Not Ready For Primetime
One thing that seems certain at this point in the 2008-09 NCAA basketball season, with November behind us, is that the MAC is going to be a one-bid league again. It’s not that MAC sides have been absolutely terrible during the first few weeks of the season, although Western Michigan (2-5) and Toledo (1-5) [...]
UB Bulls Beat: Still Not Believing My Eyes
After checking the score on numerous websites, ESPN, and calling a fellow Buffalo alum, it seems that it’s true: the UB Bulls (10-18, 3-12) did run Bowling Green (13-15, 7-8) right the fuck out of Alumni Arena on Tuesday, to the tune of a 96-50 drubbing. Don”t know how this happened and I still can’t really explain it but that’s not going to stop me from giving it a bit of a shot.
Let’s begin with the obvious; this is a nice win for Reggie Witherspoon and his squad. It should give the Bulls some momentum heading into a challenging regular season-ending scrap at Ohio. And I’m glad they got the win but…
