2023 Record 4-2 2022 Record 68-41-2 2021 record 62-49 2020 record 52-52-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Total: 320-235-11=57% Mr. Over/Under: Saints -3 over Carolina As we stated last week,…
Stone Cold Locks By Bob Gaughan
Review: Role of a Lifetime
Review by Budd Bailey The idea in the game of basketball is to score more points than the opposing team and win the game, one way or another. There might…
Stone Cold Locks
By Bob Gaughan 2023 Record 0-0 2022 Record 68-41-2 2021 record 62-49 2020 record 52-52-4 2019 Record 62-41-2 2018 Record 72-50-3 Total: 316-233-11=57% Mr. Over/Under: Philadelphia -4 over New England WELCOME BACK. Hope…
Buffalo Bills: September 9, 1979 – Hooks’ big day
(Editor’s Note: Reedy Press has published “The Buffalo Bills: An Illustrated Timeline of a Storied Franchise.” The book was written by Greg Tranter and Budd Bailey; click here for more…
Review: Coach K
Review by Budd Bailey In the spring of 2022, it was relatively easy to be tired of Mike Krzyzewski. The longtime Duke basketball coach had announced in the summer of…
Book Review: Moving the Chains
Review by Budd Bailey Sometimes advances in civil rights in the United States have come along so slowly that it’s like waiting for a glacier to recede. At other times,…
UB reboots its basketball program
By Budd Bailey Jim Whitesell had one major problem while serving as the men’s basketball coach at the University at Buffalo: He had an impossible act to follow. Whitesell lost…
Canisius hockey advances to final
By Budd Bailey College basketball does not have a monopoly on March Madness. College hockey, Atlantic Hockey division, can be quite crazed at this time of the year. Consider the…
Syracuse ends an era
By Budd Bailey Sometimes I like to tease my fellow reporters by explaining to them just how old I am with a simple analogy. “I covered Jim Boeheim’s hiring at…
UB hits the right notes in latest win
By Budd Bailey The University at Buffalo men’s basketball team needed a little inspiration on Friday night. The squad knew it was headed to the playoffs regardless of the result…
Niagara trips up Fairfield
By Budd Bailey Niagara coach Greg Paulus didn’t feel like talking about the conference seeding race in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference after the Purple Eagles beat Fairfield 76-68 in…
UB overwhelms Central Michigan
By Budd Bailey For those fans who prefer a nice, relaxing evening of sports entertainment without the slightest chance of any drama, Tuesday night’s game between the University at Buffalo…
Pitino’s journey continues
By Budd Bailey It’s been a long time since Coach Rick Pitino first arrived in Upstate New York. Pitino was hired as an assistant coach in 1976 by the new…
Buffalo outscores Eastern Michigan
By Budd Bailey Every once in a while, an elite college basketball prospect turns up in Western New York. Tuesday night was one of those nights. Emoni Bates and his…
