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…
Review: Role of a Lifetime
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…
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…
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…
Niagara rallies to defeat Canisius
By Budd Bailey It’s a familiar basketball story. The pesky road underdog goes into the home team’s building and plays up to their level. In fact, it is even leading…
Akron overwhelms UB
By Budd Bailey Let’s put it this way: If the Akron Zips are the 113th best men’s college basketball team in the country (ESPN Basketball Power Index), then Team No….
UB runs past Bowling Green
By Budd Bailey With less than two minutes to go, the goal seemed almost out of reach for the University at Buffalo men’s basketball team. No, not winning the game….
UB takes care of business
By Budd Bailey Like your college basketball to have plenty of drama? Close finishes? Individual accomplishments? Alumni Arena was not your kind of place on Saturday afternoon. And that’s not…
UB opens MAC play in style
By Budd Bailey In a sense, it was Opening Day – again – for the University at Buffalo men’s basketball team. The Bulls have spent the last two months getting…
