By Budd Bailey College basketball fans probably have noticed something odd and interesting about their favorite sport. Catholic colleges and universities probably punch over their weight, as they say in…
Book Review: Miracles on the Hardwood
Book Review: Bracketology
Review by Budd Bailey Basketball fans have learned a new word over the past several years: bracketology. If you were trying to define it, you’d say it is the study…
Burke’s lengthy to-do list
By Budd Bailey So you want to be a college basketball coach at a mid-major program? Be prepared to multi-task. That might be the biggest lesson to come out of…
Following the Aggies
By Budd Bailey There are all sorts of interesting stories out there when it comes to NCAA basketball tournament. I had the chance to follow one of them relatively closely,…
More Madness than usual
By Budd Bailey At least the second round of the NCAA basketball tournament is half as long as the first round. It’s tough enough to follow four games in one…
The Madness begins
By Budd Bailey In some ways, it’s the best sports morning of the year. It might be the most romantic, too. The players, coaches and fans of 64 men’s college…
Getting ready for Madness
By Budd Bailey Gentlemen, start your madness. The NCAA men’s basketball tournament gets underway this way. We here in Buffalo are lucky enough to be involved in it again this…
Canisius’ hopes sink a bit lower
By Budd Bailey Tom Petty was right. The waiting really is the hardest part. Canisius College’s men’s basketball team dropped a 65-54 decision to Niagara, its biggest rival, at the…
UB has the right stuff at crunch time
By Budd Bailey For more than 35 minutes, Saturday’s game between the University at Buffalo and Ball State was up for grabs. It was just a matter of asking –…
Jack leads UB to an easy win
By Budd Bailey This was the type of night that the University of Buffalo was hoping to see when Maceo Jack arrived on campus to play basketball in the fall….
Niagara surprises Iona
By Budd Bailey Not too many Hall of Fame basketball coaches have turned up at the Gallagher Center at Niagara University for a game over the years. Even fewer Hall…
UB puts up a clunker
By Budd Bailey It was easy to determine what happened Friday night in the men’s basketball game between the University at Buffalo and Ohio University at Alumni Arena. The Bulls…
UB has a finishing kick
By Budd Bailey It was the first time all night that the University at Buffalo men’s basketball team had reason to be nervous. The Bulls had been in control throughout…
Niagara downs Canisius
By Budd Bailey Niagara and Canisius both needed a win when they renewed their rivalry on Thursday night at the Gallagher Center. But more importantly, they needed a little normalcy….
