By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist One of the few constants in college basketball over the years is that it’s nice to have a senior guard around at crunch…
Johnson leads Canisius past Bona
Book Review: The City Game
By Budd Bailey If you check the record book of basketball history, something will strike you about the 1949-50 season. City College of New York is listed as the winner…
Book Review: Basketball: A Love Story
By Budd Bailey It’s not the usual procedure, but sometimes the movie gets a head start on the book. That’s the case with “Basketball: A Love Story,” which fans whose…
One at a time
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Here are the rules: I can say whatever I want, but I can only say it in one sentence – even if I…
Catching Up With UB Hoops
by Bob Gaughan, Buffalo Sports Page It’s been about two months since Nate Oats left UB basketball for the University of Alabama. It’s been a month and a half since…
UB’s New Head Coach Jim Whitesell
by Bob Gaughan, Buffalo Sports Page UB made it official by naming Jim Whitesell their 14th head coach in school history. In naming Whitesell the head coach the Bulls are…
Thoughts on the UB Coaching Search
by Bob Gaughan, Buffalo Sports Page UB is in the midst of hiring a new basketball coach that will try to lead their program after Nate Oats left for the…
Book Review: Jim Boeheim and Syracuse Basketball
By Budd Bailey Is there anyone who thinks that Jim Boeheim needs to be defended for his record as a basketball coach over the years? It seems there’s at least…
A tale of two basketball coaches
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist A couple of local college basketball coaches were in the news off the court this week, but for different reasons. On Monday, Niagara…
Gaughan: UB Senior Night
by Bob Gaughan, Buffalo Sports Page I remember thinking back to a game I broadcast in college. It was the late 1980’s. Buffalo State was a power. The Bengals behind…
A basketball rivalry times two
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist My father had an unusual theory about what used to be called “Little Three Basketball” – games involving Canisius, Niagara and St. Bonaventure….
The Madhouse on Millersport
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist We’re heading into the last week of February, and that means the games of college basketball are starting to get serious. Soon we’ll…
UB Basketball: Looking Back & Looking Ahead
by Bob Gaughan, Buffalo Sports Page UB hoops had a great week with two road wins in two hostile environments. First the Bulls won in Akron on Tuesday night 76-70….
Business as usual is unusual for UB
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Fans who entered the front door of Alumni Arena on Friday night for a college basketball game were greeted by a most unusual…
