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…
Book Review: Bracketology
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…
Book Review: Hang Time
Review by Budd Bailey The first time I noticed Elgin Baylor was in 1974, when I was 18 years old. I was in the Basketball Hall of Fame – the…
Book Review: From Hang Time to Prime Time
Review by Budd Bailey For those of you who think the National Basketball Association has been the proverbial big-league organization forever, well, think again. It wasn’t that long ago –…
Review: Wish It Lasted Forever
Review by Budd Bailey Dan Shaughnessy can be a tough sportswriter some times. That’s a little more rare than you might think. Criticism of sports figures has become increasingly rare,…
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….
Book Review: Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised
Review by Budd Bailey At its heart, “Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised” isn’t about basketball. It’s more about sociology and urban studies than any other category. The book will be in…
Book Review: The Big East
Review by Budd Bailey Talk to any basketball fan who was around in the 1980s, and they’ll immediately become nostalgic when the Big East Conference is brought up. The league…
Covid-19 takes a toll at UB
By Budd Bailey On the list of “jobs I’d rather not do, thank you,” which includes such professions as garbage collector, door-to-door salesman, heart surgeon, mountain climber, and “celebrity journalist,”…
A tale of two finishes
By Budd Bailey The game of basketball has been evolving ever since James Naismith first nailed up those peach baskets to the balcony more than a century ago in Springfield,…
Mihalich can’t inspire Purple Eagles
By Budd Bailey Before taking a look at the present state of the Niagara men’s basketball team, it’s only appropriate to take a look back at some of the team’s…
Book Review: Bubbleball
Review by Budd Bailey “What was it like?” That’s one of the basic questions that can be answered by journalism. Reporters can often take readers and viewers to places that…
Book Review: Tall Men, Short Shorts
Review by Budd Bailey Leigh Montville was a member of the “Dream Team” even before the term was used in association with basketball. Montville was part of the sports department…
