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 is too good for Canisius

By Budd Bailey Call this a Tale of Two Teams. The men’s basketball teams from the University at Buffalo and Canisius College had plenty in common entering the current season….

Why, John Y. Brown?

By Budd Bailey The death of former Buffalo Braves’ owner John Y. Brown on Tuesday went more or less unnoticed in the Western New York media. There was nothing in…

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…

Life on the flip side

By Budd Bailey Western New York has rivaled Disney World for the title as “the happiest place on earth” this week. The Buffalo Bills were only two wins from reaching…

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,…