There were plenty of good seats available at some local college basketball games this season. By Budd Bailey It’s a good time to examine the just completed local men’s basketball season. While the NCAA tournament is about to take over the spotlight nationally – including six games right here in Buffalo - there’s still time to poke at the year closer to home.   It wasn’t a particularly encouraging season in most ways. Canisius showed a little life this season going 10-21, 5-15

By Budd Bailey Senior Day (or Night) used to be a staple of the college basketball season. It was something like graduation – a day to look back at the end of a journey that usually took three or four years, and a day for all concerned to show their appreciation for the ride. The journeys have gotten shorter these days of the transfer portal, as athletes barely have time to learn how to say hello before they are saying good-bye. Yet as Canisius showed on Sunday afternoon, tha

By Budd Bailey May we have a moment of silence, please, for the home-court advantage. It seems to have slipped silently away from Western New York when it comes to college basketball. The latest example came on Tuesday night at Alumni Arena, as the University at Buffalo dropped its sixth straight home game. UB fell to Northern Illinois, 72-70. Buffalo’s last win in the supposedly friendly confines of the Amherst campus came way back in January 3. “Every game is a different ga