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

By Budd Bailey The University at Buffalo men’s basketball team has played undefeated Miami (Ohio) for two games and 85 minutes this season, and there’s no doubt that the teams play as if they are evenly matched. The problem for UB is that the RedHawks have been a shade better. Twice. Game No. 2 was in Alumni Arena Tuesday night, and it again went down to the buzzer. This time, a three-point shot by the Bulls didn’t go in, and Miami escaped with a 73-71 win before 3,507. The s

By Budd Bailey No one was too happy about the way the University at Buffalo’s men’s basketball team played on Saturday afternoon. Especially the coach. “Our entire team is disappointed about the way we came out today,” said head coach George Halcovage after a discouraging 95-83 loss to Ohio University in Alumni Arena. “I don’t think we brought the proper fight to this game, the proper focus. We’ve got to learn from this. … We have to all stick together. We have to take pride