By Budd Bailey College basketball does not have a monopoly on March Madness. College hockey, Atlantic Hockey division, can be quite crazed at this time of the year. Consider the…
Canisius hockey advances to final
Pitino’s journey continues
By Budd Bailey It’s been a long time since Coach Rick Pitino first arrived in Upstate New York. Pitino was hired as an assistant coach in 1976 by the new…
Niagara rallies to defeat Canisius
By Budd Bailey It’s a familiar basketball story. The pesky road underdog goes into the home team’s building and plays up to their level. In fact, it is even leading…
Paul Henderson turns 80
By Budd Bailey The grandfather of Canisius hockey player Alton McDermott stood at the bench at the LECOM Harborcenter on Saturday night, waiting for the chance to take part in…
Niagara turns the tables on Canisius
By Budd Bailey It was almost as if the college hockey gods wanted to flip the script on Saturday night. The night before, Canisius had earned a 5-2 victory over…
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….
Canisius’ hopes sink a bit lower
By Budd Bailey Tom Petty was right. The waiting really is the hardest part. Canisius College’s men’s basketball team dropped a 65-54 decision to Niagara, its biggest rival, at the…
Niagara hockey downs Canisius
By Budd Bailey As the playoffs approach in March, the pecking order in the Atlantic Hockey Association is quite clear. It’s as clear as mud. Entering the weekend’s play, the…
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….
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,…
Canisius can’t erase big deficit
By Budd Bailey Call it a tale of two halves – even if it was the first half that essentially decided the game. Canisius must have thought it was living…
The epilogue to “What if?”
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist I had a good-sized smile on my face as I read the 15 parts of The Buffalo News series on some of the…
Canisius slams the door on Air Force
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Canisius College goaltender Jacob Barczewski had a big problem after leading his team to a 1-0 victory over Air Force on Saturday in…
Canisius overcomes obstacles in win
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist It’s the most wonderful time of the year … unless you are involved in college basketball. The holiday season has some odd quirks…
