buffalo in trouble

[moqui]

down 5 to northern illinois woth 1:44 to play

 

[cusetown1]

Northern Illinois just had better players.

 

[orange79]

Final: No Ill 77 Buffalo 75

 

[moqui]

massinburg scores 9 points in the final 1:19 to tie it up but niu gets the game winning layup with 2 secs left

 

[kingtidge]

Northern Illinois just had better players.

Only team to start all 5th year grad transfers.

 

[jncuse]

That Northern Illinois court in black... WTH was that.

 

[Newhouser]

I know people don't like it but if we played Buff this year in an NBA playoff format I still think they beat us.

 

[CousCuse]

Noill beat UB in the MAC championship game in football and now knocked off their ranked bball team. That's good rivalry stuff.

 

[cuseincincy]

Noill beat UB in the MAC championship game in football and now knocked off their ranked vvall team. That's good rivalry stuff.

They beat their ranked basketball team too!

 

[Orangefan1]

It won’t get easier for UB their next game either

 

[RF2044]

I know people don't like it but if we played Buff this year in an NBA playoff format I still think they beat us.

I don't. They caught us at a time when several key players were dealing with injuries.

 

[Trueblue25]

I know people don't like it but if we played Buff this year in an NBA playoff format I still think they beat us.

Buffalo’s tough but we had Frank hampered by injury, along with chukwu dinged up too. Now that both are close to back to normal i think we’d beat Buffalo on a neutral court barring a classic meltdown.

Not into excuses though. UB won at the dome which is hard regardless of what cuse team you play.

 

[cusetown1]

I don't. They caught us at a time when several key players were dealing with injuries.

Cuse beat them by 7 points the previous year with the identical lineup. They were favored by 4 this year even with Buff being in the top 15 and Cuse struggling .

 

[RF2044]

Cuse beat them by 10 points the previous year with the identical lineup. They were favored by 4 this year even with Buff being in the top 15 and Cuse struggling .

Look, I'm not knocking UB. They've proven that they can beat big teams -- they're good.

I just take our loss this year with a grain of salt. Frank couldn't move -- he had zero lateral mobility. We played them even and collapsed late -- I'd expect a different outcome with a more healthy lineup, again with no disrespect to UB.

 

[jncuse]

I think a seven game series could go either way. The one thing with college kids is that momentum from game to game would probably be a larger factor than the pros. It will never happen though for obvious reasons.

 

[cuseincincy]

I think a seven game series could go either way. The one thing with college kids is that momentum from game to game would probably be a larger factor than the pros. It will never happen though for obvious reasons.

SU in 6.

 

[rrlbees]

SU in 6.

Ditto. Maybe 5.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

SU in 6.

I read that wrong and thought you were saying SU would take the 7 game series with 6 wins. Oh man that confused me for a moment. Maybe a nap would be a good idea for me right now...