Buffalo looking confident, Ohio very tentative and tired. Being down 16 early will make you a lot more tired, though.
Bobcats standing around off the ball an awful lot on offense and letting UB get too mnay open look on D. Somebody needs to energize them and get them back in the game before halftime, or this could get really ugly.
Still worried! We had a big 1st half lead at OU and they came back and drilled us. I'm sure UB remembers that.
Nice run by the Bobs; UB getting sloppy with the ball, though OU has tightened up on the wings which they weren't doing earlier. UB needs an adjustment to counter.
Lead to 8.
I do not mean to start anything, well yes I do, Buffalo has no buisness being in this game. If it was not for the MAC trying to get another team in the tourney by having the refs officiate the worse game ever! The Huskies would have beat Buffalo in the first round. The refs and the MAC screwed NIU in that game an we all know it!
23 bench points and a 10 pt. lead. Very impressive by Buffalo and they got their main players some rest. Fatigue will be a big factor in the second half: edge UB.
OU needs to start lighting it up and find a hot shooter. Made some poor decisions in the last few minutes.
Very entertaining first half.
My only gripe: Gund officials need to put in fans in the stands where the TV cameras will see them during game action. I know they are there; I can hear the 1000s of fans screaming.
Who isn't in those vacant seats? I'm guessing it's the corporate sponsors and their blocks of box seats.
I'm guessing attendance to be 9,258.
Haven't seen too many crowd shots (if any?). FSN panned on the crowd at least 20 times in the semi's. UB has filled some sections and had the place jumping during that 1st half but ESPN2 isn't showing it.
I agree officials need to put folks in the lower bowl if the seats aren't being used.
UB LOOKS LIKE AN ELITE 8 TEAM TONITE, PERHAPS FINAL FOUR. I didn't know J.J Reddick and Calvin Cage were the same guy. Bobcats showing some fight, but UB is playing like a deep NCAA tourney Team. UB is IN the dance. Bobcats needs to step it up. This is by far the best team Ohio has played all season tonite. How did we beat them twice? How did UB lose 7 MAC games with that bench. Ohio has no bench, but I knew that already. Ohio is playing about as well as they did against Kent or Miami. Its just that UB is playing like a top 20 team tonite. I'll put them in the sweet sixteen when I fill out my bracket. Great crowd for these two teams. Look at this a mid-major conference filling up a NBA Arena. Great TV coverage for this game. This is the best coverage for a Mac game I have seen.
OU defense is broken down now. Need badly to regroup, down 19.
UB getting open looks all over the place. OU looks very tired.
If UB played this way all the time...
OUBOBCATJOHN Wrote:UB LOOKS LIKE AN ELITE 8 TEAM TONITE, PERHAPS FINAL FOUR. I didn't know J.J Reddick and Calvin Cage were the same guy. Bobcats showing some fight, but UB is playing like a deep NCAA tourney Team. UB is IN the dance. Bobcats needs to step it up. This is by far the best team Ohio has played all season tonite. How did we beat them twice? How did UB lose 7 MAC games with that bench. Ohio has no bench, but I knew that already. Ohio is playing about as well as they did against Kent or Miami. Its just that UB is playing like a top 20 team tonite. I'll put them in the sweet sixteen when I fill out my bracket. Great crowd for these two teams. Look at this a mid-major conference filling up a NBA Arena. Great TV coverage for this game. This is the best coverage for a Mac game I have seen.
This game is So far from over! I agree UB looks great but I'm nervous as hell. If OU starts nailing 3's it will be close to the end. Remember one thing about Cage,,,consistency. He had 23 pts vs. Toledo but was 0 for 7 last night and had the big ZERO next to his name. Now tonight he's on again. If role guys like Cage, Bird, Gilbert & Middleton hit their shots,,,,I agree UB could be a sweet sixteen team. If not, they can lose to anyone. UB this year always seems to have a great half and a poor half. Rarely have they put together a complete game thus very few blowouts. I sure hope tonight they can stay hot!!
Fears has so much talent. If he can harness it a little more he will be very tough indeed. He's good now, but he has a lot of upside if he learns to play within himself more.
Cut the lead to seven 7. This is becoming a ball game.
G-FORCE Wrote:I do not mean to start anything, well yes I do, Buffalo has no buisness being in this game. If it was not for the MAC trying to get another team in the tourney by having the refs officiate the worse game ever! The Huskies would have beat Buffalo in the first round. The refs and the MAC screwed NIU in that game an we all know it!
that's the same sentiments many of us had about the Toledo game, to the point I'm still debating emailing Chryst and asking for a refund
Bobcats are learning a lot from this game. They show great heart coming back. No quit.
Shrakkrocket Wrote:G-FORCE Wrote:I do not mean to start anything, well yes I do, Buffalo has no buisness being in this game. If it was not for the MAC trying to get another team in the tourney by having the refs officiate the worse game ever! The Huskies would have beat Buffalo in the first round. The refs and the MAC screwed NIU in that game an we all know it!
that's the same sentiments many of us had about the Toledo game, to the point I'm still debating emailing Chryst and asking for a refund
You guys funny!
OU seems to have found some energy and are playing a lot tighter on D. Ball game.
Keep the faith, bobcatgrad!
OHIO on a 20-3 run within a deuce!
nice comeback by Ohio 60-60
Fears just pulled his trademark cartwheel and backflip.
Thanks Axeme. I have never lost it throughout this game.