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Topic: Official Game 17 Thread: Buffalo

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Ted Thompson
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Official Game 17 Thread: Buffalo

Posted: 1/7/2026 10:55:22 AM

Use this thread to talk about anything game-related. For away games, we'll have a separate travel thread.

Date: Saturday January 10th, 2026 2:00 PM

Opponent: Buffalo (13-2, 3-0 MAC)

Site: Convocation Center

TV/Webcast: ESPN+

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Buffalo message board: UBFan.com

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M.D.W.S.T
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RE: Official Game 17 Thread: Buffalo

Posted: 1/7/2026 11:58:46 AM

Looking to win our 9th in 10 games.

Not bad for a team left for dead by most of this board three weeks ago.

colobobcat66
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RE: Official Game 17 Thread: Buffalo

Posted: 1/7/2026 12:53:02 PM

M.D.W.S.T wrote:

Looking to win our 9th in 10 games.

Not bad for a team left for dead by most of this board three weeks ago.

I don�t know about dead, but I had them badly wounded.

Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame
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RE: Official Game 17 Thread: Buffalo

Posted: 1/7/2026 12:53:39 PM

M.D.W.S.T wrote:

Looking to win our 9th in 10 games.

Not bad for a team left for dead by most of this board three weeks ago.

If you look at the Prediction thread, the team is basically exactly where everybody expected them to be.

We're 9-7. The average of the predictions in the prediction thread through the UMass game is 9.6 - 6.4.

Basically we're slightly worse than expected, but only very slightly.

Every basketball season is about whether we're better than the top of the MAC. We've got to be able to beat BG, Akron, Toledo, Buffalo, Kent, and Miami consistently or the team is actually dead.

GoCats105
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RE: Official Game 17 Thread: Buffalo

Posted: 1/7/2026 1:58:21 PM

M.D.W.S.T wrote:

Looking to win our 9th in 10 games.

Not bad for a team left for dead by most of this board three weeks ago.

Left for dead or too lofty expectations? I'll definitely say I thought we should be better than what we are given the talent we brought in. But after the evidence we've seen, maybe Boals got a little too big for his britches with the schedule.

bobcatsquared
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RE: Official Game 17 Thread: Buffalo

Posted: 1/7/2026 2:58:19 PM

Maybe that was Boals' diabolical plan all along - tank the early part of the season to get a low NET rating and therefore a lower level Sun Belt opponent for the second leg of the MAC-SBC Challenge. Well played, if so.

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RE: Official Game 17 Thread: Buffalo

Posted: 1/7/2026 4:43:13 PM

To my somewhat untrained eye, these guys have played almost nobody of value yet. They've lost to St. Bonaventure (who Ohio beat) and East Carolina (who is terrible). They did beat DePaul on the road, but they might not be very good. Their best win? Take your pick, I guess.

Southern Miss (191, KenPom)
Green Bay (243)
DePaul (108)
Vermont (186)
VMI (333)
Bucknell (312)
Canisius (338)
UMBC (267)

Three wins in MAC play against WMU, NIU and Ball State, who are a combined 15-30 overall.

Send these nerds home crying.

bobcat 2000
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RE: Official Game 17 Thread: Buffalo

Posted: 1/7/2026 5:02:39 PM

if they make it to the ncaa tournament they need to hope they dont draw ohio state or kansas. akron looks to be the mac team in the ncaa where theyll probably lose in first game.

bobcatsquared
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RE: Official Game 17 Thread: Buffalo

Posted: 1/7/2026 5:42:05 PM

GoCats105 wrote:

Definitely the DePaul win. Holtzman is slowly turning around the Blue Demons program, winning two straight Big East games v. Xavier and Georgetown. They held Georgetown to 1 field goal in the second half last night - unheard of in the shot-clock era.

Edit: I have no idea what point bobcat 2000 is trying to make, per usual. I will say this for him - he is consistent with his posts.

Last Edited: 1/7/2026 5:44:01 PM by bobcatsquared

greencat
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RE: Official Game 17 Thread: Buffalo

Posted: 1/8/2026 9:23:40 AM

Sort of Buffalo related....

Did Oats ever have a hissy fit there like he had in Bama's game last night?

It reminded me of Nick Nolte in "Blue Chips" and he should have been ejected.

CatsUp
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RE: Official Game 17 Thread: Buffalo

Posted: 1/8/2026 11:36:36 AM

With university housed students returning the next few days and a 2:00 PM start I�m hopeful for a good crowd for this game. Of course, the team seemingly on the upswing doesn�t hurt either.

GoCats105
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RE: Official Game 17 Thread: Buffalo

Posted: 1/8/2026 5:48:30 PM

What is Buffalo sucks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9fdOiOIaT8

Bobcat1998
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RE: Official Game 17 Thread: Buffalo

Posted: 1/9/2026 7:25:49 AM

GoCats105 wrote:

What is Buffalo sucks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9fdOiOIaT8

Why are not talking more about Walking Bucket? How does he not have his own thread after the last game? Do you think it was an anomaly and a one-off or will Burris legit be a contributing (may I dare say "Key) member of this team? I say "YESSIR!!!!"

He reminds me of Travis Wilkins from Snow College who we had many moons ago. T-Wilk was a veteran who would come off the bench and hit 3's and was sneaky athletic too on pull-up jumpers and backdoor cuts. I am not saying Burris is there yet but I would be fine if that happened. The situation is also similar. Wilkins had expanded minutes when Rico Johnson was injured early in the season with a torn ACL. Man I hate thinking what could have been with that group. DARN YOU JIM CHRISTIAN!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtGfcQMQn4s&t=39s

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