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A Look Back at Buffalo

Mar 25, 2014

College Basketball, NCAA Tournament, UCONN Basketball

amida brimah, Buffalo, connecticut, Deandre Daniels, First Niagara Center, jay wright, Jeremy Lamb, Kemba Walker, Kevin Ollie, lasan kromah, March Madness, ncaa tournament, Niels Giffey, Roscoe Smith, Ryan Boatright, Shabazz Napier, st joe’s, syracuse, terrence samuel, Tyler Olander, UCONN, UCONN basketball, UCONN Huskies, villanova

I drove up to Buffalo for the NCAA Tournament games at the First Niagara Center, home of the Sabres. Here is what I took away from the 1st and 2nd rounds: ROLE PLAYERS EMERGENCE We made up a 10 point first half deficit with Shabazz on the bench in foul trouble. Down 19-9 ,…
RIP BIG EAST AS WE KNOW IT

Mar 13, 2014

Big East Basketball, College Basketball, UCONN Basketball

Basketball, ben gordon, big east, big east tournament, boston college, College Basketball, Emeka Okafor, georgetown, jim calhoun, Kemba Walker, louisville, madison square garden, msg, new york, notre dame, rutgers, st johns, syracuse, UCONN, UCONN Huskies

Madison Square Garden. 33rd and 7th. New York, New York. The World’s Most Famous Arena. The Mecca. The Garden. Home to the Big East Tournament featuring perennial powers: Creighton, Butler, and Xavier. No, that is not a typo and yes, this is what it has come to. I couldn’t help feeling angry and even a…