When Niagara basketball stalwarts Ameen Tanksley and Juan’ya Green announced their intentions to transfer after the departure…

According to CBS Sports’ Jeff Goodman, Niagara University men’s basketball will hire former Long…

It took a magical performance from Evansville’s Colt Ryan to end the Canisius Griffins’ postseason run to the quarterfinals of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.

The University at Buffalo athletic director Danny White announced this afternoon that former Rhode Island assistant Bobby Hurley would be the new head coach for the UB Bulls men’s basketball program, replacing the fired Reggie Witherspoon.

In a 5 p.m.…

The bandwagon for Canisius’ postseason run continues to hum along, as the Griffs knocked off Youngstown State in an epic comeback on Saturday night and solidified another home game in the CIT’s third round.

At 7 p.m. Tuesday, the Griffs (20-13…

What began as a year of promise for Big 4 basketball in Western New York closed unceremoniously, as no local team advanced past the conference…

Even though the UB Bulls unceremoniously stumbled in the Mid-American Conference quarterfinals last night, no one really saw this personnel move coming.

University at Buffalo athletic director Danny White released a statement today to announce the firing of…

All Buffalo basketball players should handle defeat like Canisius’ Billy Baron and UB’s Javon McCrea.

After any Canisius or UB loss this year, Baron and McCrea approached the media identically. Walking into post-game press conferences, their expressions…

Reality sank in as four Canisius Griffins approached the press conference podium following the 89-85 loss to Iona in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference quarterfinals, a…

When the final slate of ESPN BracketBusters match-ups were announced Monday evening, Canisius and Niagara learned their out-of-conference foes and the exposure that they’d receive from these late-season litmus tests.

Although conference realignment has…

The UB Bulls’ power forward Javon McCrea has shown stretches of dominance since his freshman year, but rarely have they been consistent. The burly big would post an eye-popping 20-point, 10-rebound stat-line in one game before disappearing with a foul-marred…

Now that conference play is moving full-throttle, local basketball fans have a better idea of which Big 4 teams are NCAA Tournament contenders and which are floundering in rebuilding mode. The clues were apparent during the non-conference slates, honestly, but how…

At some point, a hot team will probably come back down to earth, showing vulnerabilities in a surprising loss.

Jim Baron’s Canisius squad suffered through that harsh realization a week ago in a 66-45 pummeling at the hands of the Fairfield Stags. Court-side…

Covering the Canisius vs. Detroit game Sunday was worthwhile for more reasons than wandering around Comerica Park, Ford Field and Greektown. Jim Baron’s upstart Griffins met a foe of equal ability, and despite…

Final—83-78 Detroit downs Canisius at Dick Vitale Court. A highly entertaining affair, but a few close calls by the officials and a major bout with turnovers was too much for Canisius. Ray McCallum Sr. runs to the press area and grabs the mic—thanking…