Chris Casey may be primed to enter his first Division I head coaching job, but fortunately, his predecessor has made the newcomer’s life paradoxically good and bad.

The 21st head coach in Niagara’s history addressed school administrators, alumni,…

Don’t tell the Canisius Griffins that the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) is a third-tier basketball tournament.

Even though Canisius is playing…

Pitted against a perennial ACC power in the National Invitational Tournament, the Niagara Purple Eagles still had a lot to play for in Tuesday night’s first-round…

Billy Baron isn’t too old to take advice from his family. His dad, Canisius head coach Jim Baron, sat him down late in the week for a film session and advised him to be more aggressive. His brother, Jimmy, a professional basketball player in Russia, reminded…

Billy Baron’s teammates mobbed him in the corner by a small section of visiting Niagara students. Baron’s expression, a mixture of joy and shock, is tough to erase from memory. Kevin Bleeker, red-shirting in his second year at Canisius, leaped around…

Final—76-44 Canisius wins going away. If you were curious, Tyrel Edwards did complete a successful dunk on a putback in the final minutes. The 44 points allowed by Canisius ties the fewest points the Griffs have given up in the history of the…

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…

Canisius freshman guard Tiahana Mills not only beat the Siena Saints with her half-court, buzzer-beating three, but she earned the No. 1 play on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays.

After Siena’s Kanika Cummings tied the game with a driving lay-up…

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…

Even for a UB team that’s been searching high and low for offense this year, scoring only 39 points is pretty unacceptable. That output in the 54-39 loss to Temple was the Bulls’ lowest since 2003, a calamitous outing where Reggie Witherspoon’s…

The Canisius Griffins (2-0) and UB Bulls (1-4) are headed in opposite directions—seemingly at rapid rates.

Tonight’s head-to-head at 8 at Canisius’ Koessler Athletic Center will serve as a strong barometer for the Griffins’ progress…

Big 4 basketball season is underway in Western New York, and while no local team has played more than five games, there are already story-lines a-plenty. Welcome back to Tsuj’s Ten, the now bi-weekly resource for news, insight and opinion into WNY’s college…

—————-Final, 72-69 Canisius——————

:04—Harold’s first is good. 71-69 CC. The second drops too—huge pair there by Washington. Kloof dribbles…

The NCAA announced on Monday that March Madness will return to Buffalo in 2014, marking the first appearance of the mighty basketball tourney in the Queen City since 2010.

End-of-semester studies must be getting the best of Canisius College students’ schedule. That’s the only explanation that I can offer for the serious lack of student support for the Golden Griffins’ basketball team for their 7:00 p.m. tip-off Thursday night…