There’s hardly any question anymore as to who will get the ball on Niagara’s final possession. Juan’ya Green has given head coach Joe Mihalich no other choice.

The sophomore guard has repeatedly shown a flair for the dramatic, sinking contested…

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…

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…

In a season that’s been plagued by close conference losses, errant shooting and poor decision-making, the UB Bulls finally put together an impressive 40-minute effort in torching the Central Michigan Chippewas 91-73.

“For the first time, we played…

You know when two local teams square-off against each other in college basketball things are going to be exciting! The game was sold out, the fans were ready, and the energy was electrifying in the Koessler Athletic Center on Sunday afternoon. The Canisius Golden Griffins…

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…

The next week is the final respite for college basketball teams, as conference play begins for the vast majority in the first seven days of January. While many athletes will guiltily nibble Christmas cookies, down one too many glasses of eggnog and ponder which of…

For a team projected to finish ninth in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, the Canisius Griffins are making serious national noise. By winning their…

Niagara head coach Joe Mihalich’s 250 wins may pale in comparison to Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s 945, but he’s the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference’s all-time wins leader, and he’s still chugging along in season No. 15.

The Bulls had a decided majority of fans packed into the Alumni Arena on Saturday night and the team ran with the home crowd's energy.

UB scored first on a Jarryn Skeete three point shot and the Bulls never trailed Niagara from that point on. Three pointers…

Final— Player of the Game honors go to Will Regan, who led the Bulls in scoring with a career-high 26 points.

—————Final, UB wins 77-67 over Niagara—————

We’re at the end of the road in terms of non-conference Big 4 match-ups; Saturday night’s Niagara University vs. University at Buffalo clash marks the final meeting of the season.

Neither squad has enjoyed a particularly inspiring start to the…

We’ve reached December of the college basketball season, and the Big 4 teams are sailing through their non-conference schedules, eager to start conference play—the contests that truly matter.

Ideally, teams are firing on all cylinders by the onset…