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Subject: Re: Niagara vs. Marist Thursday 6:30...ESPN+ Author: NUSuperfan [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Tuesday, January 21, 11:15:34pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.78.96 In reply to: Maldez 's message, "Niagara vs. Marist Thursday 6:30...ESPN+" on Tuesday, January 21, 07:31:21pm Marist is the best team in the MAAC. Prediction: Marist 81 Niagara 67. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: Niagara vs. Marist Thursday 6:30...ESPN+ Author: Maldez [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 07:28:25am Author Host/IP: syn-067-249-246-087.res.spectrum.com/67.249.246.87 It'd be a great time for Niagara to pull off its first upset of the year. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Niagara vs. Marist Thursday 6:30...ESPN+ Author: NUSuperfan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 06:12:20pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.78.96 Tom, if you believe that Niagara has a chance of beating Marist, I have some Florida swamp land to sell you ! Just aIn't happening. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: I Would Have Stopped And Chatted RCM but, Author: NUSuperfan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 06:19:43pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.78.96 I didn't have any loose change. I only carry my credit cards and I didn't know if you take El Banco of Venezuela OR the Original Bank of PoGo PoGo OR the Children's Bank of Lilliputian. The only other one I carry is The Bank of NUUM Greenland. SO I just sped on, nothing personal my dear man. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Niagara vs. Marist Thursday 6:30...ESPN+ Author: Maldez [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, January 23, 11:57:55am Author Host/IP: syn-067-249-246-087.res.spectrum.com/67.249.246.87 You're probably right, Soup...Niagara's a 4.5 point underdog and that doesn't seem nearly enough....take Marist and lay the points. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Niagara vs. Marist Thursday 6:30...ESPN+ Author: NUSuperfan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, January 23, 12:40:49pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.77.130 Yeah, Marist is the cream of the MAAC crap for this season. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: OVERTIME 57-57 Author: NUSuperfan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, January 23, 08:25:02pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.77.130 Who knew ? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: NU Turns It Over With 6 Seconds Left and Loses Author: NUSuperfan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, January 23, 08:39:54pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.77.130 Damn ! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Marist 67 NU 65- FINAL/OT Author: NUSuperfan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, January 23, 08:43:15pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.77.130 Sad Sack Outfit ! There are no moral losses. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Marist 67 NU 65- FINAL/OT Author: Maldez [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, January 23, 09:09:50pm Author Host/IP: syn-067-249-246-087.res.spectrum.com/67.249.246.87 Another bitch of a loss...gotta love the effort and energy but it's still a damn loss...shit! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: NU 7-12 2-6 In The MAAC) Author: NUSuperfan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, January 23, 09:16:05pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.77.130 It breaks my heart to see this game night in and game night out. Loss after loss, it must be nice for the athletic dept., coaches and staff to have this much slack given to them. Can you imagine if you went to work and failed on the job much more often than you succeeded ? Most people make minimum wage to middle class wages and would be fired within a relatively short period of time. I guess at Niagara you can make six figure salaries and not be gone, as long as you fit in and play along. There is ZERO accountability. I don't know why I continue to bother watching Niagara sports. Well Saturday afternoon, I get to see the other side of this when 8th ranked MSU plays Rutgers. Thank GOD I have that outlet. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: It's Just You & Me, Tom Author: Soup [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, January 23, 11:03:02pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.77.130 A lot of posts but it's just you and me. You know why ? Cause know body else gives a shit ! There use to be 5 or 6 guys who'd post after each game. Now it's you and me or sometimes another guy or two. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Correction: Meant Nobody Author: Soup [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, January 23, 11:32:29pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.77.130 Too much N/A Beer ! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Correction: Meant Nobody Author: Maldez [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, January 24, 07:29:40am Author Host/IP: syn-067-249-246-087.res.spectrum.com/67.249.246.87 You're right, Soup, nobody else really cares. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: It's Just You & Me, Tom Author: RCM [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, January 24, 08:41:58am Author Host/IP: syn-045-046-140-085.res.spectrum.com/45.46.140.85 The games are very hard to find. No one knows the players, their stories, etc. All the players will be gone next year. Not a good set of circumstances for a lot of people caring. What is ironic is that this message board was well ahead of its time for "message boards" in sports. The dearth of contributions and no new members is not a reflection on anything but low interaction with the team. With everyone having smart TV's now...I don't know why MAAC schools dont put all of their games on YOUTUBE LIVE and sell ads in game. It would make it so much easier to turn on the game and watch. I actually think usually when NU is playing "oh NU is playing Id love to watch". Then I remember its either not on or on some weird pay wall service and don't even bother. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: It's Just You & Me, Tom Author: Maldez [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, January 24, 12:38:52pm Author Host/IP: syn-067-249-246-087.res.spectrum.com/67.249.246.87 I don't know why you say the games are "hard to find" when I post a direct link to the ESPN+ coverage every game. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: It's Just You & Me, Tom Author: RCM [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, January 24, 03:36:01pm Author Host/IP: syn-045-046-140-085.res.spectrum.com/45.46.140.85 ESPN+? I don't even know what that is. The games have be to easy to find. I have a man cave devoted to sports. Two tvs and an ipad when the parlays are extra thick...I have never ever seen anything on ESPN+. I suspect not many have either [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: It's Just You & Me, Tom Author: Maldez [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, January 24, 05:00:58pm Author Host/IP: syn-067-249-246-087.res.spectrum.com/67.249.246.87 ESPN+ costs like 10 bucks a month and streams all the MAAC games and hundreds of others to your PC...try it, you might like it. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: RCM, Are You An Alien ? Author: Supe To Nuts [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, January 24, 08:20:26pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.77.130 You're seriously telling us that you have never heard of ESPN+ ? And you say you have a sports man cave? I think you must be living inside Yogi Bear's cave. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: NU 7-12 2-6 In The MAAC) Author: Maldez [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, January 24, 12:37:51pm Author Host/IP: syn-067-249-246-087.res.spectrum.com/67.249.246.87 So what are you suggesting, Soup? Do you want GP and his staff fired? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Firing Would Not Make A Difference At Niagara Author: NUSuperfan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, January 24, 01:56:16pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.77.130 It doesn't matter whether or not they are fired. There is no accountability at Niagara and that's the point. There is no emphasis on winning or excellence at Niagara. It's all play along to get along. Contrast that with St. Bona, which is a smaller school than Niagara but has all the ingredients the Niagara lacks. Bona is a success and NU is what it is, and most probably always will be. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Firing Would Not Make A Difference At Niagara Author: Maldez [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, January 24, 05:04:20pm Author Host/IP: syn-067-249-246-087.res.spectrum.com/67.249.246.87 Bona has a winning track record over the last several years because die-hard fans got together and raised enough cash to pay a top-tier coach, Mark Schmidt...their winning has nothing to do with the administration holding its coaches accountable. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: So What ? A Coach alone doesn't guarantee success ! Author: NUSuperfan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, January 24, 07:19:05pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.77.130 They paid some of the money for a coach. It certainly was NOT all of it. What is the percentage that they paid ? Now beyond that, Bona was in the A-10, which , if I'm not mistaken was before Schmidt was hired. Bona's success goes way back to the late 50s and 1960. Have the fans always "paid" for the coach ? I don't think so. Yes, Bona also had some lean years, which is expected of most D-1 programs over the course of decades, but nothing like Niagara's. Bona has been to way more NCAA and NIT tournaments than Niagara. Bona, I believe has won 2 NIT championships. Arguably, if Lanier had not been put out of commission by an injury just before the NCAA finals, many people believe that the "Brown Indians" had enough talent to beat UCLA for the 1970 National Championship. Bona was once ranked #2 in the nation, and over the years has been consistently nationally ranked. This is a school that , as I stated earlier, is smaller than Niagara, located in the wilderness, near no large or mid-sized city; and even more remarkably , near no major or mid-sized airport. So in my opinion, your excuse doesn't compute ! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Niagara Has GP, actually, a good coach, why no success ? Author: NUSuperfan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, January 24, 07:38:28pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.77.130 Because if you don't have the other ingredients necessary for success, you won't win !!!!! Do you think Schmidt could be successful at Niagara ? Hell no ! Even if the alum, students , fans and surrounding community chipped in for his salary, Schmidt couldn't win at Niagara; and that's with a large city and mid-sized city, one major airport and the one located in NF. But you know what Tom, Bona would still be the main power in WNY. But we shouldn't feel too bad because Niagara, Canisius and the so called giant in WNY, UB are in the same boat. Why is UB included ? Because UB is too inconsistent from coach to coach and commitment to commitment; in addition, the MAC is not a powerhouse conference AND not nearly as respected as the A-10, which Bona is in and has prospered. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: NU Turns It Over With 6 Seconds Left and Loses Author: Terfra [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, January 24, 07:54:53pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/107.127.49.22 It is a shame how diminished college basketball is in WNY. Between UB, Canisius, Niagara and Buff State, there just wasn't any interest in investing in a sport that can bring so much revenue back. But, as discussed here many years and many times ago, the Big East was the ticket. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Hey Terf Author: NUSuperfan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, January 24, 08:07:16pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.77.130 Even the A-10 would have been a tremendous upgrade from the North Atlantic Conference. The trouble is Niagara couldn't earn its way into that great conference. Bona was relevant, NU was Mr. Irrelevant. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]