Will always stand by my Whitesell comments from the day he was named head coach. Buffalo would have been better off going with Nate's other assistant Bryan Hodgson. Thank god Buffalo made the "safe" choice and not the correct one. Whitesell has buried the Beefs program. I have to believe he'll be gone after next season.

Was full of complaints about every Beefs foul.

The emphasis the last few games on defense is beginning to pay off. The defensive intensity, I think, was a key to the victory in this game. EJ really is looking good recently. The whole starting five, I thought, played excellent games overall, in addition to the aforementioned EJ -- Wilson, Hunter, BRod, and M. Brown. Some got more assists, some more steals or forced TOs, some more RBs and some more points, but they all contributed and they all played team ball for the most part, something that wasn't happening as much earlier in the season. Hopefully, EJ will outshine Bass head-to-head.

My uncalibrated Wiz-o-Meter indicates that OHIO leads against the Beefs often increased while he was in game, even if he's not yet a scoring machine himself. I watched him away from the ball and he had some nice blockouts and a few good defensive moves, with 6 defensive RBs. He's definitely improving. I don't see him transferring out. I fully expect him to be here next year and to greatly improve over the off-season and also to gain strength via the weight room.

He and Clayton played identical minutes. It was marginal, but Wiz actually outproduced the latter in points, a blocked shot, and didn’t have a turnover. Clayton went 0-3, from 3.

Not really sure what to expect out of these two moving forward, but I do think the uptick in minutes for Wiz increases (at least Boals is giving him every chance to earn it) the odds he’s back. Clayton — 40/60 right now.

AJB must be still hurting, only 9 minutes?

His lack of development offensively has been a huge disappointment. At this point, I would be surprised if he’s back next season. Can’t understand why he shoots so many threes and has the green light to do so.

Disappointing crowd overall but horrifically disappointing student section. I don't think I am far off in estimating there were 10 students that were traditional Ozone like standing in the game students (Cellis group) and maybe another 50 additional students sitting half watching the game. There are 20,000 students on campus. The games are FREE. I watched the Brazilians having fun with each other and making memories and thought about how nearly every OU student chose to stay at home for a forgettable evening of gaming, streaming, whatever. I will never stop being bewildered and annoyed by this. I know it is a nationwide problem.

Anyway, as for the game...Love the progression of the defense, hats off to the coaching staff for honing in on this and demanding better results. I do think part of our success was just a bad shooting night for Buffalo (3 for 25 from 3...yikes) but a lot of that was us locking down other options and forcing non-ideal shots from them. Miles is the man as we know but Jaylin and Elmore have really improved defensively.

Dwight sits with 7 minutes to go in the 1st half with 2 fouls and then ends the game with just 2 fouls and only 21 minutes played. I don't like the idea of refusing to play a guy with 2 fouls in the 1st half as you run the risk of this kind of waste.

Devon Baker is a nice bullet to have off the bench if we get in a spot where we are struggling, we can roll the dice with him. He is a shoot first type of guy and sometimes that's a good thing like last night.

Only 8 turnovers! Strong defense and taking care of the ball has been the big things during this streak.

Clayton's quick trigger threes didn't work out last night but he grabbed a lot of boards in a little amount of time. I still think he is a better rebounder than most give him credit for and could be a lot better if he committed to the paint more. Roderick also grabbed a lot of loose rebounds, a big night on the boards from that duo.

Coach seems to have really settled into a starter/understudy or platoon model.

Wilson / Wiz
Hunter / Sheldon
Roderick / Clayton
E James / A Brown
M Brown / Baker

It feels a little elementary to me, I sort of wish we could be a little more dynamic and flexible with our combinations. I'd like to see James & A Brown on the court at the same time more often, and I continue to maintain we don't HAVE to have Wiz in if Dwight is out. And Miles can absolutely run the point.

I thought we had the better luck with the refs. The and 1 call for Dwight in the 2nd half was terrible. I don't remember being upset with a single call. It was a frustrating night for Buffalo all around.

Central got a win at BG...Saturday won't be easy. If we can get past it, you like our chances at making this a 7 game win streak.

A little over a decade ago, the athletic department started a yearly "Green Fever" promotional game. It was usually a late season weeknight game and usually resulted in a bigger crowd. We were also usually playing the game against Miami, Akron, or other similar rival. This was after I had graduated so I don't know what the actual "promotion" was. I know there were special shirts made, but that's about it. Last night's game would have been the candidate for this promotion a decade ago. Anyone remember what the Green Fever promotion consisted of?

Would love to look at bringing this back potentially.

Currently, a lot of games are marketed to students with incentives such as free food certain games and giveaways for certain games as well. This depends by game but I think it's led to good to mixed results so far depending on the food or item being given away. Chickfila and Raising Cane's were massive hits and free shirts seem to draw a ton at times as well.

I'll never forget the gutsy decision by Al McGuire to play Bo Ellis after committing 2 very early 1st half fouls in the national championship game against N.Carolina. Bo played most of the game with 4 fouls, never fouled out, and played the entire game. Marquette won.

Good point. Boals can't do this with Dwight in the MAC Tournament if he picks up two first-half fouls.

Even more gutsy - Loyola Marymount's Bo Kimble was called for FOUR fouls in the 1st half of their first round NCAA tournament game in 1990 against New Mexico State. Paul Westhead basically dared the officials to foul him out. It worked. He scored 45 and made the famous one handed free throw in honor of Hank Gathers later on.