Felt like it was me who gave the jinx. I got to go to the game (a thank you reward from Virtual Sellout contribution). I was concerned going in after the last couple big blowout wins and 6 game winning streak, and 3rd game in 5 days. Looked like we had no legs at all - on O & D. Buffalo played with A Lot of energy.

Couple take aways from the experience getting to see one of these limited attendance games live. I was able to break the longest stretch in my life of not getting into the Convo for a game - of course first time since the end of season last year - and I have been at a game (well, Many/Most all each year) every year since my Freshman year 1977. It felt So Empty. The few friends/family/guests who were there, plus the team, made more noise than I would have expected to hear - no crowd roar but not bad. The handful of Buffalo fans plus their team made quite a bit of noise (with good reason and effect). At halftime there was a presentation on court to recognize Seniors from various sports, Cheerleaders, Dance Team, etc. I felt for them. Very small live crowd to give them a hand and cheers - and after a year of not even being able to do what they do every game.

If I'm reading the standings correctly...like you said as of today...Ohio Vs Buffalo and it looks possibly like Akron vs BG in the quarterfinals. Wow.

Jeff, you can’t seriously say you think our two Biggs are as athletic as the ones from Buffalo. I agree, they have some very good basketball qualities but athleticism is not one of them. Even on their best days they’re just not that athletic. They might be bigger and stronger. Buffaloes guys are leaner and quicker.

Athleticism is just one component of winning basketball. We aren't as athletic as Buffalo, but we already showed we could beat teams more athletic than us. We beat Buffalo on their home floor. Akron is more athletic than us, but we just ran them off the floor a few days ago. BGSU is pretty athletic, but they had a six game losing streak earlier.

We were slow and tired today and couldn't shoot, and Buffalo used their athleticism to run circles around us. Might be a different outcome if we face them in Cleveland.

If Wilson's hurting it might be best to sit him the next two games and maybe get him better for the tourney. Even with two losses the worst we can be is sixth (we'd be 9-7; the best Fiami can be is 10-8, so we'd have a better percentage; BG could still finish ahead of us even with only one win this week). Wherever we finish we wind up playing Akron, Kent or Buffalo, depending on how this week plays out, so we'll need to have Wilson as healthy as possible in Cleveland.

Buffalo's first win in Athens was on Senior Day.

I would rather face Kent, BG or Akron in the quarters over Buffalo. Regardless, what a difficult opening game.

If Buffalo wins out they are the two seed. If Buffalo wins out and we win out, we get the 3 seed.

Should we read anything into how they did not honor Dwight on Senior Day?

I feel like every time we struggle we get the "no effort" narrative from a lot of fans. I just have a hard time buying it. In some ways it is circular logic, where success breeds confidence and joy and further success...I didn't see a lack of effort. They just got beat...Buffalo played a complete game with a great game plan for us.

Regardless, I can't write it off as a bad day or a tired team. You'd be silly if you didn't feel less confident in a tourney run after that. Anxious to see how they handle Kent.

I would agree with Jeff M as every game in Cleveland will be tough. I can see Miami or Ball possibly winning a game, but not three in a row. The other six teams are all capable of winning the tourney.

From 2 weeks ago - another good call. Never in doubt after Ohio and UB ended up in different halves of the MAC tourney bracket.

I've believed all winter that UB has the most balanced lineup in the MAC. The good thing is that this is not a best-of-seven series.