They got the best #3 seed in the tourney...tough draw. Bye Nate...thanks for elevating the MAC to another level these past two years.

Lol Tariq Owens plays for Texas Tech? How does he still have eligibility!? His college career outlasted Saul’s entire contract here

Not sure if it is in this massive thread, but Nate Oats to UCLA would be a great get for them. Not the big name their fanbase would want, but maybe the one they need.

Nothing about the Pac 12 is a leap right now. That being said, get what you are saying. Maybe a CAL more his speed. But, I do think he would be an awesome hire. UNLV would be a step down in my opinion, place for a coaches career to go and die.

He is already a king at one of those places and signed to be paid well. I do get what you are saying, just dont think it is a great job for him and what he currently has. Kelvin Sampson or Rick Pitino seems like a good fit there. Also, technically, Alford went from New Mexico to UCLA.

The kid has played all over the place. Sort of a trip seeing him out there.

Just leaving Tulsa now and was at the games yesterday. Gotta assume it looked pretty bad on TV, but Tech literally made their offense work from the sidelines in. Penetration in the middle was a premium for Buffalo and the fact they weren't hitting early along with turnovers doomed Buffalo out of the gates.

Will say though, nothing to be ashamed of. Prolly one of the better teams in the country they just lost to. Nonetheless, the Oats watch begins.....

One hell of a team, wish they would have advanced. They don’t owe anyone an apology for that loss, TT proved themselves to be a tough out. It would have been great for Buffalo to carry the MAC banner forward. A tip of the cap and congratulations to Buffalo on one hell of a successful season.

I find it laughable that some are serious when they say that Buffalo is the best MAC basketball team of all-time because they lost in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tourney to the Big XII champs and one of the top ten teams in the country.

It's even more laughable that some think the Sweet 16 Ohio team or the Elite Eight Kent teams are hands down better?

C'mon. Kent was 7-4 entering MAC play the year they made their run.

Ohio's best non-NCAA tourney win was at 20-12 Northern Iowa that year.

Both Ohio and Kent had magical runs in the tournament. It was awesome! Both were extremely memorable and will forever be etched in time.

But how quickly are we to dismiss Buffalo's 32 wins ... being ranked for EVERY WEEK but the first one. The last team from the MAC to be ranked going into the NCAA tournament was the 1989 Ball State team ... 30 years ago!!! They were #18.

Buffalo was ranked in the Top 20 11 weeks! It wasn't like they were just hovering around #25 all year. They entered the NCAA tourney ranked #15.

C'mon!

Do you want to go back to the 1962 BG team that was Top Ten entering the tournament ... and then lost in the 1st round?

That was a joke.

You cannot compare 1960s college basketball to 2010s college basketball.

In the modern era ... no MAC team has had a full season like Buffalo.

We've seen teams make great runs in the NCAA tournament ... but nobody put together a November through March like Buffalo did.

I'm sorry. They got a bad draw in the tourney and ran into a buzzsaw vs. a really good Texas Tech team. That doesn't erase what they did this year.

And if Nate Oats is okay with making $850k at UB (and it sounds like he is) ... they are going to be a force for a long time in this league. Makes Jeff Boals' job that much tougher to get Ohio back to the mountain top.

Stick to football analysis.

They had only 32 teams in the 60's so playing someone tough from the first go. You wouldn't be making fun of Nate Thurmon or Howard Komives would you? When two Bulls play in the NBA (before expansion) then tell me how great the Bulls are vs old Bugs.

Ball State team is light years up on Buffalo and nearly upsetting the eventual UNLV Tarkanian bunch.

Watching Buffalo against the MAC and they were superior and won close ones because of their poise. But the team would only go as far as Harris could take them and he came up small against TT. A great player would have still found ways to put his team on his back. The bulls weren't even competitive in the game statistically.

With GOOD Ivo on the floor along with Walt and Reg along with TJ and Jon Smith coming off the bench I think we beat them 6 out of 10 times on a neutral court. (I'll give the nod to Harris and Massenburg getting the superior marks over Coop and Kellogg)

had a feeling tech would beat buffalo like that. when buffalo beat west Virginia they needed OT and only won byu five. when tech played west viginia they dominated completely. they beat by about 30. I also feel if buffalo had been more patient and passed the ball more they had a chance to win maybe. I,m sure UB would have had their ass handed to em by Michigan any way.