The Buffalo News will keep track of the Big 4’s men’s and women’s nonconference opponents as they are announced, reported or confirmed.
The process of redesigning the Bonnies’ primary and secondary logos and adding more to the athletics branding catalog was one that took nearly a year of work, tweaks and a few discarded ideas.
NIL and school collectives aren't changing the game for Big 4 athletic programs yet. That may change
Collectives for the Big 4’s athletic programs are mostly young, and they haven’t had the initial, high-profile impact that tends to come with NIL opportunities.
Now that the collectives are up and running, each has set its own goals, and each faces its own challenges. That includes dispelling some of the myths that surround collectives and NIL, as the landscape of college sports continues to change.
It’s the Golden Griffins’ home opener and the home debut for new Canisius coach Jim Christian, who was hired in April. This will be the 172nd game between the Bonnies and Griffs.
The Buffalo News will keep track of the Big 4’s men’s and women’s basketball players who enter the transfer portal this spring, during the course of the entry window.
Canisius' athletic department confirmed Thursday that Jim Christian has added Bill Wuczynski as the third and final assistant coach on the Golden Griffins' staff.
Dan Hurley says it wasn't a "leverage play" when he rejected a six-year, $70 million offer to coach the Los Angeles Lakers. The UConn coach says he had already agreed to a new contract with the Huskies. Hurley has led UConn to back-to-back national titles. He spoke Thursday on "The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz" about what he called a difficult decision between leaving for the Lakers and staying at UConn. He says it would have been a thrill to coach LeBron James. But he added that he has a deal in place at UConn that would make him the nation's highest-paid college coach.
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The addition of 7-foot center Frederiks Meinarts to UB’s roster is part of a bigger picture for the Bulls, who enter the summer with 13 scholarship players on their roster: four returning players, two transfers and seven incoming freshmen.
Christian sat down this week with The Buffalo News to discuss several topics, including how he’s tying the program together, how he’s used the transfer portal to help assemble the Griffs' roster and the role name, image and likeness is playing in his program.
Halcovage says he has a stronger perspective on coaching, as well as clearer goals for a roster that so far includes four returning players, five incoming freshmen and three incoming transfers.
Jim Christian has his first incoming recruit for the Canisius men's basketball program.
UB’s basketball program confirmed to The News that Calvin Cage is no longer on staff as an assistant, and that the former UB standout has taken a similar position on the men's coaching staff at Hampton University in Virginia.
Roddy Gayle, a former Lewiston-Porter boys basketball standout and a 6-foot-4 guard, announced Monday via On3.com that he will transfer to Michigan after playing for Ohio State.
AJ Storr is transferring to Kansas after leading Wisconsin in scoring this past season.
The university announced the committee Tuesday, and it includes former National Hockey League team executive Gerry Helper, who is also a member of the school’s board of trustees, and Bonnies women’s basketball coach Jim Crowley.
At Canisius, Christian takes his first coaching job in more than three years, one he said he pursued with more gusto than any other job he’s pursued.
Canisius had to face realities about the state of the program, and the hope that the right candidate – the right fit – would meet the Griffs’ expectations for a coach and a leader who would re-establish success in the program.
Thousands of fans lined the streets of Hartford, Connecticut, to celebrate the UConn men’s basketball team following its second-straight NCAA championship and sixth in the last 25 years.
Donovan Clingan is leaving UConn after two seasons and entering the NBA draft. The 7-foot-2 center announced his decision Friday, four days after he helped lead the Huskies to a second straight national title.
Canisius is hoping the combination of new coach Jim Christian and the launch of a collective can make an immediate difference.
Christian has an unwavering belief that he and his new staff will turn around the Canisius men’s basketball program.
Dan Hurley and the UConn Huskies proved that even in the age of NIL and rampant player transfers, it's possible to build a program capable of winning back-to-back national titles. A few minutes after cutting down the nets on Monday night, the coach was already thinking about a three-peat. Hurley will need to overhaul a big chunk of his roster. Cam Spencer and Tristen Newton are out of college eligiblity, while Donovan Clingan and Stephon Castle are potential lottery picks in the NBA draft.
Harrison, the reigning Monsignor Martin Player of the Year, has become a standout player in Western New York.
UConn delivered the latest of its suffocating basketball beatdowns Monday night, smothering Purdue for a 75-60 victory to become the first team since 2007 to capture back-to-back national championships.