On Saturday, UB Men’s Basketball brought home a big confidence boosting win over Eastern Michigan and Bulls fans could only hope that one of the strongest performances of the season would translate to tonight’s matchup to Ohio. For 20 minutes, the Bulls had the Bobcats on the ropes. But just like last year’s overtime loss, foul trouble killed UB.
Rarely will I ever blame officiating as a writer — basketball is one of the toughest sports to call — but the officiating for this matchup was downright appalling. Multiple times throughout the game I saw a foul called on a UB player and when the replay board showed it in the arena, there was no contact.