Alex: There are the obvious story lines that have been repeated all summer long with this Buffalo squad. Now that you've finally had an opportunity to see this team play, what's your early assessment of the Buffalo Bulls under Nate Oates?
Gritz: Oats at his inaugural press conference promised to not change much. He wasn't able to keep many guys around except the seniors and Lamonte Bearden, but he's stayed true to his word. This team, still finding chemistry together, isn't as unabashedly flashy as last year's group, but like they like to move in transition, they like to hound the perimeter on defense, and they like to get to the rim.