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Hello everybody and welcome to Western New York. We don't have a team in this year's NCAA Tournament. We rarely do. We don't have an NBA team. But once we did. Since Buffalo has a meager basketball presence on the national scene you might wonder what we're doing hosting the first round of The Dance. But those of you who appreciate hoops history will come to understand why we're worthy and then some.
Western New York never has been the hub of the college basketball solar system but in 1970 we were first planet from the sun. We've never won an NCAA title but we darned well would have if not for that agonizing incident in the 1970 East Regional final. Who knows? An NBA championship might have been ours to cherish if not for that foul call against Bob McAdoo in the 1973-74 Eastern Conference semis. Probably not, but indulge us while we fantasize.See the full content of this document
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These Places Put Western New York On Basketball Map
Did you know it was a Buffalo school that helped put the initial Madness into March? The year was 1956 and the anticipation was that heavily favored North Carolina State would walk over Canisius in the first round of the NCAA East Regi...
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