I owe you a MAAC Madness post, which I haven't gotten to in a week because of a little thing called football season. 

Today, we'll look at Buffalo, which last hosted the tournament in 2005 and should be in the mix as a possible host in 2012, 13 or 14. So here's the rundown: 

Arena: HSBC Arena 

Attendance for past tournaments: 38,118 in 1997; 36,097 in 1999; 34,635 in 2001; 29, 543 in 2005

Local newspapers: Buffalo News (178,365 daily, 260,445 Sunday), Niagara Falls Gazette (16,909, 32,315) 

"Host" schools: Niagara, Canisius 

"Host"schools' 2007-08 attendance: 2,381 (Niagara), 1,329 (Canisius)

Driving distance from league schools: 

288 miles (four hours, 37 minutes) from Siena

364 miles (five hours, 53 minutes) from Marist 

429 miles (seven hours, nine minutes) from Fairfield

403 miles (six hours, 38 minutes) from Manhattan

392 miles (six hours, 29 minutes) from Saint Peter's 

398 miles (six hours, 41 minutes) from Rider

366 miles (seven hours, two minutes) from Loyola

League average: 381 miles (six hours, 12 minutes) 

The Skinny: No city other than Albany has hosted the tournament more times or posted better attendance numbers, but with more new arenas being built within a hop, skip and a jump from New York City, making people either fly or embark on a six-hour drive to get there doesn't make too much sense. If the MAAC is going to give the tournament to a city on the edge of the league's geographic outline, an experimental year in Baltimore -- easy to get to on I-95 from virtually everywhere in the league -- might make more sense.