BUFFALO, NY - Second-year men's basketball head coach Nate Oats announced the signing of 7-year old Darrion Booze to a National Letter of Intent on Thursday evening following UB's 85-38 win over Nazareth. Booze was paired up with the UB men's basketball program through a program called Team IMPACT, a non-profit organization that helps children forget about their illness and become part of something bigger, a team of friends.
Booze was diagnosed in April with End State Renal Disease as his kidneys function at an extremely low level. The kidneys filter waste and excess fluid from the blood and as kidneys fail, waste builds up.