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Buffalo Bulls men's basketball

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All-time record
  
553-577 (.489)

Nickname
  
Bulls

Away
  
Alternate

Conference
  
Mid-American Conference

Colors
  
Royal Blue, White

Location
  
Buffalo, NY

Home
  
Away

Head coach
  
Nate Oats

Division
  
Division I (NCAA)


Arena/Stadium
  
University at Buffalo Alumni Arena

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The Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represents the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York, United States. The team currently competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) East Division. Buffalo began play in 1915 and joined the MAC in 1998. They won their first MAC East Division title in 2009, and won a third MAC East Division title in 2015 along with their first outright MAC Regular-Season championship and first MAC Tournament title to earn the program's first bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The Bulls also have six appearances in the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship between 1957 and 1965 and one appearance in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). They are coached by Nate Oats, who was hired as head coach in April 2015. Home games are played at the 6,100-seat Alumni Arena, which opened in 1982.

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Conference affiliations

  • 1915–16 to 1942–43 – Independent
  • 1943–44 to 1944–45 – no team due to World War II
  • 1945–46 to 1977–78 – Independent
  • 1978–79 to 1987–88 – State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC)
  • 1988–89 to 1990–91 – Mideast Conference
  • 1991–92 to 1993–94 – East Coast Conference
  • 1994–95 to 1997–98 – Mid-Continent Conference (Mid-Con)
  • 1998–99 to present – Mid-American Conference

    • NCAA Division I Tournament

    The Bulls have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament two times. Their combined record is 0–2.

    NCAA Division II Tournament results

    The Bulls have appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament six times. Their combined record is 5–8.

    NIT results

    The Bulls have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) one time. Their record is 1–1.

    Alumni Arena

    The Buffalo Bulls play their home games at Alumni Arena, located in Amherst, New York. The arena seats 6,100 spectators and features a state of the art video-board, sound, and lighting systems.

    Notable former players

    Notable alumni include:

  • Turner Battle: MAC Player of the Year (2005), former Bulls assistant coach
  • Yassin Idbihi: basketball player for Bayern Munich
  • Javon McCrea: basketball player for Medi Bayreuth of the Bundesliga
  • Sam Pellom: Played for the Atlanta Hawks (1979–82) & Milwaukee Bucks (1982–83)
  • Mitchell Watt, basketball player for Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Super League

    • All-Americans

    The following Buffalo players were named NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans:

  • Turner Battle – 2005 (AP Honorable Mention)
  • Mitchell Watt – 2012 (AP Honorable Mention)
  • Javon McCrea – 2014 (AP Honorable Mention)
  • Justin Moss – 2015 (AP Honorable Mention)

    • Academic All-Americans

    The following Buffalo players were named Academic All-Americans:

  • Turner Battle – 2005

    • Player of the Year

  • Turner Battle – 2005
  • Mitchell Watt – 2012
  • Javon McCrea – 2014
  • Justin Moss – 2015

    • Tournament MVP

  • Xavier Ford – 2015
  • Willie Conner – 2016

    • Coach of the Year

  • Reggie Witherspoon – 2004

    • Freshman of the Year

  • Javon McCrea – 2011

    • Sixth Man of the Year

  • Mark Bortz – 2005

    • All-MAC First Team

  • Turner Battle – 2005
  • Rodney Pierce – 2009, 2010
  • Mitchell Watt – 2012
  • Javon McCrea – 2012, 2013, 2014
  • Justin Moss – 2015

    • All-MAC Second Team

  • Turner Battle – 2004
  • Calvin Cage – 2006
  • Byron Mulkey – 2011
  • Shannon Evans II – 2015

    • All-MAC Third Team

  • Lamonte Bearden – 2016
  • Blake Hamilton – 2016

    • All-Defensive Team

  • Willie Conner – 2016

    • References

    Buffalo Bulls men's basketball Wikipedia
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