The Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represents the

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, United States. The team currently competes in the

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(NCAA) at the Division I level as a member of the

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(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

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. The Bulls also have six appearances in the NCAA College Division Basketball Championship between 1957 and 1965 and two appearances in the

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(NIT). Their head coach position was filled on March 30, 2023 when Buffalo hired Villanova associate head coach George Halcovage.

Conference affiliations

*1915–16 to 1942–43 –

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*1943–44 to 1944–45 – *1945–46 to 1977–78 –

*1978–79 to 1987–88 –

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(SUNYAC) *1988–89 to 1990–91 –

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*1991–92 to 1993–94 –

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*1994–95 to 1997–98 – Mid-Continent Conference (Mid-Con) *1998–99 to present –

Postseason

NCAA Division I tournament

The Bulls have appeared in the NCAA Division I tournament four times. Their combined record is 2–4.

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

(NIT) two times. Their record is 1–2.

Alumni Arena

The Buffalo Bulls play their home games at Alumni Arena, located in

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. The arena seats 6,100 spectators and features a state of the art video-board, sound, and lighting systems.

Notable former players

NBA players

Two former Bulls have played in the

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(NBA): * Sam Pellom: Played for the

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(1979–82) &

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(1982–83) * Jeenathan Williams: Debuted for the

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in 2023

Other notable alumni

* Turner Battle, MAC Player of the Year (2005), former Bulls assistant coach, athletic director of The Park School of Buffalo * Wes Clark, 2022 TBT Champion * Modie Cox * Shannon Evans * Blake Hamilton, 2022 TBT Champion * Jeremy Harris, 2022 TBT Champion * Yassin Idbihi, former professional player, 3×

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champion and 2× All-Star * C.J. Massinburg, 2022 TBT Champion & MVP * Javon McCrea, MAC Player of the Year (2014), basketball player for Buffalo eXtreme of the

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* Justin Moss * Nick Perkins, 2022 TBT Champion * Jarryn Skeete * Mitchell Watt, basketball player for Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Super League

Retired numbers

Honored jerseys

Jerseys were retired but the numbers remain available:

All-Americans

The following Buffalo players were named

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: * Turner Battle –

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

( AP Honorable Mention) * Mitchell Watt –

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

(AP Honorable Mention) * Javon McCrea –

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

(AP Honorable Mention) * Justin Moss –

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

(AP Honorable Mention) * C. J. Massinburg –

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

(AP Honorable Mention)

Academic All-Americans

The following Buffalo players were named Academic All-Americans: * Turner Battle – 2005

Mid-American Conference award recipients

Player of the Year

* Turner Battle – 2005 * Mitchell Watt – 2012 * Javon McCrea – 2014 * Justin Moss – 2015 * C. J. Massinburg – 2019

Tournament MVP

*Xavier Ford –

*Willie Conner –

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

* Wes Clark –

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* Jeremy Harris –

Coach of the Year

* Reggie Witherspoon – 2004 * Nate Oats – 2018, 2019

Defensive Player of the Year

*Dontay Caruthers – 2017, 2019 *Davonta Jordan – 2020 * Josh Mballa – 2021

Freshman of the Year

* Javon McCrea – 2011

Sixth Man of the Year

*Mark Bortz – 2005 * Nick Perkins – 2017, 2018, 2019 *Ronaldo Segu – 2020

Academic All-MAC

All-MAC teams

All-MAC First Team

* Turner Battle – 2005 *Rodney Pierce – 2009, 2010 * Mitchell Watt – 2012 * Javon McCrea – 2012, 2013, 2014 * Justin Moss – 2015 * C. J. Massinburg – 2018, 2019 * Nick Perkins – 2018, 2019 * Jayvon Graves – 2020 * Jeenathan Williams – 2022

All-MAC Second Team

* Turner Battle – 2004 *Calvin Cage – 2006 *Byron Mulkey – 2011 * Shannon Evans – 2015 * Blake Hamilton – 2017 * Jeremy Harris – 2018, 2019 * Jayvon Graves – 2021 * Jeenathan Williams – 2021 * Josh Mballa – 2021, 2022 *Ronaldo Segu – 2022

All-MAC Third Team

*Lamonte Bearden – 2016 * Blake Hamilton – 2016 * Wes Clark – 2018 *Curtis Jones – 2023

All-Freshman Team

All-Defensive Team

*Willie Conner – 2016 *Dontay Caruthers – 2017, 2019 *Davonta Jordan – 2018, 2019 * Josh Mballa – 2021, 2022

All-Tournament team

References

External links

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