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MAC championship preview
By Sports Desk | Feb. 22, 2018This Wednesday to Saturday, the swimming and diving team will be competing in Mid-American Conference championships.
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Bulls fall short against Redhawks
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | Feb. 22, 2018The Bulls lost Tuesday 84-81 against the Miami (OH) Redhawks to make the Bulls’ away record 7-5 this season. The Redhawks forced 17 turnovers while freshman guard Nike Sibande shot 7-13 with 21 points Tuesday night.
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Playing co-ed in a men's league: A look inside UB Water Polo
By NATHANIEL MENDELSON | Feb. 22, 2018The water polo club began in 2010 with only six friends. Since then, the team has grown to over 20 co-ed players. Now in its eighth season, the club competes through the Collegiate Water Polo Association and finished its third consecutive season in the Men’s Club for the New York Division.
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Bulls clinch MAC East division
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | Feb. 22, 2018With their win against Bowling Green Falcons on Wednesday, the Bulls have won the Mid-American Conference East division for the first time since joining the conference in 1998. The 88-67 win at the Stroh Center Wednesday night is Buffalo’s sixth win in a row.
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Kings of the east
By DANIEL PETRUCCELLI | Feb. 19, 2018The men’s basketball team collected its first championship of the season. Friday’s win gave Buffalo the outright Mid-American Conference East division title for the second time in school history. The Bulls (20-7, 12-2 MAC) locked a top-four seed and a bye in the MAC tournament, got to 20 wins faster than any team in program history and broke the program record for most three-pointers made in a season during their recent win against the Bowling Green Falcons (16-11, 7-7 MAC). They are also on pace to break the school record for points per game, currently 3.2 points above the 84.1 record. “Our guys have been saying this team has got something special since back in the summer, so it’s nice that we can get some of those,” said head coach Nate Oats.
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The edge: Buffalo vs. Bowling Green
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | Feb. 19, 2018The women’s basketball team will take on the Bowling Green Falcons in their game on Wednesday. The Bulls are having a stellar season, heading into the game at Bowling Green with a five game win streak.
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Bulls beat Zips at Alumni Arena 85-71
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | Feb. 19, 2018The Bulls remain a perfect 11-0 at home this season with their win at this year’s annual Pink Game.
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Buffalo claims MAC East title
By Daniel Petrucceli | Feb. 17, 2018The Buffalo Bulls are now the outright MAC East division champions for just the second time in school history.
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The final five preview
By Sports Desk | Feb. 15, 2018The men’s basketball team is less than three weeks away from the Mid-American Conference championship.
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The edge: Buffalo vs Binghamton
By DANIEL PETRUCCELLI | Feb. 15, 2018The wrestling team’s season is coming to a close and it will host its final home dual of the year. The Bulls (5-10, 2-5 Mid-American Conference) will face off with the Binghamton Bearcats (11-5, 6-1 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association) Thursday at 7 p.m. in their final match in Alumni Arena this season. Buffalo is coming off a 19-16 loss to the Northern Illinois Huskies (3-9, 1-5 MAC), while the Bearcats beat the Huskies 35-0 this past Friday.
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Bulls beat Chippewas 85-82
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | Feb. 15, 2018The Bulls went into Alumni Arena on Wednesday night to take on the first place team in the Mid-American Conference, the Central Michigan Chippewas. The Bulls were able to get revenge for a past loss and hand the Chippewas their first loss in MAC play this season.
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Buffalo beats Kent State 84-72
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | Feb. 14, 2018The men’s basketball team went into Tuesday night’s game looking to come back from their loss to Northern Illinois after slipping on defense in the final minutes. The team lost double digit leads in the final minutes of their last four games heading in. This performance may not mark the end to the Bulls’ finishing issues, but it was enough get the win.
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The life of a nude icon
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | Feb. 12, 2018Kyle Yagielski doesn’t go to Bulls games in the usual fan apparel. Instead of a jersey, he wears no shirt. Instead of pants, he puts on shorts that end well above his knees. And instead of rocking team colors, he puts black X’s across his nipples and writes “UB Naked Guy” on his chest in black marker that “doesn’t come out for a few days.”
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Bulls lose 90-88 to Huskies
By NATHANIEL MENDELSON | Feb. 12, 2018The Bulls (18-7, 10-2 MAC) lost Saturday afternoon after blowing a 13 point second half lead. They came in looking to go 8-0 against the MAC West division. With eight minutes to go in the half, Buffalo led the Northern Illinois Huskies (11-14, 4-8 MAC) 72-59, until the Huskies went on a 21-4 run over the next seven minutes.
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The Edge: Buffalo vs. Central Michigan
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | Feb. 12, 2018Despite the Bulls’ success this season, there still remains one team ahead of them in the Mid-American Conference: the Central Michigan Chippewas. The Chippewas are currently first in the MAC and have been perfect in conference play this season. They are the last team to beat the Bulls, having a 86-79 win back in January.
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Bulls 64-49 over the Redhawks
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | Feb. 12, 2018Saturday's win marked the second straight game where the Bulls held their opponent to less than 50 points.
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Buffalo lose 19-16 to Northern Illinois
By DANIEL PETRUCCELLI | Feb. 12, 2018The Bulls (5-10, 2-5 Mid-American Conference) looked like they were going to pull off an incredible comeback before losing 19-16 to the the Northern Illinois Huskies (3-9, 1-5 MAC). Buffalo dropped the first four matches, giving up a 16-0 lead. But they rallied and accumulated five straight victories to tie things up at 16-16.
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The big three
By DANIEL PETRUCCELLI | Feb. 8, 2018UB has wrestled the toughest schedule in program history, facing four top-25 teams already, including two top-five programs. The team will be heading to Pennslyvania this month to face the number one team in the nation, the Penn State Nittany Lions. The Bulls are just weeks away from the end of their season and it has been a down year for the team. The schedule has been hard for the Bulls who are 0-4 in their top-25 matchups this season
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Defensive Mentality
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | Feb. 8, 2018If you look at the Bulls from a perspective outside the team, they would look like the top team in the Mid-American Conference.
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Bulls beat Kent State 80-42
By THOMAS ZAFONTE | Feb. 8, 2018“When they come together they can knock people out,” said head coach Felisha Legette-Jack. “I just think sometimes we go out there and allow a team to be in a game with us. I think this game we never saw our opponent. We saw what we were good at, what we had to do and things we could offer the game, and I think the fans had fun.”
