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Freshman guard CJ Massinburg drives past a Panthers defender to the rim in a matchup earlier in the season. Massinburg scored a team-high 17 points in an 82-59 loss to No. 7 Duke on Saturday. 
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UB Bulls fall to reigning champs Duke

Fueled by a 23-point outburst by Ingram, No. 7 Duke (8-1) defeated Buffalo (4-4) 82-59 on Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Buffalo shot less than 23 percent from beyond the arc in its second consecutive loss first-ever trip to Durham, North Carolina.


Senior wide receiver Ron Willoughby tries to make a catch in Buffalo’s 41-30 loss to Northern Illinois at Alumni Arena on Nov. 11. Willoughby, who finished the season with 62 catches for 813 yards and six touchdowns and the rest of the receivers received a ‘B’ in our season grades.
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UB Bulls gridiron season report card

The football team ended its first season of the Lance Leipold era 5-7 with a 3-5 Mid-American Conference record. A 5-7 record isn’t a bad start to the Leipold era, but losing three in a row to end the season, when just one more win was needed to make the team bowl eligible, left a sour taste in fans’ mouths.


Sophomore guard Liisa Ups goes for a layup in a 54-40 victory over Canisius in Alumni Arena on Nov. 17. The Bulls' undefeated season came to an end Thursday with a 79-36 loss to Hofstra. 
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UB women's basketball is undefeated no more

Hofstra (6-1) defeated the Bulls (6-1) 79-36 in Hempstead, New York Thursday, which ends Buffalo’s six-game winning streak to start the season. It was Legette-Jack’s first game against her former team, which she coached from 2002 to 2006, since coming to UB in 2012.


Head coach Felisha Legette-Jack coaches the women’s basketball team on the sideline during a 54-40 victory over Canisius on Nov. 17. Legette-Jack’s Bulls are 6-0 to start this season despite being a young team.
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UB women’s basketball off to 6-0 start

The chemistry of the women's basketball team and head coach Felisha Legette-Jack, evident in a recent team trip to Universal Studios, is one reason the Bulls (6-0) defeated Central Florida and Clemson of the Atlantic Coast Conference for it’s best start since the 2000-01 season.


OPINION

UB's Joe Licata is 'Buffalo Joe'

It’s fair to say there’s been little stability in the UB football program over the past few seasons. The Bulls have had a coaching change. They’ve seen the highs of a bowl game in 2013 and the lows of back-to-back five-win and bowlless seasons the past two years. But through it all there has been one constant – Joe Licata, a local high school quarterback who stayed local and shattered most of the passing records at UB.


Senior quarterback Joe Licata hugs freshman center James O'Hagan after a tough, season-ending 31-26 loss to Massachusetts at UB Stadium Friday. It was the final game of Licata's UB career. 
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UB quarterback Joe Licata plays for the name on the front - and the back

Joe Licata's played every single game of his college career with family in the stand, and they were there once again for his last game Friday despite wind, rain and a heart-breaking season-ending 31-26 loss to Massachusetts. His father Gil and mother Paula have never missed a game – home or away – while his three sisters have only missed a few.


Senior forward/guard Rodell Wigginton slams a ball down in Buffalo's 109-49 victory over Pittsburgh at Bradford on Nov. 13. Wigginton and the Bulls defeated Vermont 77-71 Sunday. 
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UB Bulls defeat Vermont, claim Springfield Bracket Championship

Four months out from the Mid-American Conference Tournament, the Buffalo men’s basketball team added another tournament championship to its résumé.  The Bulls (3-2) defeated Vermont (2-3) 77-71 in Uncasville, Connecticut Sunday to help claim the Springfield Bracket Championship of the Hall of Fame Tipoff Classic. After blowout losses to Old Dominion and St.


Senior wide receiver Ron Willoughby had a season-high 11 catches for 105 yards in Buffalo's 41-21 loss to Akron Saturday. 
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Gridiron report card: Akron defeats UB Bulls 42-21

The football team (5-6, 3-4 Mid-American Conference) is still a win away from bowl eligibility after a 41-21 loss to Akron (6-5, 4-3 MAC) at InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field Saturday. Buffalo will now need a win over Massachusetts (2-9, 1-6) in its season finale at UB Stadium on Friday for any chance at the program’s third bowl game since returning to Division I in 1999. Here’s how The Spectrum graded the Bulls’ performance Saturday.


Senior running back Anthone Taylor gets tripped up by an Akron defender in Buffalo's 42-21 loss Saturday. The Bulls will head into their season finale against Massachusetts next week needing a win for any chance at a bowl game. 
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Akron downs UB Bulls 42-21

Akron (6-5, 4-3 Mid-American Conference) defeated the Bulls (5-6, 3-4 MAC) 41-21 at InfoCision Stadium - Summa Field Saturday, which sets up an all-important season finale against Massachusetts next week for Buffalo. The Bulls will try for their sixth win of the season, which could mean a bowl invite.


(From left to right) Senior outside hitter Marissa Prinzbach, freshman middle blocker Megan Wernette and senior middle blocker Akeila Lain celebrate in a game in Alumni Arena earlier this season. The Bulls' season ended Thursday night with a 3-1 loss to Ball State in the MAC Tournament. 
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UB volleyball season ends with loss to Ball State in MAC Tournament

The No. 7 seeded Bulls (7-22, 6-10 Mid-American Conference) lost to No. 6 seed Ball State (15-16, 8-8 MAC) 3-1 in the first round of the MAC Tournament in Athens, Ohio Thursday night. The Bulls won the second set to pull the match even, but proceeded to drop consecutive sets. The Cardinals meanwhile advance to the MAC Quarterfinals against No. 3 Kent State (19-9, 13-3 MAC).


OPINION

Danny White brought quick success, but future is questionable

A Mid-Major like UB needs to think long-term. Nothing is a quick fix. You have to slowly inch your way up the college athletics landscape. You don’t, as White always liked to say, build “America’s next big-time college athletics brand” in three years. White could move up a conference and get a larger budget to play with in three years. UB cannot.


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