Phil Zickl has continued playing semipro football into his fifties after overcoming his disabilities as a child. Now he has a new goal: he wants to spread to others the knowledge he's acquired as a football player, coach, trainer and educator and start a charity. He calls it 'Physical Phitness.'
The Bulls (12-10, 2-3 MAC) are going to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history after defeating Binghamton (8-16, 3-2 MAC) 4-2 at Northern Illinois’ Vaughn Tennis Center in DeKalb, Illinois in the MAC Championship match.
Evans announced on Friday that he will transfer to Arizona State, a move that reunites him with former Bulls head coach Bobby Hurley.
Shane Patterson, a current member of True Blue and former volunteer football manager, has been training with the hopes of becoming a walk-on for the football team. He hopes he can spread energy to the team as a player the same way he has as a fan.
The Spectrum sports editors shared their opinions on whether or not sophomore guard Shannon Evans, who was released from his UB scholarship and is speaking with other schools about transferring, will leave UB's basketball program.
Bulls' football head coach Lance Leipold implemented a 4-3-4 defense during the spring football season, which consists of four linemen, three linebackers and four defensive backs. The new system requires more preparation and studying and Leipold considers it going back to Football 101.
It’s one thing to blame an athletic director for letting a coach leave a program based on money and unawareness, but it’s another thing to blame an athletic director for a player transferring out of a program because of one quick instance.
Last season, the Buffalo football team witnessed a breakout season from junior wide receiver Ron Willoughby and consistent production from senior wide receiver Devon Hughes. With Hughes graduated, the Bulls must replace the No. 2 receiver.
Despite the struggles the women's tennis team has experienced this season, it's only three victories away from the program’s second-ever MAC Championship. The Bulls will play Ball State (15-5, 4-3 MAC) in the MAC Tournament Quarterfinals in Oxford, Ohio Friday afternoon. Buffalo would play in the semifinal on Saturday if its advances.
Sophomore guard Shannon Evans was granted a release from his UB scholarship Tuesday and is currently speaking with other schools about transferring. UB Athletics will allow Evans to attend any school he chooses, but the All-Mid-American Conference Second Team player has not completely ruled out the possibility of staying with the Bulls.
The last-place baseball team (11-21, 5-10 Mid-American Conference) fell again this weekend, dropping two of three to first-place Central Michigan (27-13, 12-3 MAC) at the Amherst Audubon Center.
Sophomore guard Shannon Evans asked for his release from the UB men’s basketball program Monday and said he intends to transfer.
The UB paintball club has been ranked in the top eight of the National Collegiate Paintball Association (NCPA) Class-AA National Tournament the last five years and has won the tournament twice in that stretch. This past weekend, the team traveled to Lakeland, Florida to compete in the national championship and finished second out of 51 teams.
On Saturday night, the Buffalo Sabres did just that. Buffalo entered the 2015 NHL draft lottery with the best odds of obtaining the No. 1 pick in the draft. For the second season in a row, the Sabres walked away with the second overall pick, losing the lottery and first overall pick Connor McDavid to the Edmonton Oilers.
What happened this past week in sports.
On Saturday, the Bulls held their annual Blue-White spring football game at UB Stadium.
The women’s (6-10, 2-4 Mid-American Conference) and men’s (9-9, 1-2 MAC) tennis teams still have a chance to qualify for the conference tournament, but both will have to win out in order to reach the postseason.
On Thursday men’s basketball head coach Nate Oats named three assistant coaches for the 2015-16 season: former St. Johns assistant coach Jim Whitesell, ex-UConn standout Donyell Marshall and former Midland coach Bryan Hodgson.
Last season, the Bulls finished third in the Mid-American Conference in rushing yards per game with 178.6 and will return all three rushers from last season in seniors Anthony Taylor and Devin Campbell and junior Jordan Johnson. The Bulls will play their annual spring game on Saturday, April 18 in UB Stadium.
UB Athletics introduced Oats as Buffalo’s 13th men’s basketball head coach in Alumni Arena on Monday afternoon. Oats is replacing Hurley, who Oats worked under as an assistant the past two seasons. The hire came less than 48 hours after Hurley let the team know via conference call last Thursday that he would be accepting the head coaching position at Arizona State.
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