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Senior forward Xavier Ford drives through the defense to score a basket. The Bulls kick off their season on Friday when they play San Diego State. Yusong Shi, The Spectrum
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Filling the void

Senior forward Xavier Ford drives through the defense to score a basket. The Bulls kick off their season on Friday when they play San Diego State.


Men’s basketball head coach Bobby Hurley will focus on a fast-paced style of play this season and use his past experience as a player to better the Bulls. Chad Cooper, The Spectrum
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The Hurley system

Men?s basketball head coach Bobby Hurley will focus on a fast-paced style of play this season and use his past experience as a player to better the Bulls.


Men’s basketball head coach Bobby Hurley will focus on a fast-paced style of play this season and use his past experience as a player to better the Bulls. Chad Cooper, The Spectrum
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The Hurley system

Men?s basketball head coach Bobby Hurley will focus on a fast-paced style of play this season and use his past experience as a player to better the Bulls.


Sophomore guard Rachael Gregory dons a knee brace on her left leg.
She will return to action for the first time since tearing her ACL two seasons ago.
Chad Cooper, The Spectrum
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Don't call it a comeback

Sophomore guard Rachael Gregory dons a knee brace on her left leg. She will return to action for the first time since tearing her ACL two seasons ago. Chad Cooper, The Spectrum Rachael Gregory knows she?ll never be the player she was before she destroyed the cartilage in her knee, tearing it in three places. But the women?s basketball player doesn?t want to be. Even though she used to average 10.7 points per game, was the team?s leading scorer, was said to have potential to be the one of the best players in the conference by head coach Felisha Legette-Jack, Gregory doesn?t want to be who she was before on the court. ?I?m a new person all together.


Caption
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Filling the void

Caption This year?s men?s basketball team will look much different than last year?s squad that won the Mid-American Conference East regular season title. The Bulls graduated three of their starters ? including UB all-time leading scorer Javon McCrea ? and more than half of this year?s players (7 of 12) were not on the roster last season. ?There?s a difference this year,? said head coach Bobby Hurley.


Graphic by Andy Koniuch, The Spectrum
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Joe Licata sets touchdown record; what's next?

Graphic by Andy Koniuch, The Spectrum It?s been very difficult to find bright spots in the 2014 Buffalo football season. After a 3-4 start ? in a season the Bulls emphatically stated as a year the team would be competitive ? head coach Jeff Quinn was fired.


Buffalo's women's soccer team celebrates its first MAC Championship Sunday.
Yusong Shi, The Spectrum
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Women's soccer wins first MAC Championship

Buffalo's women's soccer team celebrates its first MAC Championship Sunday. Yusong Shi, The Spectrum The women?s soccer team will be the first Buffalo team of any sport in the D-I era to compete in an NCAA Tournament after clinching a conference title Sunday. Head coach Shawn Burke was adamant that 2014 wouldn?t be a rebuilding season. When accepting the head coach position of the women?s soccer team in January, Shawn Burke told the Buffalo administration that the team had the talent to win this season. It appears he was right after junior defender Jackie Hall?s game-winning goal Sunday made it a championship season. The No.



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