2019 Ncaa Tournament Guide
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2019 NCAA TOURNAMENT GUIDE 5 MASSINBURG 22 CARUTHERS MAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR MAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2 HARRIS 33 PERKINS OATS MAC TOURNAMENT MVP MAC SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR MAC COACH OF THE YEAR #UBhornsUP ubmenshoops ubmbb ubathletics MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT: BRIAN WOLFF | [email protected] | (O) 716-645-6993 | (C) 716-359-2750 31-3 16-2 #15/#16 22-10 12-6 -/- RECORD MAC RANKING (AP/COACHES) RECORD PAC12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) -VS- 21-12 8-10 -/- NATE OATS 95-42 RECORD BIG EAST RANKING (AP/COACHES) HEAD COACH RECORD AT UB, 4TH SEASON (H: 14-0, A: 12-3 N:5-0) GAME #6 BUFFALO VS. #11 ARIZONA ST/ST. JOHN’S SERIES AT A GLANCE SCHEDULE Tulsa, OK • BOK Center (17,996) All-Time Series First Meeting (Both Teams) Date Opponent Time 35 Friday, Mar. 22, 2019 • 4:00 pm ET Last Meeting N/A 10/26 Daemen (Exhibition) (ESPN+) W, 97-50 UB RADIO TNT 11/6 St. Francis (PA) (ESPN+) W, 82-67 NETWORK 11/9 at West Virginia (ESPNU) W, 99-94 (OT) PBP: Brad Nessler PBP: Josh Whetzel TALE OF THE TAPE 11/12 at Southern Illinois (ESPN+) W, 62-53 Analyst: Steve Lavin Analyst: Paul Peck BULLS SUN DEVILS/RED STORM 11/21 Dartmouth (ESPN+) W, 110-71 Analyst: Jim Jackson Radio: ESPN 1520/WHTK 1280 Sidelines: Evan Washburn Webcast: TuneIn POINTS 11/24 Marist (ESPN3) W, 76-49 84.9 PER GAME 77.8/77.5 11/30 vs. Milwaukee# W, 96-77 OPENING TIP 12/1 vs. San Francisco# (CBSSN) W, 85-81 • Buffalo enters the NCAA Tournament as a #6 seed in the POINTS West Region, the highest by a MAC program since the field 70.5 73.1/74.8 12/5 Le Moyne (ESPN3) W, 89-55 ALLOWED expanded to 64 teams in 1985. This is the second straight 12/8 at St. Bonaventure (ESPN+) W, 80-62 year UB is in the NCAA Tournament and the fourth time in 12/15 Southern Illinois (ESPN+) W, 73-65 five years. Buffalo is one of just 25 teams that has made four .462 FG% .447/.454 12/18 at Syracuse (ESPN2) W, 71-59 tournaments over the last five year period. 12/21 at Marquette (Fox Sports 1) L, 103-85 • Should Buffalo face Arizona State, it would be a reunion .418 FG% .413/.435 12/29 at Canisius (ESPN+) W, 87-72 between current UB head coach Nate Oats and his DEFENSE 1/4 at E. Michigan* (CBSSN) W, 74-58 predecessor Bobby Hurley, who is in his fourth season at 3-POINT 1/8 Toledo* (ESPN+) W, 110-80 Arizona State after spending two years as the head coach at .335 .341/.361 1/12 Miami (OH)* (CBSSN) W, 88-64 Buffalo, leading the Bulls to their first NCAA Tournament in FG% 1/15 at W. Michigan* (ESPN+) W, 88-79 2014-15. • A meeting with St. John’s would be their first ever game 3-POINT 1/18 E. Michigan* (ESPNU) W, 77-65 .303 .336/.341 against their fellow in-state school. Current Buffalo associate FG% DEFENSE 1/22 at N. Illinois* (ESPN+) L, 77-75 head coach Jim Whitesell was an assistant coach for the Red 1/25 at Kent State* (CBSSN) W, 88-79 Storm for two years prior to joining Buffalo as he served on .691 FT% .671/.708 1/29 Ball State* (ESPN3) W, 83-59 the staff of analyst, Steve Lavin, who is calling the game on TV. 2/1 at Bowling Green* (CBSSN) L, 92-88 • The Bulls enter the NCAA Tournament with a 31-3 record, REBOUNDS 2/9 C. Michigan* (ESPN+) W, 90-76 tied with Houston for the best record in the nation. The 31 41.1 PER GAME 40.0/32.5 2/12 at Akron* (ESPN+) W, 76-70 wins are the most ever by a Mid-American Conference team. 2/15 at Toledo* (ESPNU) W, 88-82 • Senior CJ Massinburg is one of just four players in the REBOUNDS nation with over 1,900 points, 700 rebounds, 300 assists, and 2/19 Ohio* (ESPN+) W, 114-67 37.1 35.2/38.7 100 steals, joining Ethan Happ of Wisconsin, John Konchar of ALLOWED 2/22 Kent State* (ESPN2) W, 80-57 Purdue-Fort Wayne, and Justin James of Wyoming. 2/26 Akron* (ESPN+) W, 77-64 TURNOVERS • UB has won 58 games over the last two seasons, tied for the 11.7 PER GAME 13.6/10.3 3/1 at Miami (OH)* (CBSSN) W, 77-69 sixth highest total in the nation. 3/5 at Ohio* (ESPN+) W, 82-79 (BASED ON PREVIOUS GAME) 3/8 Bowling Green* (ESPNU) W, 84-73 PROBABLE GAME STARTERS 3/14 vs. #8 Akron (MAC Quarterfinals) W, 82-46 3/15 vs. #5 Central Michigan (MAC Semis) W, 85-81 3/16 vs. #3 Bowling Green (MAC Championship) W, 87-73 3/22 vs. #11 Arizona St./St. John’s (NCAA First Rd) 4:00 pm * Mid-American Conference game • # Belfast Hall of #4 JORDAN #5 MASSINBURG #2 HARRIS #3 GRAVES #1 MCRAE Fame Classic • All times are Eastern Standard Pts.. Reb Ast. Pts.. Reb Ast. Pts.. Reb Ast. Pts.. Reb Ast. Pts.. Reb Ast. 7.3 3.3 3.6 18.3 6.6 3.0 14.0 6.1 2.9 9.9 4.2 1.9 5.8 3.5 0.5 2018-19 UB MEN’S BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT GUIDE 2018-19 UB MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER COACHING STAFF No. Name Pos Cl. Ht Wt Hometown/High School/Previous School Head Coach Nate Oats 1 Montell McRae F Sr. 6-10 198 Cleveland, OH/Cleveland Central Catholic/South Plains (Fourth Season) 2 Jeremy Harris G Sr. 6-7 185 Greensboro, NC/Page High/Gulf Coast State Associate Head Coach Jim Whitesell 3 Jayvon Graves G So. 6-3 193 Malvern, OH/St. Vincinent-St. Mary Assistant Coach Bryan Hodgson 4 Davonta Jordan G Jr. 6-2 187 Cocoa, FL/Montverde Academy Assistant Coach Jamie Quarles 5 CJ Massinburg G Sr. 6-3 194 Dallas, TX/South Oak Cliff Director of Operations Adam Bauman 10 Ronaldo Segu G Fr. 6-0 160 Orlando, FL/Orlando Christian Prep 11 Jeenathan Williams F Fr. 6-5 203 Rochester, NY/Prolific Prep 20 Colby Moultrie G So. 6-3 190 North Tonawanda, NY/Canisius 21 Dominic Johnson F So. 6-5 230 Windsor, Ontario/Catholic Central 22 Dontay Caruthers G Sr. 6-1 191 Rochester, NY/East/Midland CC/Indian Hills CC PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 23 Jamon Bivens G So. 6-3 190 Atlanta, GA/Fayette County Davonta Jordan _____________ Duh-von-tay 24 Tra’Von Fagan F So. 6-8 200 Waterloo, IA/Cedar Falls/Florida Southwestern State Jayvon Graves ___________________ Jay-von 33 Nick Perkins F Sr. 6-8 250 Ypsilanti, MI/Milan Ronaldo Segu __________________ Seh-goo 41 Brock Bertram C So. 6-11 249 Apple Valley, MN/Apple Valley Jeenathan Williams ____________ Jeh-nathan ** Gabe Grant F Sr. 6-5 220 Chicago, IL/Mount Carmel/Houston Jamon Bivens ____________ Jay-mon Bi-vens ** Antwain Johnson G Sr. 6-2 197 Greenwood, FL/Malone/Middle Tennessee St. Tra’Von Fagan __________________ Tray-von ** Giambattista Davis G/F Sr. 6-3 203 Buffalo, NY/Park School/Daemen Jamie Quarles __________________ Qwar-uls ** Patrick Moore G Jr. 6-3 210 Fredonia, NY/Fredonia/SUNY Cortland Adam Bauman _________________Bow-man ** Sitting out the 2018-19 season due to NCAA Transfer Rules RADIO/TV ROSTER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #10 #11 #20 Montell McRae Jeremy Harris Jayvon Graves Davonta Jordan CJ Massinburg Ronaldo Segu Jeenathan Williams Colby Moultrie F • Sr. • 6-10 • 198 G • Sr. • 6-7 • 185 G • So. • 6-3 • 193 G • Jr. • 6-2 • 187 G • Sr. • 6-3 • 194 G • Fr. • 6-0 • 160 F • Fr. • 6-5 • 203 G • So. • 6-3 • 190 Cleveland, OH Greensboro, NC Malvern, OH Cocoa, FL Dallas, TX Orlando, FL Rochester, NY North Tonawanda, NY Cleveland Central Catholic Page High St. Vincent-St. Mary Montverde Academy South Oak Cliff Orlando Christian Prep Prolific Prep Canisius (South Plains CC) (Gulf State CC) #21 #22 #23 #24 #33 #41 Dominic Johnson Dontay Caruthers Jamon Bivens Tra’Von Fagan Nick Perkins Brock Bertram Gabe Grant Antwain Johnson F • So. • 6-5 • 230 G • Sr. • 6-1 • 191 G • So. • 6-3 • 10 F • So. • 6-8 • 200 F • Sr. • 6-8 • 250 C • So. • 6-11 • 249 F • Sr. • 6-6 • 220 G • Sr. • 6-2 • 197 Windsor, Ontario Rochester, NY Atlanta, GA Waterloo, IA Ypsilanti, MI Apple Valley, MN Chicago, IL Greenwood, FL Catholic Central East Fayette County Waterloo Milan Apple Valley Mount Carmel Malone (Midland/Indian Hills) (Florida Southwestern St.) (Houston) (Middle Tennessee St.) Patrick Moore Giambattista Davis Nate Oats Jim Whitesell Bryan Hodgson Jamie Quarles Adam Bauman G • Jr. • 6-3 • 210 G/F • Sr. • 6-3 • 203 Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Fredonia, NY Buffalo, NY Fourth Season Fourth Season Fourth Season Second Season Basketball Operations Fredonia Park School Fourth Season (SUNY Cortland) (Daemen College) 2 FOUR-TIME MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 2018-19 UB MEN’S BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT GUIDE 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite 8 National Semifinals National Championship National Semifinals Elite 8 Sweet 16 Second Round First Round March 21-22 March 23-24 March 28-29 March 30-31 April 6 April 8 April 6 March 30-31 March 28-29 March 23-24 March 21-22 Prairie View (22-12) Belmont (26-5) North Dakota St.