@UBAthletics @UBmenshoops @UBBrianWolff MEN’S BASKETBALL Men’s Basketball Contact: Brian Wolff • E-mail: [email protected] • Office: 716-645-6993 • Cell: 716-359-2750 2016-17 SCHEDULE BUFFALO BULLS (9-12, 3-5 MAC) VS. Date Opponent Time CENTRAL MICHIGAN CHIPPEWAS (14-7, 4-4 MAC) 11/4 Daemen (Exhibition) W, 87-82 (OT) TUESDAY, JAN 31, 2017 • 7:00 PM 11/11 at Niagara W, 76-66 22 ALUMNI ARENA (6,783) • BUFFALO, NY 11/14 at #11 Xavier (CBS Sports Network) L, 86-53 11/17 Nazareth W, 85-38 11/23 at Alaska-Anchorage# W, 85-79 11/25 vs. Nevada# (CBS Sports Network) L, 67-62 @CMUMENSBBALL Series History @UBMENSHOOPS 11/26 vs. Weber State# W, 74-72 All-Time Series .....UB leads, 16-14 11/29 at #10 Creighton (Fox Sports 1) L, 93-72 POINTS ........................................... 89.7 POINTS ........................................... 75.5 Last Meeting ...........W, 74-61 12/3 at St. Bonaventure L, 90-84 POINTS ALLOWED ..................... 83.8 POINTS ALLOWED ..................... 74.5 ..January 16, 2016 at Buffalo 12/7 at Pittsburgh L, 84-79 FG% ................................................. .429 FG% ................................................. .440 12/10 Coppin State W, 87-52 FG DEF % ....................................... .442 FG DEF % ....................................... .413 Media Information 12/17 Canisius (KeyBank Center) L, 94-87 (OT) 3PT FG % ....................................... .360 3PT FG % ....................................... .313 12/21 at Robert Morris% L, 74-71 3PT FG DEF % .............................. .308 TV ............................... ESPN3 3PT FG DEF % .............................. .345 REBOUNDS ................................... 39.8 .............Sal Cappacio (PBP) REBOUNDS ................................... 40.7 12/30 Maine W, 79-60 REBS ALLOWED .......................... 42.6 ........Amy Audibert (Color) REBS ALLOWED .......................... 36.6 1/3 at Toledo* (ASN) L, 86-54 LEADING SCORER ..........Keene (30.3) Radio ................ESPN 1520 LEADING SCORER ....Hamilton (16.5) 1/7 at Eastern Michigan* W, 77-68 LEADING REB .............Williams (6.2) .............Josh Whetzel (PBP) LEADING REB .............. Perkins (7.0) 1/10 Ohio* (BCSN/TWCS) L, 74-72 .................Jon Fuller (Color) 1/14 Ball State* L, 92-77 HEAD COACH ..................... Keno Davis Online ............................... ESPN3 HEAD COACH ....................Nate Oats 1/17 at Kent State* W, 82-69 ALMA MATER ...........................Iowa, ‘95 ALMA MATER .....Maranatha Baptist, 98 1/21 Western Michigan* W, 66-54 SCHOOL RECORD..............75-73 (5) SCHOOL RECORD..............29-27 (2) 1/24 at Miami (OH)* L, 75-74 CAREER RECORD ................ 149-128 CAREER RECORD ......................Same 1/28 at Akron* L, 91-90 1/31 Central Michigan* 7:00 pm 2/3 at Ball State* (ESPNU) 9:00 pm The Opening Tip... 2/7 Northern Illinois* 7:00 pm • The Bulls return to Alumni Arena on Tuesday night as they welcome the Central Michigan Chippewas to 2/11 at Bowling Green* 12:00 pm Alumni Arena. CMU boasts the nation’s leading scorer in Marcus Keene, who is averaging 30.3 points per 2/14 at Central Michigan* (ASN) 7:00 pm game. The Chippewas are the fourth highest scoring offense in the country at 89.7 points per game. The 2/18 Miami (OH)* 3:30 pm Bulls enter the contest looking to snap a two-game losing streak, both coming on one-point road losses last week. 2/21 Kent State* 7:00 pm 2/25 Akron* 3:30 pm • Senior Blake Hamilton is coming off a 33-point performance on Saturday night against Akron, his second 2/28 at Ohio* 7:00 pm 30-point game of the year. He becomes the first UB player to have multiple 30-point games in the same 3/3 Bowling Green* 7:00 pm season since 2014-15 when Justin Moss achieved the feat during his MAC Player of the Year season. 3/6-11 MAC Tournament TBA * Mid-American Conference game • # Great Alaska • While Central Michigan has used the same starting lineup for all 21 games this season, it has been a rotating Shootout • %PPG Paints Arena (Pittsburgh, PA) • All cast for the Bulls who used their 10th different starting lineup on Saturday night at Akron. In all, 10 different times are Eastern Standard UB players have started at least one game for UB and nobody has started more than 18 games. Sophomore CJ Massinburg has started eight straight games, which is the longest current streak among UB players. @UBMENSHOOPS PROBABLE STARTERS (BASED ON PREVIOUS GAME) 2 22 5 0 4 Willie Conner Dontay Caruthers CJ Massinburg Blake Hamilton David Kadiri W • Sr. • 6-5 • 200 G • R-So. • 6-1 • 195 G • So. • 6-3 • 190 W • Sr. • 6-6 • 205 F • Sr. • 6-8 • 210 Chicago, IL Rochester, NY Dallas, TX Pasadena, CA Laurel, MD Pts. Reb. Ast. Pts. Reb. Ast. Pts. Reb. Ast. Pts. Reb. Ast. Pts. Reb. Ast. 13.0 2.0 1.3 3.8 2.0 2.2 13.6 5.2 2.8 16.5 6.2 4.0 4.6 3.6 0.4 2016-17 BUFFALO BULLS BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS 2016-17 ROSTER University Information No. Name Pos Cl.-El. Ht Wt Hometown/High School/Previous School School Name: __________ University at Buffalo 0 Blake Hamilton G/F Sr. 6-6 205 Pasadena, CA/Pasadena/Mt. San Antonio Location: ______________________Buffalo, NY 1 James Jones G Fr. 6-4 177 Chicago, IL/Bogan Founded: ___________________________1846 2 Willie Conner G/F Sr. 6-5 200 Chicago, IL/Richard T. Crane/Odessa CC Enrollment: _______________________ 29,850 3 Davonta Jordan G Fr. 6-2 185 Cocoa, FL/Montverde Academy President: ________________ Satish K. Tripathi Director of Athletics: ___________ Allen Greene 4 David Kadiri F Sr. 6-8 210 Laurel, MD/Coolidge/South Plains CC Athletics Phone: _____________ 716-645-3141 5 CJ Massinburg G So. 6-3 190 Dallas, TX/South Oak Cliff Nickname: __________________________ Bulls 10 Graham Dolan G Fr. 6-5 172 Williamsville, NY/Williamsville South Colors: _______________ Royal Blue and White 22 Dontay Caruthers G R-So. 6-1 195 Rochester, NY/East/Midland CC/Indian Hills CC Affiliation: _________________ NCAA Division I 23 Christian Pino G Jr. 5-7 145 Detroit, MI/Romulus/Arizona State Conference: _________________ Mid-American 24 Quate McKinzie F Fr. 6-8 195 Burgaw, NC/Harrells Christian Academy Arena: _____________________ Alumni Arena Capacity: __________________________ 6,783 31 Raheem Johnson F R-Sr. 6-10 235 Detroit, MI/Romulus/Barton CC 33 Nick Perkins F So. 6-8 260 Ypsilanti, MI/Milan Coaching Information 34 Ikenna Smart F So. 6-10 225 Umuahia, Abia, Nigeria/New Garden Friends School Head Coach: ____________________Nate Oats 41 Brock Bertram C Fr. 6-11 250 Apple Valley, MN/Apple Valley Alma Mater:________ Maranatha Baptist (1998) 42 Nikola Rakicevic W So. 6-5 185 Smederevska Palanka, Serbia/E-Gimnazija Novi Sad Record at UB: ___________________ 29-27 (2) Career Record:______________________ Same Pronunciation Head Coach: Nate Oats (2nd season) Associate Head Coach: _________ Jim Whitesell Christian Pino ______________________ Pea-no Ikenna Smart ___________________ Ee-ken-ah Associate Head Coach: Jim Whitesell Assistant Coach: ____________ Lindsey Hunter David Kadiri ___________________Kah-deer-ee Assistant Coach: ____________ Bryan Hodgson Assistant Coaches: Lindsey Hunter, Bryan Hodgsen Nikola Rakicevic ___________ Rah-kee-kah-vich Davonta Jordan _______________ Duh-von-tay Director of Operations: ________Adam Bauman Quate McKinzie __________________Qwah-tay Secretary: ____________________ Mary Meyer Basketball Office Phone: _______ 716-645-3025 2016-17 MAC STANDINGS Mid-American Conference (AS OF 1/31) Address: ________24 Public Square, 15th Floor _____________________ Cleveland, OH 44113 EAST DIVISION Conference Overall Office Phone: _______________ 216-566-4622 School W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Office Fax: __________________ 216-696-2622 Akron 8-0 1.000 81.5 74.9 18-3 .857 79.8 70.1 Website: _____________www.mac-sports.com Ohio 5-3 .625 76.9 69.1 13-6 .684 76.3 67.5 Commissioner ________ Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecher Kent State 3-5 .375 81.2 81.9 11-10 .524 79.5 73.0 Director of Media Relations (MBB): Jeremy Guy Buffalo 3-5 .375 74.0 76.1 9-12 .429 75.5 74.5 Athletic Communications Miami 2-6 .250 71.4 78.5 9-12 .429 73.2 75.3 Associate Director/ Bowling Green 2-6 .250 70.6 80.9 8-13 .381 72.5 75.0 MBB Contact: _________________ Brian Wolff Office: _____________________ 716-645-6993 WEST DIVISION Cell: _______________________ 716-359-2750 School W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA e-mail: [email protected] Ball State 5-3 .625 85.2 80.9 14-7 .667 79.9 73.4 Asst. AD/Communications: ________ Jon Fuller e-mail: ________________ [email protected] Eastern Michigan 5-3 .625 73.8 67.1 13-8 .619 80.7 71.2 Press Row: __________________ 716-645-3360 Northern Illinois 5-3 .625 71.0 69.4 13-8 .619 72.8 68.0 Central Michigan 4-4 .500 87.2 89.1 14-7 .667 89.7 83.8 Toledo 4-4 .500 79.5 78.0 11-10 .524 81.0 78.5 Western Michigan 2-6 .250 73.9 80.4 6-14 .300 74.7 79.1 2 Back-to-Back MAC Champions • NCAA Tournament (2015,2016) 2016-17 BUFFALO BULLS BASKETBALL Bulls Jam In Store For Tuesday Night Home Game The Bulls will open the spring semester at UB with a home game against the Central Michigan Chippewas on Tuesday night. Buffalo will be holding Bulls Jam as a promotion to get the student No. Name Pos Cl.-El. Ht Wt Hometown/High School/Previous School body involved for the game. Tuesday night’s game is a rematch of the 2015 MAC Championship game, but just six players 0 Blake Hamilton G/F Sr. 6-6 205 Pasadena, CA/Pasadena/Mt.