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MAC regular season co–champions MAC East Division co–champions MAC Tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, round of 64 | |
Conference | Mid-American Conference |
East Division | |
Record | 23–10 (12–6 MAC) |
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Home arena | Alumni Arena |
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Buffalo † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Central Michigan | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2015 MAC tournament winner |
The 2014–15 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represented the University at Buffalo during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulls, led by second year head coach Bobby Hurley, played their home games at Alumni Arena as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 12–6 in MAC play to be co–champions of the East Division and co–champions of the MAC overall regular season. They defeated Akron and Central Michigan to become champions of the MAC tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first NCAA Tournament bid in school history, where they lost in the second round to West Virginia.
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/06/2014* 7:00 pm |
Wheeling Jesuit | W 79–60 | – |
Alumni Arena (1,676) Amherst, NY | |||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
11/14/2014* 7:30 pm |
South Dakota State | W 69–67 | 1–0 |
Alumni Arena (3,315) Amherst, NY | |||||||
11/16/2014* 12:00 pm, ESPNU |
at No. 1 Kentucky Cawood Ledford Classic |
L 52–71 | 1–1 |
Rupp Arena (22,175) Lexington, KY | |||||||
11/18/2014* 7:00 pm |
at Texas–Arlington Cawood Ledford Classic |
W 74–68 | 2–1 |
College Park Center (1,544) Arlington, TX | |||||||
11/21/2014* Postponed |
Montana State Cawood Ledford Classic |
Alumni Arena Amherst, NY | |||||||||
11/25/2014* 9:00 pm |
at Grand Canyon Cawood Ledford Classic |
W 80–64 | 3–1 |
GCU Arena (5,688) Phoenix, AZ | |||||||
11/29/2014* 4:15 pm |
at Canisius | W 72–57 | 4–1 |
First Niagara Center (7,191) Buffalo, NY | |||||||
12/03/2014* 7:00 pm |
at St. Bonaventure | L 63–72 | 4–2 |
Reilly Center (3,469) Olean, NY | |||||||
12/07/2014* 1:00 pm |
at Robert Morris | W 74–59 | 5–2 |
Charles L. Sewall Center (433) Moon Township, PA | |||||||
12/16/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Drexel | W 80–70 | 6–2 |
Alumni Arena (2,402) Amherst, NY | |||||||
12/19/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Niagara | W 88–62 | 7–2 |
Alumni Arena (2,702) Amherst, NY | |||||||
12/28/2014* 8:00 pm, BTN |
at No. 6 Wisconsin | L 56–68 | 7–3 |
Kohl Center (17,279) Madison, WI | |||||||
12/30/2014* 7:00 pm |
at Binghamton | W 76–50 | 8–3 |
Binghamton University Events Center (3,534) Binghamton, NY | |||||||
1/03/2015* 3:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Cornell | W 92–73 | 9–3 |
Alumni Arena (3,192) Amherst, NY | |||||||
1/07/2015 7:00 pm |
at Miami (OH) | W 79–72 | 10–3 (1–0) |
Millett Hall (538) Oxford, OH | |||||||
1/10/2015 1:00 pm |
at Western Michigan | L 68–78 | 10–4 (1–1) |
University Arena (2,507) Kalamazoo, MI | |||||||
1/14/2015 7:00 pm |
Northern Illinois | W 82–63 | 11–4 (2–1) |
Alumni Arena (2,258) Amherst, NY | |||||||
1/17/2015 3:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Miami (OH) | W 77–68 | 12–4 (3–1) |
Alumni Arena (3,268) Amherst, NY | |||||||
1/21/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Central Michigan | L 73–84 | 12–5 (3–2) |
McGuirk Arena (2,210) Mount Pleasant | |||||||
1/24/2015 2:00 pm |
at Ohio | L 61–63 | 12–6 (3–3) |
Convocation Center (9,124) Athens, OH | |||||||
1/27/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Western Michigan | W 77–71 | 13–6 (4–3) |
Alumni Arena (3,931) Amherst, NY | |||||||
1/30/2015 10:00 pm, ESPNU |
Kent State | W 80–55 | 14–6 (5–3) |
Alumni Arena (5,797) Amherst, NY | |||||||
2/04/2015 7:00 pm |
at Ball State | W 82–78 | 15–6 (6–3) |
John E. Worthen Arena (3,084) Muncie, IN | |||||||
2/07/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Akron | L 72–75 | 15–7 (6–4) |
James A. Rhodes Arena (3,570) Akron, OH | |||||||
2/10/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Toledo | L 88–92 | 15–8 (6–5) |
Alumni Arena (3,417) Amherst, NY | |||||||
2/14/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Central Michigan | L 74–75 | 15–9 (6–6) |
Alumni Arena (3,284) Amherst, NY | |||||||
2/18/2015 7:00 pm |
at Eastern Michigan | W 78–63 | 16–9 (7–6) |
Convocation Center (739) Ypsilanti, MI | |||||||
2/21/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Bowling Green | L 56–68 | 17–9 (8–6) |
Stroh Center (2,857) Bowling Green, OH | |||||||
2/24/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Akron | W 67–62 | 18–9 (9–6) |
Alumni Arena (3,541) Amherst, NY | |||||||
2/28/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Kent State | W 71–65 | 19–9 (10–6) |
Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (5,587) Kent, OH | |||||||
3/03/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Ohio | W 93–66 | 20–9 (11–6) |
Alumni Arena (3,597) Amherst, NY | |||||||
3/06/2015 7:00 pm |
Bowling Green | W 77–75 | 21–9 (12–6) |
Alumni Arena (6,670) Amherst, NY | |||||||
MAC Tournament | |||||||||||
3/13/2015 9:00 pm, ESPN3 |
vs. Akron Semifinals |
W 68–59 | 22–9 |
Quicken Loans Arena (6,027) Cleveland, OH | |||||||
3/14/2015 6:30 pm, ESPN2 |
vs. Central Michigan Championship game |
W 89–84 | 23–9 |
Quicken Loans Arena (5,266) Cleveland, OH | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
3/20/2015* 2:10 pm, TNT |
(12 MW) | vs. (5 MW) No. 20 West Virginia Second round |
L 62–68 | 23–10 |
Nationwide Arena (18,417) Columbus, OH | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest Region. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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