MAC Basketball Season Preview: Buffalo Bulls

by Matt Sussman on Nov 8, 2010 3:00 PM CST

An extensive if not comprehensive look at all 12 Mid-American Conference college basketball teams. The opening game is November 10, so we better get started.

Last year: 18-12 (9-7), T-3rd MAC East; lost to Miami in MAC tournament quarterfinal; no postseason tournament

This year: Picked 6th (last) in MAC East

Coach: Reggie Witherspoon enters his 13th season as head coach. His record: 144-183.

First Game: Saturday, November 13 vs. Navy

Can a big blue bull dribble a basketball? It could probably headbutt it once, but there's always danger of ripping it apart with those horns.

Buffalo Bulls Basketball Roster

	#	Pos.	DOB	W	H	College
Jawaan Alston	32	F	-	225	6-8	senior
Dave Barnett	24	G	-	200	6-5	junior
Mike Clifford	44	F	-	245	6-7	sophomore
Cameron Downing	33	C	-	255	6-9	freshman
Zach Filzen	5	G	-	190	6-3	junior
Javon McCrea	12	F	-	245	6-6	freshman
Byron Mulkey	2	G	-	175	6-0	senior
Auraum Nuiriankh	22	G	-	195	6-5	freshman
Jarod Oldham	3	G	-	185	6-3	freshman
Corey Raley-Ross	10	G	-	185	6-3	freshman
Titus Robinson	30	F	-	210	6-7	junior
Tony Watson II	1	G	-	180	6-2	sophomore
Mitchell Watt	21	F	-	215	6-10	junior
Derek Wolfey	15	F	-	230	6-7	sophomore

Departures (all graduating seniors)

Rodney Pierce
Calvin Betts
Sean Smiley
Max Boudreau
John Boyer
Adekambi Laleye

Big Nonconference Games

12/30 vs. BYU

A Paragraph of Thought on Buffalo Basketball

Oh my. When plotting the football team (x) against the basketball team (y), Buffalo might take the trophy in plotted point closest to the origin. They graduated six seniors. (!!!) While unremarkable in the fact that a six-senior team couldn't make much headway in the MAC last year, graduating six seniors is basically a rockin' academic accomplishment. So the commitment level is there, but they're not returning much of anyone that produced last year and they have a pretty weak schedule. Witherspoon is starting all over again. Their top returning player didn't even bucket six points a game. Consider this the de facto piss-poor season until 2011-12, when the vibes will become hunkier-dorier.

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You're going to tire yourself out

You’re the Miami basketball of blog writing.

by sidehacker on Nov 8, 2010 4:03 PM CST reply actions

Ah, Reggie...

This guy should get 3 T’s a game for the time he spends running on to the court whining.

http://zipssportsblog.blogspot.com

by Zips Sports Blog on Nov 8, 2010 8:44 PM CST reply actions

Did all 6 graduate from college?

Just because they are listed as “graduation” doesn’t necessarily mean they got a diploma. It just means they just ran out of eligibility.

Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.

- John Wayne

by Tackle Box on Nov 9, 2010 7:23 AM CST reply actions

Caption contest

“Oh, fer cryin’ out loud! I always got that call when I was coaching at Erie Community College!”

"I could have conquered Europe, all of it, but I had women in my life." - King Henry II of England

by Calvert on Nov 9, 2010 11:05 AM CST reply actions

144-183

Amazing how he gets to keep his job. He’s never beaten a major opponent (unless you count Rutgers) and never won a championship thanks to that major choke job against Ohio in 2003 and that no-show against Akron a couple years ago.

by zibby on Nov 11, 2010 5:55 AM CST reply actions