2004-05 Men's Basketball Prospectus - Buffalo Athletics - University ...

2004-05 Buffalo Bulls Men’s Basketball
University Information
School Name:.............University at Buffalo
Location:...................................Buffalo, NY
Founded:............................................1846
Enrollment:......................................27,255
President:........................John B. Simpson
Interim Director of Athletics: .......Bill Maher
Athletics Phone: .................. 716-645-3141
Nickname: .......................................... Bulls
Colors:..................... Royal Blue and White
Affiliation:.......................... NCAA Division I
Conference:..........................Mid-American
Arena:................................... Alumni Arena
Capacity: ...........................................8,500
Coaching Information
Head Coach: ............. Reggie Witherspoon
Alma Mater:....... Empire State College (1995)
Record at UB:.................... 41-97 (5 years)
Career Record:................ 85-120 (7 years)
Assistant Coach: ...................Jim Kwitchoff
Alma Mater:............ Boston College (1989)
Assistant Coach: ......... Michael Mennenga
Alma Mater:...........Morehead State (1993)
Assistant Coach: .................Chris Hawkins
Alma Mater:........................Radford (1992)
Video Coordinator ..................Stewart Kerr
Secretary:................................Mary Meyer
Basketball Office Phone:..... 716-645-3025
Mid-American Conference
Address:....... 24 Public Square, 15th Floor
.................................Cleveland, OH 44113
Office Phone: ...................... 216-566-4622
Office Fax:........................... 216-696-2622
Website: ...................www.mac-sports.com
Commissioner ......................... Rick Chryst
Asst. Comm./Media Relations: .......Gary Richter
Assoc. Dir. of Media Relations: Bryan McGowan
Media Relations Assistant:.............. Jeremy Guy
..............................................Korinth Pattersonp
Athletic Communications
Office Phone: .......................716-645-6311
Office Fax:........................... 716-645-6840
Press Row:.......................... 716-645-3360
Director:................................. Paul Vecchio
e-mail: .................... pvecchio@buffalo.edu
Men’s Basketball Contact: ................ Jon Fuller
Office:.................................. 716-645-6762
Home:.................................. 716-692-2091
e-mail: ........................jfuller3@buffalo.edu
Assoc. Director:......................... Heidi Roth
e-mail: ........................ heroth@buffalo.edu
Team Information
All-Time Record ....................................................................907-899 (87 years)
2003-04 Record .........................................................................................17-12
Conference Record...................................................................................... 11-7
Conference Finish................................................................... 3rd, East Division
Conference Tournament ................... First Round - beat Northern Illinois, 90-73
Quarterfinals - lost to Toledo, 97-85
Letterman Returning/Lost ............................................................................ 11/0
Starters Returning/Lost.................................................................................. 5/0
Returners
• Turner Battle, Sr., G, 6-3, 190
14.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 119 assists, 52 steals
All-MAC Second Team, Academic All-MAC
• Yassin Idbihi, So., F/C, 6-10, 250
10.3 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 39 assists, 22 blocks
MAC All-Freshman Team
• Mario Jordan, Jr., F, 6-6, 200
10.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 30 assists, 27 steals
• Mark Bortz, Sr., F, 6-10, 250
9.1 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 47 assists, 41 blocks
Academic All-MAC
• Daniel Gilbert, Sr., G/F, 6-6, 205
8.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 34 assists, 50 steals
• Calvin Cage, Jr., G, 5-11, 160
8.2 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 37 3FG, .849 FT%
• Roderick Middleton, Jr., G, 6-3, 205
5.2 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 47 assists, 23 steals
• Jason Bird, Sr., G, 6-4, 190
7.7 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 43 3FG, .467 3FG%
• Brian Andre, So., C, 6-9, 290
1.2 ppg, 0.7 rpg, 5 assists
• Parnell Smith, So., F, 6-6, 200
0.2 ppg, 0.8 rpg
Newcomers
• Wallace Hall, Fr., G, 6-2, 165
• Christian Schmidt, Fr., F, 6-8, 200
Inside the numbers:
Home Record ........................9-5
Away Record.........................8-6
Neutral Record ......................0-1
Leading at Half ....................15-3
Trailing at Half .......................2-9
Tied at Half............................0-0
Overtime Games ...................0-0
Games decided by:
0-3 points ..............................1-2
4-10 points ............................4-3
11 or more points ................12-7
UB Scores:
59 or less points ....................0-3
60-69 points ..........................2-4
70-79 points ..........................5-3
80-89 points ..........................9-2
90 or more points ..................1-0
2004-05 Tentative Non-Conference Schedule
Nov. 20 ...................................................................at Connecticut
Nov. 23 .................................................. FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON
Nov. 27 ............................................................... INDIANA STATE
Dec. 1...........................................................................COLGATE
Dec. 4..................................................... WESTERN MICHIGAN*
Dec. 7................................................................................ at Elon
Dec. 11 ..........................................................................NIAGARA
Dec. 18........................................................................ at Canisius
Dec. 21.................................................................... at Penn State
TBA ............................................................ ESPN Bracket Buster
* Mid-American Conference game
This schedule is tentative and subject to change.