2008–09 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team

2008-09 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball

CBI
Conference	Mid-American Conference East
2008-09 record	21-12 (11-5 MAC)
Head coach	Reggie Witherspoon
Assistant coach	Jim Kwitchoff
Assistant coach	Kevin Heck
Assistant coach	Turner Battle
Home arena	Alumni Arena

	Conf				Overall
2008–09 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Bowling Green	11	–	5	.688	19	–	14	.576
Buffalo	11	–	5	.688	21	–	12	.636
Miami	10	–	6	.625	17	–	13	.567
Akron †	10	–	6	.625	23	–	13	.639
Kent State	10	–	6	.625	19	–	15	.559
Ohio	7	–	9	.438	15	–	17	.469
West
Ball State	7	–	9	.438	14	–	17	.452
Central Michigan	7	–	9	.438	12	–	19	.387
Western Michigan	7	–	9	.438	10	–	21	.323
Eastern Michigan	6	–	10	.375	8	–	24	.250
Northern Illinois	5	–	11	.313	10	–	20	.333
Toledo	5	–	11	.313	7	–	25	.219

† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008-09 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represents the University at Buffalo in the 2008-09 college basketball season. This is head coach Reggie Witherspoon's tenth season at Buffalo.

Roster

No.	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
1	Andy Robinson	G	6' 1"	190	SR	Schenectady, NY	Schenectady High School
2	Byron Mulkey	G	6' 0"	170	JR	Wheatfield, NY	Niagara-Wheatfield High School
3	Sean Smiley	G	6' 1"	165	JR	Erie, PA	McDowell High School
4	Rodney Pierce	G	6' 2"	195	JR	Buffalo, NY	Hutchinson Central Technical High School
5	Zach Filzen	G	6' 3"	185	SO	Northfield, MN	Northfield High School Northern Arizona University
15	Vadim Fedotov	F/C	6' 9"	260	SR	Munich, Germany	Schloss Hagerhoff
21	Mitchell Watt	F	6' 9"	210	FR	Goodyear, AZ	Desert Edge High School
22	John Boyer	G	6' 1"	185	JR	Hollidaysburg, PA	Hollidaysburg Area High School
25	Calvin Betts	G/F	6' 3"	225	JR	Rochester, NY	Rush-Henrietta Senior High School
30	Titus Robinson	F	6' 7"	190	FR	Charlotte, NC	East Mecklenburg High School
32	Jawaan Alston	F	6' 8"	220	SO	Uniontown, PA	Albert Gallatin Area High School
33	Adekambi Laleye	F	6' 9"	210	JR	Ottawa, Ontario	Champlain St. Lambert
34	Greg Gamble	G/F	6' 4"	200	SR	Niagara Falls, NY	Niagara Falls High School
35	Brian Addison	F	6' 8"	225	SR	Queens, NY	Andrew Jackson High School
40	Max Boudreau	F	6' 7"	230	JR	Montreal, Quebec	Champlain St. Lambert
42	Dave Barnett	G/F	6' 5"	200	FR	East Aurora, NY	East Aurora High School

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
November 15, 2008*	at Youngstown State	W 70-62	1-0	Beeghly Center
November 18, 2008*	at Canisius	W 69-64	2-0	Koessler Athletic Center
November 22, 2008*	at Evansville	L 64-49	2-1	Roberts Municipal Stadium
November 25, 2008*	Niagara	L 65-61	2-2	Alumni Arena
November 29, 2008*	Temple	W 83-73	3-2	Alumni Arena
December 4, 2008*	#2 Connecticut	L 68-64	3-3	Alumni Arena
December 6, 2008*	Florida International	W 70-56	4-3	Alumni Arena
December 20, 2008*	UNC Asheville	W 71-52	5-3	Alumni Arena
December 23, 2008*	at Siena	L 71-60	5-4	Times Union Center
December 28, 2008*	vs. Pepperdine (2008 Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic)	W 72-71 ^OT	6-4	Stan Sheriff Center
December 29, 2008*	vs. Colorado (2008 Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic)	W 62-60	7-4	Stan Sheriff Center
December 30, 2008*	vs. Colorado State (2008 Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic)	W 67-53	8-4	Stan Sheriff Center
January 10, 2009	at Bowling Green	L 86-82	8-5 (0-1)	Anderson Arena
January 13, 2009	at Akron	W 63-61	9-5 (1-1)	James A. Rhodes Arena
January 17, 2009	Ohio	W 70-66	10-5 (2-1)	Alumni Arena
January 21, 2009	Kent State	W 64-53	11-5 (3-1)	Alumni Arena
January 24, 2009	at Miami University	W 76-64	12-5 (4-1)	Millett Hall
January 27, 2009	at Western Michigan	W 74-71	13-5 (5-1)	University Arena
January 31, 2009	Toledo	W 56-43	14-5 (6-1)	Alumni Arena
February 3, 2009	Central Michigan	W 56-55	15-5 (7-1)	Alumni Arena
February 7, 2009	Northern Illinois	W 68-46	16-5 (8-1)	Alumni Arena
February 12, 2009	at Eastern Michigan	W 58-49	17-5 (9-1)	Convocation Center
February 15, 2009	at Ball State	L 53-51	17-6 (9-2)	John E. Worthen Arena
February 18, 2009	Bowling Green	L 59-48	17-7 (9-3)	Alumni Arena
February 21, 2009*	at Vermont (ESPN Bracket Busters)	L 78-70	17-8	Patrick Gym
February 26, 2009	Akron	L 62-57	17-9 (9-4)	Alumni Arena
March 1, 2009	at Ohio	W 68-66	18-9 (10-4)	Convocation Center
March 5, 2009	at Kent State	L 77-71 ^OT	18-10 (10-5)	Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center
March 8, 2009	Miami University	W 70-67 ^OT	19-10 (11-5)	Alumni Arena
2009 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
March 12, 2009	vs. Kent State (Quarterfinals)	W 65-62	20-10	Quicken Loans Arena
March 13, 2009	vs. Ball State (Semifinals)	W 64-52	21-10	Quicken Loans Arena
March 14, 2009	vs. Akron (Finals)	L 65-53	21-11	Quicken Loans Arena
College Basketball Invitational
March 18, 2009*	at Wichita State (First Round)	L 84-73	21-12	Charles Koch Arena
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Buffalo Bulls men's basketball

Venues	Alumni Arena (1982–present)

Culture & lore	Victor E. Bull "Victory March"

People	Head coaches

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