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"Students discuss passing of Bills owner Ralph Wilson, future of the team "
By SPORTS STAFF | Mar. 27, 2014Longtime Buffalo Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson passed away March 25 at the age of 95.
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Tears of growth and faithful smiles
By OWEN O'BRIEN | Mar. 27, 2014The emotions on sophomore guard Mackenzie Loesing's face told the story. Her eyes were puffy and pink as she sat down at Quicken Loans Arena's press table following the women's basketball team's 74-60 quarterfinal loss to Ball State March 13.
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Quick Hits: Hurley named finalist for coaching award; conference action continues
Mar. 27, 2014Basketball (19-10, 13-6 MAC) Head coach Bobby Hurley was named one of 10 finalists for the Joe B. Hall award, given to the top first-year head coach in the country.
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"Despite obstacles as club team, men's lacrosse finds success "
By Tom Dinki | Mar. 27, 2014On Feb. 19, the @UBConfessions Twitter account - which tweets anonymous messages it receives from students - tweeted: "Men's lax and hockey teams: stop acting like you're varsity sports.
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Quick Hits: Spring Break recap
By SPORTS STAFF | Mar. 25, 2014Baseball (10-7, 2-1 Mid-American Conference) The Bulls began Spring Break in Virginia, losing to Rutgers (8-12) and Virginia Commonwealth (20-3, 3-0 Atlantic 10 Conference) and defeating Lafayette (6-10). The team returned to Buffalo to take on Canisius (14-7, 3-0 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) Wednesday and lost, 12-11.
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Extra time needed
By ANDY KONIUCH | Mar. 25, 2014The men's lacrosse team scheduled five games over Spring Break to open its season. Buffalo ultimately played about six-and-a-half games, though. The Bulls (4-1) traveled to Nashville, Tenn., Tuscaloosa, Ala., Orlando, Fla., and Morgantown, W.Va., over break.
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Hardwood Report Card
Mar. 25, 2014When the buzzer sounded at Quicken Loans Arena on Thursday, March 13, at the end of the Bulls' (19-10, 13-6 Mid-American Conference) 69-64 MAC Tournament quarterfinal loss, it signaled the end of a lot more than just the 2013-14 men's basketball season. It was the last time UB's all-time leading scorer, senior forward Javon McCrea and fellow seniors guards Josh Freelove and Jarod Oldham would play in a Bulls jersey and the end of what many had believed would be a special season. Here is The Spectrum sports staff's analysis of the Bulls' season. Three-point shooting: B Freelove was the Bulls' most prolific long-range shooter and the fourth most efficient three-point shooter in the MAC, hitting 41 percent of his shots from beyond the arc.
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Taking it to the house
By Tom Dinki | Mar. 25, 2014One might expect a residence occupied by 1,416 total pounds of football players to be a house filled with talk of X's and O's and copious amounts of food. Only the latter is correct in the case of the house occupied by five Buffalo football players, however, as their home is usually filled with talk of computer programming and coding as opposed to audibles and gap assignments. Senior defensive lineman Colby Way, sophomore running back Anthone Taylor, junior offensive lineman Jake Silas and junior defensive linemen Dalton Barksdale and Kristjan Sokoli live together in the same house two minutes from North Campus.
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Baseball wins two of three in first weekend of MAC play
By Jordan Grossman | Mar. 25, 2014When head coach Ron Torgalski sat the baseball team down after a blowout loss Friday, he told the players to execute basic plays and play optimistically for the rest of the weekend and beyond. The team's response: A nearly flawless two-game stretch to seal the weekend series. The Bulls (10-7, 2-1 Mid-American Conference) got their first taste of MAC competition this weekend with a three-game series against Northern Illinois (3-17, 1-2 MAC) in Wheaton, Ill.
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A team effort
By OWEN O'BRIEN | Mar. 25, 2014When the Buffalo women's basketball team began its 2013-14 season, it expected to have 14 players who could contribute.
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Splitting Spring Break
By JEFF PLACITO | Mar. 25, 2014Spring Break was not all fun for the women's tennis team, as it split four matches. The Bulls (10-3, 1-1 Mid-American Conference) traveled to Florida for the first half of their four-match week and encountered their first losing streak of the season.
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Left in the dust
By CHRISTIAN BRUNO | Mar. 25, 2014The men's tennis team had a nine-day layover between its 6-1 victory in Gulf Shores, Ala., on March 14 and its Mid-American Conference opener Saturday.
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Bulls' record season ends in upset fashion
By OWEN O'BRIEN | Mar. 14, 2014CLEVELAND - The men's basketball team had the ball with the opportunity to force overtime at Quicken Loans Arena on Thursday evening by doing what it had done effectively all game - hit a three-pointer. Senior guard Joshua Freelove - who had the hot hand all night - fired a shot with 11 seconds remaining, but it went in and out of the rim.
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Quick Hits: Several UB teams will be in action over Spring Break
Mar. 14, 2014Baseball (7-3) Coming off their toughest competition and worst weekend of the season thus far, the Bulls travel to Virginia Commonwealth for games against Rutgers (4-8), VCU (12-2) and Lafayette (5-4). Buffalo will then make a stop at Valparaiso (7-7) before heading to Dekalb, Ill., for its Mid-American Conference season opener against Northern Illinois (1-12-1). Softball (9-7) After having all of their games canceled due to weather last week, the Bulls travel to the USF Spring Break Tournament to face Providence (0-5), Bryant (2-8), Iona (0-7), Rutgers (5-7) and Maine (5-5) Friday-Sunday.
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Bulls' cold outside shooting leads to early exit from MAC tourney
By OWEN O'BRIEN | Mar. 13, 2014CLEVELAND - The women's basketball team had twice as many second-half field-goal attempts as Ball State in Thursday's quarterfinal match of the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
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Out for revenge
By OWEN O'BRIEN | Mar. 11, 2014It took the women's basketball team two tournament victories to advance to the Mid-American Conference Quarterfinals last season.
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Three steps to the Big Dance
By BEN TARHAN | Mar. 11, 2014At the men's basketball practice Tuesday afternoon, head coach Bobby Hurley stood silently at center court and watched as ball after ball brushed through the net. It's an appropriate metaphor for Hurley's work with the Bulls this season.
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Bulls drop two of three at Georgia Bulldog Invitational
By Jordan Grossman | Mar. 9, 2014A walk-off homerun is one of the most exciting plays in baseball - except when you have to endure the opposing team corralling a player at home plate after a game-winning bomb. The baseball team experienced that tough predicament this weekend. The Bulls (7-3) dropped two of three games this weekend in the Bulldog Invitational in Athens, Ga.
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Quick Hits: Women's tennis continues hot streak; wrestler Flannery gets bid to NCAA Tournament
Mar. 9, 2014Baseball (7-3) The Bulls went 1-2 this weekend in Athens, Ga. Buffalo lost to Georgia (9-6), 11-10, Friday.
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Men's swimming and diving finishes third at MAC Championships
By BEN TARHAN | Mar. 9, 2014After winning the Mid-American Conference Championship in 2011, the men's swimming and diving team has remained a top team in the conference but hasn't been able to clinch a championship. The trend continued this season. UB hosted the Mid-American Conference Championships at Alumni Arena Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
