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Buffalo Athletic Director Danny White has been hired as the athletic director for the University of Central Florida.
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NY-goodbye: UB Athletic Director Danny White takes job at UCF

Athletic Director Danny White is leaving UB to accept the A.D. job at the University of Central Florida. After several media reports Tuesday that White had been hired, UCF officially announced White as its new athletic director Wednesday. Calls to White’s cell phone were not returned Tuesday.


An image of former Bull Xavier Ford (No. 35) dunking replaced an image of Evans on the Alumni Arena lobby wall. The wall features other players who are also no longer at UB. 
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Shannon Evans taken off UB’s Alumni Arena wall

The photo of Evans, who transferred to Arizona State to join former men’s basketball head coach Bobby Hurley, was replaced with the image of former Bulls forward Xavier Ford sometime Monday or during this past weekend. Ford graduated from UB last semester.


Buffalo Athletic Director Danny White has been hired as the athletic director for the University of Central Florida.
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Report: UB Athletic Director Danny White to interview for UCF opening

Athletic Director Danny White is one of three finalists for the AD opening at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and will interview for the job Monday in Chicago, according to a report from the Orlando Sentinel. The report said UCF President John Hitt will also interview DeWayne Peevy, Kentucky deputy director of athletics. White signed a five-year contract extension with UB last fall in order to show “commitment to the Buffalo community and this university,” he told The Spectrum at that time. White was the highest paid athletic director in the Mid-American Conference in the 2013-14 fiscal year with a pay of $301,625, according to USA Today.


Senior midfielder Marcus Hanson in Buffalo's 1-0 MAC Tournament Championship loss to Akron Sunday. Hanson is the only impact player that the Bulls lost to gradation. 
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UB men’s soccer loses to Akron in MAC Championship Game

The Bulls (8-7-4, 2-2-1 MAC) lost to Akron (15-3-2, 4-0-1 MAC), the No. 3 team in the entire country, 1-0 at FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field in Akron, Ohio Sunday. It was their third MAC Tournament Championship Game appearance and first since 2007, where the Bulls also lost to Akron.


Junior guard Joanna Smith drives to the basket. Smith finished with a career-high 31 points and 14 rebounds.  
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UB women’s basketball defense leads way for season-opening victory

Despite a less-than-stellar offensive performance, the Bulls (1-0) picked up a season-opening 55-38 victory over LIU Brooklyn (0-1) on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Arena. Buffalo shot less than 40 percent from the field, but was relieved by a stellar defensive performance. The 38 points allowed are the fewest for Buffalo since Feb. 23, 2013.


Russell Cicerone (7) celebrates a goal against Northern Illinois last season. Cicerone was named Mid-American Conference Player of the Year for his play this season, the No. 1 moment in our top-10 list. 
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UB men’s soccer headed to MAC Tournament Championship

The Bulls (8-6-4, 2-2-1 MAC) defeated Western Michigan (11-4-4, 3-1-1 MAC) 2-1 in overtime of the MAC Tournament Semifinals Friday to advance to the championship game against Akron for just the third time in program history. Buffalo got the game-tying goal from junior defender Daniel Cramarossa with about four minutes left in regulation before Cicerone, a junior forward, scored in overtime.


Kristen Sharkey, one of the most prolific players in UB Bulls history, looks on as an assistant coach under current Bulls head coach Felisha Legette-Jack. 
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UB Bulls' Sharkey goes from post to the sidelines

Sharkey is one of the most prolific players in program history. She ranks fifth in program history in both career games (120) and free throws (305), 10th in rebounds (759) and 11th in blocks (98). Sharkey returns as an assistant coach to teach the young wave of new Bulls what it’s like to play in Buffalo.


Lamonte Bearden, a sophomore guard, dribbles down the court during a preseason game in November. Bearden will be in the starting lineup Tuesday after missing two games and coming off the bench in Buffalo's last game.
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Reigning MAC champ UB Bulls are underdogs

The men’s basketball team, the reigning Mid-American Conference Champions, isn’t even nationally ranked in the top-100. That’s according to CBS Sports. And even Buffalo’s own conference’s media has picked it to finish no better than fourth – in the MAC East. But it’s nothing of concern for first-year head coach Nate Oats.


Junior wing Willie Conner slams down the ball during Bulls Madness. Conner is one of many new players for the Bulls this season. 
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The new kids on the block: UB Bulls newest players

Two true freshmen and a junior college transfer combined to score 55 points in the men’s basketball team’s first and only preseason game against Daemen College last week. And they are less than half of Buffalo’s new players this season. The Bulls’ roster is filled with new players after an offseason of turnover with the transfer of star point guard Shannon Evans, the expulsion of MAC Player of the Year Justin Moss and the graduation of impact seniors like Will Regan and Xavier Ford.


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UB Bulls’ comeback not enough against Northern Illinois

Despite a Bulls’ (5-5, 3-3 Mid-American Conference) comeback, Northern Illinois showed why it is the superior team and claimed a 41-30 victory at UB Stadium Wednesday night. The loss puts an end to Buffalo’s three-game winning streak, as the Bulls will have to wait another week to try for its sixth victory to make them bowl eligible for just the third time since rejoining Division I in 1999.


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