• Buffalo will begin a two-game road trip on Tuesday night at Northern Illinois, a stretch where five of the next seven games will be on the road. UB had won 13 straight against NIU until the Huskies claimed the last meeting, a 90-88 overtime contest in DeKalb last year.
• Buffalo will be the highest ranked team ever to play in DeKalb and the first ranked team to play at Northern Illinois since #18 Temple visited during the 2009-10 season.
• UB moved up to 14th in the latest AP Top 25 rankings on Monday, the 11th straight week the Bulls have been in the polls.