• Buffalo opens Mid-American Conference play on Friday night at Eastern Michigan, the third straight year the Bulls have opened against the MAC West. At #20 in the country, UB becomes the highest ranked team ever to play at the Convocation Center and the first ranked program since #21/#22 UMass on Dec. 3, 2013. Both Michigan and Michigan State have played at EMU, but were unranked at the time.
• The Bulls checked in at #20 in both the AP and Coaches Poll this week, the eighth straight week that UB has been in the AP Poll. The eight consecutive weeks ranked are the longest by a MAC program since Ohio was ranked for eight straight during the 1969-70 season.