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MAC Tournament Championship recap: Blake Hamilton's last second three gives Buffalo second-straight MAC title

The old adage goes "the more things change, the more they stay the same." That old proverb rang true tonight in Cleveland, as this year's version of the very different-looking Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team matched what last year's team did - reach the NCAA Tournament.

Buffalo's Nick Hamilton, one of the many new faces on the Bulls' roster this season, hit a three with 1.8 seconds on the clock to put the third seed up 64-61 and assuredly guaranteeing a repeat appearance in the big dance. Appropriately, it was Hamilton who intercepted Reggie McAdams' three-quarter-court pass and ran out the clock, racing down the court with all of the emotion in the world.