2026–27 season
Buffalo
Bulls · MAC
- Record
- 1–2
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- -3.5
- No. 223 in Division I
- Head coach
- George Halcovage
- Since 2023–24
- Home
- Buffalo, NY
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 345 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 345 Division I teams.
- WeaknessPoor three-point shootingThree-point %: 22.1%3rd
- StrengthPlays fastPace: 78.293rd
- StrengthLives behind the arcThree-point rate: 50.3%89th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Buffalo beat and who ended the run.
Appearances
4
Record
2–4
Sweet 16s
0
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
- 20196Round of 32Beat 11 Arizona St. Lost to 3 Texas Tech 78–58. Bracket
- 201813Round of 32Beat 4 Arizona. Lost to 5 Kentucky 95–75. Bracket
- 201614Round of 64Lost to 3 Miami (FL) 79–72. Bracket
- 201512Round of 64Lost to 5 West Virginia 68–62. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Drew Steffe
- 17.3 ppg
- Tallest
- Tristan Kuska
- 6′9″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Daniel Shao
- 3 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21Drew SteffeGuard · Frisco, TX | 6′5″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 17.3 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 28.6 | 66.7 | 20.4 |
| 2J.J. StarlingGuard · Baldwinsville, NY | 6′4″ | 206 | 1 | 3 | 31.3 | 7.7 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 27.3 | 50.0 | 17.6 |
| 25Dylan DucommunGuard · Geneva, Switzerland | 6′4″ | 190 | 1 | 3 | 28.3 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 15.4 | 66.7 | 20.1 |
| 9Antoine Lorick IIIForward · Harrisburg, PA | 6′8″ | 215 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 18.2 | 71.4 | 32.2 |
| 10Mikkel TyneGuard · Brampton, ON | 5′10″ | 180 | 1 | 3 | 22.3 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 26.7 | 100.0 | 16.7 |
| 22JJ FrakesGuard · Berrien Springs, MI | 6′5″ | 185 | 1 | 3 | 12.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.6 |
| 0Matas ButeliauskasForward · Vilnius, Lithuania | 6′7″ | 200 | 2 | 3 | 11.7 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 22.2 | 85.7 | 23.4 |
| 1Jalen PitreForward · Long Beach, CA | 6′8″ | 220 | 1 | 3 | 11.7 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 14.3 |
| 5Boluwasefe John · Corona, NY | 6′8″ | 215 | 1 | 3 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 5.9 |
| 12Kyle JonesGuard · Frisco, TX | 6′5″ | 195 | 2 | 3 | 8.7 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 10.2 |
| 7Harrison ReedeGuard · Aberdeen, SD | 6′1″ | 173 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 32.4 |
| 3Tristan KuskaCenter · Braunschweig, Germany | 6′9″ | 210 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 36.5 |
| 20Daniel ShaoGuard · Morris Plains, NJ | 5′10″ | 175 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.2 |
| 35Evan RomanoGuard · Holmdel, NJ | 6′3″ | 185 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24Jahrel Vigo · Allentown, PA | 6′3″ | 190 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
0–2
ATS as favorite
0–0
ATS as underdog
0–2
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
1–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | @MARMarshall | L65–92 | +2.25 | 155.5 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 5 | @PITTPittsburgh | L61–80 | +17.5 | 150.5 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 9 | vspenn-state-schuylkill | W107–65 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 15 | vsCANCanisius | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 19 | @ST St. Bonaventure | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 23 | vsRITRIT | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 28 | @TOWTowson | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 2 | @W MWestern Michigan | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | vsMOHMiami (OH) | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | vsPURPurdue Fort Wayne | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 16 | vsAKRAkron10 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 19 | @OHIOOhio | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 22 | @RHORhode Island | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | @KENKent State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 5 | vsUMAMassachusetts | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | @TOLToledo | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 12 | @C MCentral Michigan | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | vsBOWBowling Green | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 19 | @MOHMiami (OH) | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsTOLToledo | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 26 | vsE MEastern Michigan | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @BALBall State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 2 | vsOHIOOhio | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 9 | @AKRAkron10 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | @BOWBowling Green | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 16 | vsC MCentral Michigan | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | vsKENKent State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 23 | @UMAMassachusetts | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @E MEastern Michigan | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 2 | vsBALBall State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 5 | vsW MWestern Michigan | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |