The Bulls, favored by many to be the team to beat in the Mid-Continent Conference, once again have a pair of battles against Big East teams in the early going. The Bulls open the season at Miami (FL) on Friday, Nov. 22 and will battle the Syracuse Orangemen, who lost to Kentucky in the NCAA Championship last season, on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at the new Marine Midland Arena.
The Bulls will also face Big Four rivals Niagara (Nov. 30) and St. Bonaventure (Dec. 7) at the MMA and will host crosstown rival Canisius College at Alumni Arena on Dec. 3. The Bulls will conclude their non-conference schedule with a pair of games at the Toledo MVP Classic where they will play Dartmouth College-where Cohane once coached-in the first round. A matchup with the host Rockets, who the Bulls will play with in the Mid-American Conference starting in 1998, could await UB in the finals.
The Mid-Continent Conference Tournament, with an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament at stake, will be played March 2-4 at the Mark of the Quad Cities in Moline, Ill. UB was 13-14 last season but lost only one senior and returns the top two sophomore scorers in school history in Mike Martinho and Rasaun Young.
The Syracuse-UB game at the MMA will be sold as part of UB's season ticket package. All Bulls basketball games home and away can be heard on WWKB-AM (1520).
The 1996-97 schedule:
| November | ||
| Tues., 12 | MARATHON OIL (Exhibition) | 7:30 p.m. |
| Sun., 17 | MARATHON OIL (Exhibition) | 7:30 p.m. |
| Fri., 22 | at Miami, FL | 7:30 p.m. |
| Tues., 26 | at Cornell | 7:30 p.m. |
| Sat., 30 | Niagara University (Marine Midland Arena)# | 6 p.m. |
| December | ||
| Tues., 3 | CANISIUS | 7:30 p.m. |
| Sat., 7 | St. Bonaventure (Marine Midland Arena)# | 12:30 p.m. |
| Tues. 10 | Syracuse (Marine Midland Arena)# | 8 p.m. |
| Fri., 13 | MORGAN STATE | 7:30 p.m. |
| Wed., 18 | at Niagara | 7 p.m. |
| Sun.-Mon., 29-30 | at Toledo Tournament | |
| *Sun., 29 | vs. Dartmouth | 7 p.m. |
| *Mon., 30 | Consolation, Championship | |
| January | ||
| Sat., 4 | CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE* | 1 p.m. |
| Wed., 8 | at Valparaiso* | 8:50 p.m. |
| Sat., 11 | MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY* | 8:15 p.m. |
| Mon., 13 | TROY STATE* | 7:50 p.m. |
| Sat., 18 | at Western Illinois* | 3 p.m. |
| Wed., 22 | YOUNGSTOWN STATE* | 7:30 p.m. |
| Sat., 25 | at Chicago State* | 8:05 p.m. |
| Mon., 27 | at Northeastern Illinois* | 8:50 p.m. |
| February | ||
| Sat., 1 | VALPARAISO* | 8:15 p.m. |
| Mon., 3 | WESTERN ILLINOIS*# | 6 p.m. |
| Thur., 6 | at Troy State* | 8:30 p.m. |
| Sat., 8 | at Missouri-Kansas City* | 8:30 p.m. |
| Wed., 12 | at Youngstown State* | 7:40 p.m. |
| Sat., 15 | NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS* | 8:15 p.m. |
| Mon., 17 | CHICAGO STATE* | 7:50 p.m. |
| Sat., 22 | at Central Connecticut State* | 1 p.m. |
| March | ||
| Sun.-Tues., 2-4 | Mid-Continent Tournament (at the Mark of the Quad Cities) | TBA |
GAMES IN BOLD FACE CAPS AT UB'S ALUMNI ARENA
All times EST
* Mid-Continent Conference Games
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