Buffalo Wins 2015 MAC Men's Tournament Title - Mar 15, 2015
Xavier Ford (6'7''-F-93) and Shannon Evans (6'1''-G-94) scored 18 points apiece as Buffalo, coached by March Madness icon Bobby Hurley , earned its first trip to the NCAA Tournament by beating top-seeded Central Michigan 89-84 in the Mid-American Conference championship on Saturday night.
The second-seeded Bulls (23-9) earned their first league title and the automatic NCAA bid that comes with it. They're in the brackets along with Hurley, their fiery coach and former Duke point guard, who led the Blue Devils to three straight Final Fours and consecutive national titles in 1991 and 1992.
Chris Fowler (6'1''-G) scored 27 points for the top-seeded Chippewas (23-8), who won just three conference games and were the No. 11 seed a year ago.
Lamonte Bearden (6'3''-G-95) added 13 points for Buffalo, playing in its third MAC title game. Buffalo won its first crown despite getting just 10 points from Justin Moss (6'7''-F-93), the MAC's player of the year slowed by an ankle injury.
Courtesy of MAC
MAC Tournament Final: Buffalo - Central Michigan 89-84 MAC Tournament Semifinals: Central Michigan - Toledo 75-66 Buffalo - Akron 68-59
All-MAC Awards 2015 - Mar 15, 2015
All-MAC 1st Team 2015
Holmes
Moss
Fowler
Hall
Brown
All-Tournament MVP: Xavier Ford (6'7''-F-93) of Buffalo Player of the Year: Justin Moss (6'7''-F-93) of Buffalo Defensive Player of the Year: Richaun Holmes (6'8''-F-93) of Bowling Green Freshman of the Year: Sean Sellers (6'6''-F-95) of Ball St. Sixth Player of the Year: Kris Brewer (6'3''-G-92) of Kent St. Coach of the Year: Keno Davis of Cent.Michigan