College basketball · Team · 2025-26

Buffalo

MAC
AP unranked
17–15
Rated 220th of 365

125th-ranked offense, bottom-100 defense

The offense carries them — 125th in adjusted offense and 304th in adjusted defense of 365 Division I teams in 2025-26.

−4.4Net rating221st of 365

Points per 100 possessions, adjusted offense minus adjusted defense · Final ratings for 2025-26 · last updated May 5, 2026, 9:46 AM ET

Ratings · 2025-26

How good, and how they get there

ADJ O111.4125th of 365 · 4th of 13 in the MAC
ADJ D115.8304th of 365 · 12th of 13 in the MAC
TEMPO66.6228th of 365 · 11th of 13 in the MAC
WIN PROB39.1%220th of 365 · 7th of 13 in the MAC
WAB−10.3216th of 365 · 6th of 13 in the MAC

The four factors

Their strongest factor is eFG% — 55.4, 29th of 365.

Effective field goal rateOffense 29th, defense 332nd of 365
55.455.1
Turnover rateOffense 150th, defense 99th of 365
16.217.9
Offensive rebound rateOffense 290th, defense 205th of 365
27.131.1
Free-throw rateOffense 62nd, defense 89th of 365
39.631.4

Each bar is the team’s place among all 365 Division I teams, so a longer bar is better on both sides — even where the better number is the smaller one (turnovers committed, everything allowed). The tick marks the median team. Free-throw rate is free throws attempted per 100 shots.

Roster · 2025-26

Who carries it

Ryan Sabol plays the most — 91.1% of the team’s minutes.

PLAYER

CLASS

Ryan SabolCombo G · 6-2 · 18.8 points a game in 30 games

91.1

24.7

115.7

+0.8

—

Noah BatchelorWing G · 6-6 · 7.3 points a game in 30 games

76.6

10.7

124.3

−0.5

—

Angelo BrizziCombo G · 6-3 · 14.5 points a game in 30 games

75.1

23.5

111.5

+0.2

—

Derrick Talton JrScoring PG · 5-10 · 5.3 points a game in 30 games

64.7

15.5

105.7

−3.5

—

Daniel FreitagScoring PG · 6-2 · 19.8 points a game in 21 games

58.2

29.1

118.8

+3.8

—

Tim ObohC · 6-11 · 8.5 points a game in 30 games

53.7

21.2

102.9

−2.6

—

Ezra McKennaStretch 4 · 6-8 · Played 39% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

39.6

—

Mikhail PocknettPF/C · 6-6 · Played 24% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

24.1

—

Aleksa VlajicPF/C · 6-10 · Played 1 of the 10 games a rating needs

0.0

—

Ratings print for players with 40% of their team’s minutes and enough games; the rest show “—”. Tap a player to open his college file.

Results · 2025-26

Every final

Won 17 of 32 finals by an average margin of +1.8 a game.

17–15 · MAC 7–12 · home 7–8 · away 8–6 · neutral 2–1

DATE

OPPONENT

RESULT

MARGIN

Mar 12

vs Akronneutral floor · conference

L 70–73

−3

Mar 7

at Toledoaway · conference

L 78–99

−21

Mar 3

vs Eastern Michiganhome · conference

W 72–67

Feb 28

vs Central Michiganhome · conference

L 70–75

−5

Feb 25

at Akronaway · conference

L 85–99

−14

Feb 21

at Massachusettsaway · conference

W 86–82 OT

Feb 17

vs Northern Illinoishome · conference

L 70–72

−2

Feb 12

at Ball St.away · conference

W 63–53

+10

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24. The margin is the final score difference; tournament opponents show the seed they carried.

The AP path

Where the poll had them

Unranked in all 32 regular-season games.

Higher on the line is a better rank; a gap is a game they entered unranked.

2024-25Unranked in all 31 regular-season games.
2023-24Unranked in all 31 regular-season games.

The coach · 2025-26

How he wants to play

George Halcovage III

Head coach · year 3 at Buffalo · 30–64 career

TEMPO66.6Possessions per 40 minutes, adjusted
3PA RATE56.6Share of his team’s shots taken from three

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