Witherspoon to Stay in Buffalo Longer: Buffalo coach Reggie Witherspoon, whose teams have won 59 games in the past three seasons, received a three-year contract extension. Because of university policy, the contract’s terms were unavailable. Witherspoon, the 2003-04 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year, was recently named a bench coach for the USA Basketball Under-18 team trials this summer. He has led Buffalo to its best three-year period in its Division I history.
In 2003-04, the Bulls improved by 12 wins, one of the biggest turnarounds in the nation, going from five victories to a 17-12 mark and advancing to the MAC quarterfinals for the first time. In 2004-05, the Bulls won a school-record 23 games, advanced to the MAC Championship game and earned the school’s first-ever post-season bid, winning one round in the NIT before losing to eventual runner-up Saint Joseph’s.
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