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Roderick Middleton

Receiving awards from head coach Reggie Witherspoon and his staff were Roderick Middleton (University Park, IL/Marian Catholic), Daniel Gilbert (Detroit, MI/Cass Technical) and Turner Battle (Kernersville, NC/East Forsyth).

Middleton earned the Most Improved Player Award. The junior guard averaged 6.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, up from 5.2 points and 2.9 rebounds per game last season. He especially improved his perimeter shooting as he shot a team-best 40.7 percent from beyond the arc. He also had a career-high 44 steals on the campaign.

Daniel Gilbert

Gilbert earned the Coaches' Award. The senior forward started all 33 games on the season and averaged 7.6 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. The Bulls' top defender, Gilbert led the team and ranked seventh in the Mid-American Conference with 59 steals.

Battle was named the team's Most Valuable Player for the third straight season. He also earned the UB Male Athlete of the Year award for the second year in a row. Battle led the Bulls in scoring (15.5 ppg) and assists (4.4 apg) en route to earning Mid-American Conference Player of the Year honors. He was also named Associated Press All-American Honorable Mention and was one of only two players in the nation to be named an All-American and an Academic All-American this season.

Turner Battle

Battle and teammate Mark Bortz (Commerce Township, MI/Walled Lake Central) earned the Intercollegiate Athletics Board (IAB) Student-Athlete Leader Award. This award is given by the Intercollegiate Athletics Board to honor senior athletes who have demonstrated leadership beyond their own teams to the Division and/or the campus, and whose character, actions, excellence and concern for other student-athletes make them strong ambassadors for the Division of Athletics and the University at Buffalo.

The Bulls finished the season with a 23-10 record - their best mark in school history. After making it to the Mid-American Conference Tournament championship game, UB made its first-ever postseason appearance and defeated Drexel in the opening round of the National Invitation Tournament before falling to tournament runner-up Saint Joseph's in the following round. For its accomplishments, the team earned the Athletic Directors Team Award.