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Bulls To Open Regular Season Against Troy in MAC-SBC Challenge
6/27/2024 12:58:00 PM | Women's Basketball
CLEVELAND, OH – The Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Sun Belt Conference (SBC) announced the initial matchups for the 2024 MAC-SBC Challenge on Thursday afternoon. The Bulls will host Troy in the regular season opener on Monday, Nov. 4.
This will mark the ninth-ever meeting between the Bulls and Trojans, with UB owning a 5-3 series advantage. Buffalo and Troy (previously Troy State) played eight times from 1993-97 as members of the Mid-Continent Conference. The Trojans finished the 2023-24 season with a 22-12 overall record and 15-3 league mark, including the deepest postseason run in program history with a trip to the WNIT Fab 4.
The second MAC-SBC Challenge contest for each team will take place on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, with the matchups based on real-time NET rankings and announced in January. The MAC men and Sun Belt women will host the February matchups.
Scheduling assistance is provided by Ordinal Sports Group. In addition to relevant NET data, geography and frequency of past contests is considered in determining the matchups.
Each MAC-SBC Challenge game will be carried on an ESPN platform.
MAC-SBC Challenge Women's Basketball Matchups
Georgia State at Akron
Old Dominion at Ball State
Southern Miss at Bowling Green
Troy at Buffalo
Coastal Carolina at Central Michigan
Texas State at Eastern Michigan
James Madison at Kent State
Appalachian State at Miami
Louisiana at Northern Illinois
Georgia Southern at Ohio
Marshall at Toledo
Arkansas State at Western Michigan
For the complete MAC release, click here.
This will mark the ninth-ever meeting between the Bulls and Trojans, with UB owning a 5-3 series advantage. Buffalo and Troy (previously Troy State) played eight times from 1993-97 as members of the Mid-Continent Conference. The Trojans finished the 2023-24 season with a 22-12 overall record and 15-3 league mark, including the deepest postseason run in program history with a trip to the WNIT Fab 4.
The second MAC-SBC Challenge contest for each team will take place on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, with the matchups based on real-time NET rankings and announced in January. The MAC men and Sun Belt women will host the February matchups.
Scheduling assistance is provided by Ordinal Sports Group. In addition to relevant NET data, geography and frequency of past contests is considered in determining the matchups.
Each MAC-SBC Challenge game will be carried on an ESPN platform.
MAC-SBC Challenge Women's Basketball Matchups
Georgia State at Akron
Old Dominion at Ball State
Southern Miss at Bowling Green
Troy at Buffalo
Coastal Carolina at Central Michigan
Texas State at Eastern Michigan
James Madison at Kent State
Appalachian State at Miami
Louisiana at Northern Illinois
Georgia Southern at Ohio
Marshall at Toledo
Arkansas State at Western Michigan
For the complete MAC release, click here.
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