Three Bulls Earn Academic All-MAC Honors
4/6/2026 1:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball, Office of Student-Athlete Success
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced its 2025 Men's Basketball Academic All-MAC team on Friday afternoon. This year's squad included three Bulls with Noah Batchelor, Tim Oboh and Ryan Sabol taking home honors. Buffalo recorded the most honors with Akron.
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for their particular sport.
This marks Sabol's second Academic All-MAC honor as both Batchelor and Oboh will take home the honor for the first time in their careers. On March 24th, both Sabol and Batchelor earned CSC Academic All-District honors for the second time in their careers.
Noah Batchelor, Senior, Guard/Forward, Communication
In his final collegiate season at Buffalo, Batchelor started in all 32 games this season. While averaging 30.7 minutes per game he totaled 235 points for 7.3 ppg. Second in total rebounds on the team, he tallied 146, good for 4.6 rpg. Batchelor added 43 assists, 9 blocks and 32 steals. He tied his career-high in scoring with 16 points against UMass (1/23). In Buffalo's season opening win against Southern Miss, he recorded a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double, the third of his career. He scored a career-high 5 three-pointers at UMass (2/21). The senior tallied 15 games with multiple three-pointers made. He scored in double figures 10 times on the year.
Tim Oboh, Sophomore, Center, Economics
The English sophomore center started all 32 games for the Bulls. He finished the season as the leading rebounder with 4.9 rpg, including a total of 156. Oboh went on to score 272 points, 8.5 ppg. In conference play, he averaged 9.6 ppg to go with his 5.9 rpg. He also finished as the team leader in blocks with 47. He scored in double figures 12 times including recording a pair of double-doubles. At Western Michigan (12/20) he had a 15-point, 13-rebound game. His 13 rebounds against the Broncos was a career high. In the final game of the season against Akron (3/12) in the MAC Tournament, he finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Against Ball State (1/3), Oboh scored a career-high 21 points.
Ryan Sabol, Junior, Guard, Business Administration
Buffalo's longest tenured player started in all 32 games. Sabol averaged 36.2 mpg including four games with at least 40 minutes of action. The team leader in points became the third Bull in program history to surpass the 600-point mark in a single season, finishing with 603 points and 18.8 ppg. He became the 27th Bull in program history to reach the 1,000-point mark as he is up to 1,299 career points, good for 15th in school history. The junior guard finished the season with 17 20-point games including a pair of 30-point performances. He scored a career-high 32 points against Southern Miss (11/3) in the season opening win. Sabol also set the program single season three-pointers made record with 122, breaking Zach Filzen's 2010-11 record of 110. His 122 made threes was the fourth most made threes in Division I basketball prior to the NCAA Tournament. He recorded 22 games with at least three three-pointers including 15 games with 5+. The MAC leader in threes finished with 73 in conference play. In MAC play, he averaged 19.7 ppg, the third-best mark in the MAC. Sabol added 107 assists on the season as he was just the second Bull to record a 600-point, 100-assist season. He went on to earn All-MAC Third Team honors, his first All-MAC honor in his career.
For all the latest on UB men's basketball, follow @UBuffaloMBB on Twitter/X, @ubuffalo_mbb on Instagram and like the UB Men's Basketball Facebook page.
Information on the Bulls Championship Fund and how you can help UB Athletics can be found here.
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for their particular sport.
This marks Sabol's second Academic All-MAC honor as both Batchelor and Oboh will take home the honor for the first time in their careers. On March 24th, both Sabol and Batchelor earned CSC Academic All-District honors for the second time in their careers.
Noah Batchelor, Senior, Guard/Forward, Communication
In his final collegiate season at Buffalo, Batchelor started in all 32 games this season. While averaging 30.7 minutes per game he totaled 235 points for 7.3 ppg. Second in total rebounds on the team, he tallied 146, good for 4.6 rpg. Batchelor added 43 assists, 9 blocks and 32 steals. He tied his career-high in scoring with 16 points against UMass (1/23). In Buffalo's season opening win against Southern Miss, he recorded a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double, the third of his career. He scored a career-high 5 three-pointers at UMass (2/21). The senior tallied 15 games with multiple three-pointers made. He scored in double figures 10 times on the year.
Tim Oboh, Sophomore, Center, Economics
The English sophomore center started all 32 games for the Bulls. He finished the season as the leading rebounder with 4.9 rpg, including a total of 156. Oboh went on to score 272 points, 8.5 ppg. In conference play, he averaged 9.6 ppg to go with his 5.9 rpg. He also finished as the team leader in blocks with 47. He scored in double figures 12 times including recording a pair of double-doubles. At Western Michigan (12/20) he had a 15-point, 13-rebound game. His 13 rebounds against the Broncos was a career high. In the final game of the season against Akron (3/12) in the MAC Tournament, he finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Against Ball State (1/3), Oboh scored a career-high 21 points.
Ryan Sabol, Junior, Guard, Business Administration
Buffalo's longest tenured player started in all 32 games. Sabol averaged 36.2 mpg including four games with at least 40 minutes of action. The team leader in points became the third Bull in program history to surpass the 600-point mark in a single season, finishing with 603 points and 18.8 ppg. He became the 27th Bull in program history to reach the 1,000-point mark as he is up to 1,299 career points, good for 15th in school history. The junior guard finished the season with 17 20-point games including a pair of 30-point performances. He scored a career-high 32 points against Southern Miss (11/3) in the season opening win. Sabol also set the program single season three-pointers made record with 122, breaking Zach Filzen's 2010-11 record of 110. His 122 made threes was the fourth most made threes in Division I basketball prior to the NCAA Tournament. He recorded 22 games with at least three three-pointers including 15 games with 5+. The MAC leader in threes finished with 73 in conference play. In MAC play, he averaged 19.7 ppg, the third-best mark in the MAC. Sabol added 107 assists on the season as he was just the second Bull to record a 600-point, 100-assist season. He went on to earn All-MAC Third Team honors, his first All-MAC honor in his career.
For all the latest on UB men's basketball, follow @UBuffaloMBB on Twitter/X, @ubuffalo_mbb on Instagram and like the UB Men's Basketball Facebook page.
Information on the Bulls Championship Fund and how you can help UB Athletics can be found here.
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