The final MAC BracketBusters preview in history - Hustle Belt
Well it's about time these in-state teams played each other again. It's been nearly 14 years since they last tangled. The Jaspers are yet another team that has trouble scoring, but this game does present an intriguing matchup for Javon McCrea: Manhattan's 6'7" junior forward Rhamel Brown, who averages 12 points, seven rebounds and three blocks per contest. He had an outstanding performance two games ago in a double-overtime win against Iona where he totaled 21 points, 17 rebounds and 7 blocks. Very McCrea-ish. The Jaspers have some good interior defense but Buffalo has a counter: Tony Watson has scored 55 points in his last two games, including 12 made 3-pointers, so he has no reservations trying to go deep on them.
| Game 27 Manhattan at Buffalo |
| Buffalo
Record: 11-15,6-6 (MAC) | | 
| Manhattan
Record: 10-16, 8-8 (MAAC) | |
| Sat Feb 23 2:00 PM |
| Rank | Buffalo | | Manhattan | Rank |
| | MAC | Conference | MAAC | |
| | 5 | Conf Standing | 7 | |
| | 224 | RPI Rank | 220 | |
| | 170 | SOS Rank | 178 | |
| | 144 | Projected SOS Rank | 150 | |
| -0.42 | 11-15 | Overall | 10-16 | -0.39 |
| -0.64 | 7-4 | Home | 6-4 | -0.6 |
| -0.33 | 4-8 | Away | 4-10 | -0.29 |
| 0 | 0-3 | Neutral | 0-2 | 0 |
| -0.5 | 6-6 | Conference | 8-8 | -0.5 |
| (NA) | 0-0 | Top 25 | 0-1 | 0 |
| -0.67 | 2-1 | Blowout (+ 19) | 2-3 | -0.4 |
| -0.38 | 3-5 | Close (- 6) | 2-5 | -0.29 |
| 0 | 0-0 | Overtime | 1-0 | -1 |
| (231) | 65.3 | Pts Per Game | 59 | (329) |
| (241) | 65.3 | Poss Per Game | 64.1 | (283) |
| (183) | 1 | Pts Per Poss | 0.92 | (311) |
| (171) | 50.8 | Floor Pct | 46.5 | (324) |
| | 22.7 | FG Made Per Game | 19.7 | |
| | 51.7 | FG Att Per Game | 47.5 | |
| (136) | 43.9 | FG Pct | 41.3 | (261) |
| | 13.8 | FT Made Per Game | 13.8 | |
| | 19.8 | FT Att Per Game | 21.5 | |
| (158) | 69.6 | FT Pct | 64.1 | (308) |
| | 6.1 | 3FG Made Per Game | 5.8 | |
| | 17.9 | 3FG Att Per Game | 17.5 | |
| (157) | 34.1 | 3pt FG Pct | 33.4 | (189) |
| (125) | 49.8 | Effective FG Pct | 47.5 | (233) |
| (121) | 53.4 | True Shooting Pct | 51 | (238) |
| (106) | 38.2 | Free Throw Rate | 45.3 | (7) |
| (214) | 50.8 | 2pt FG Point Pct | 46.8 | (316) |
| (160) | 28.1 | 3pt FG Point Pct | 29.7 | (109) |
| (120) | 21.1 | FT Point Pct | 23.4 | (27) |
| (130) | 35.7 | RPG | 33 | (248) |
| (115) | 11.7 | Off Rebs Per Game | 10.2 | (237) |
| (56) | 36.1 | Off Reb Pct | 31.4 | (194) |
| (146) | 24.1 | Def Rebs Per Game | 22.8 | (224) |
| (138) | 69 | Def Reb Pct | 68.2 | (173) |
| (78) | 14.4 | Assists Per Game | 11.2 | (285) |
| (22) | 63.6 | Assist Pct | 56.8 | (95) |
| (195) | 0.91 | A/T Ratio | 0.67 | (332) |
| (298) | 5.3 | Steals Per Game | 6.7 | (183) |
| (295) | 8.1 | Steal Pct | 10.5 | (147) |
| (83) | 4.2 | Blocks Per Game | 4.3 | (71) |
| (80) | 7.7 | Block Pct | 8.8 | (37) |
| (23) | 15.8 | TOPG | 16.7 | (12) |
| (11) | 24.3 | Turnover Pct | 26 | (4) |
| (67) | 19.2 | Fouls Per Game | 21.7 | (6) |
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