NCAA basketball line odds on Buffalo might be difficult to predict as the Bulls lose three of their top four scorers from last season but have three starters back. Andy Robinson (10.3 ppg according to NCAA basketball lines stats), Byron Mulkey (9.3 ppg according to NCAA basketball lines stats) and Greg Gamble (6.2 ppg according to basketball line stats) all return.
NCAA basketball lines experts see that Byron Mulkey will likely enter the 2007-08 season as the Bulls’ starting point guard. As a freshman walk-on, Mulkey played 11 games and started the last 10. He averaged 9.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.3 steals per game according to NCAA basketball lines stats. Andy Robinson upped his scoring average from 2.6 points per game as a freshman to 10.3 points per game as a sophomore according to NCAA basketball lines stats. He averaged 20.7 points over the final four games of the season according to NCAA basketball lines numbers.
Sean Smiley, who missed all but two games last season with an injury, is healthy and ready to return. Smiley averaged 2.1 points in 15 games as a freshman according to NCAA basketball lines numbers. Rodney Pierce, who had to sit out last season as a transfer, is ready to contribute for the Buffalo Bulls. Pierce averaged 5.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 24 games as a freshman at Rider according to NCAA basketball lines numbers.
Junior Vadim Fedotov averaged 3.3 points and 2.4 rebounds per game last season according to NCAA basketball line numbers. Sophomores Max Boudreau and Kambi Laleye each saw playing time last year as well.
Boudreau played in 19 games and started seven, averaging 2.9 points and 2.2 rebounds per game according to NCAA basketball lines numbers. Laleye averaged 1.1 points and 1.1 rebounds in 14 games last season according to basketball lines stats. Senior Andrew Atman averaged 2.3 points and 1.5 rebounds in 15 games last season according to basketball lines stats.
Head Coach Reggie Witherspoon is five wins shy of becoming only the fifth coach in Buffalo basketball history to win 100 games according to basketball lines stats. Newcomers for Buffalo according to NCAA basketball lines experts include Jawaan Alston, a 6-8 power forward from Uniontown, PA and Brian Addison, a 6-8 power forward from Monroe Community College. Also, Dave Barnett is a walk-on guard/forward from East Aurora, NY.