COACH: Nate Oats (1st season)
2014 RECORD: 23-10 overall (12-6 MAC, 1st place MAC East)
MAC TOURNEY:
Captured tournament championship with 89-84 win over Central Michigan.
OTHER POST-SEASON:
Lost to West Virginia, 68-62 in NCAA tournament.
LEFT THE BUILDING
► The Bulls lost three starters and five letter winners from last year. Among them was MAC Player of the Year Justin Moss. The 6-7, 240-pound forward averaged 17.5 points and 9.2 rebounds per game.
Guard Shannon Evans (15.4 ppg) and forward Xavier Ford (9.7 ppg, 6.2 rpg) are also among the departed. Evans was a Second Team All-MAC selection.
BACK FOR MORE:
► Senior guard Jarryn Skeet returns after averaging 9.1 ppg last season. The only four-year player on the Bulls, he was one of the MAC's top 3-point shooters last year, when he connected on 61 of 158 (38.6%) long distance attempts.
Sophomore guard Lamonte Beardon is also back after averaging 8.3 ppg, 2.8 rpg., and 4.4 apg in 2014-15. He reached double figures in four of the Bulls last five games before NCAA tournament play and registered 14 points in the MAC Championship win over CMU. Beardon earned All-MAC Freshman Team honors last year.
2015-16 RECORD: 7-6
► It’s been an up-and-down non-conference season, with . . .