1915 – 1916 – Basketball Officially Begins – Art Powell, who starred in basketball, baseball and football at Syracuse University in the early 1900s and served as the head Coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men’s basketball for one year (1913), takes over as the head Coach of the University of Buffalo basketball team in December of 1915 as U.B. basketball officially begins.MANAGER: Tom Atkins Coach: Art Powell FINAL RECORD: 7-4
1916 – 1917 – The Bulls upgrade their schedule to include such major teams as Yale, Michigan State, Pittsburgh and Carnegie Tech. Season highlights included a 34-29 victory over Pittsburgh in Buffalo. Coach: Art Powell FINAL RECORD: 6-8
1917 – 1918 – Despite wartime conditions and the loss of several players to the military, Buffalo Coach Art Powell leads the 1917-1918 Buffalo basketball team to a respectable record against quality opponents. Coach: Art Powell FINAL RECORD: 6-2