# Buffalo Stampede

The Buffalo Stampede were a basketball team based in Buffalo, New York. The team competed in the Premier Basketball League (PBL) for two seasons in 2009 and 2010, and in the Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League (ACPBL) for the 2010–11 season before suspending operations.

## History
### 2008: Franchise acquisition and sale

Todd Wier had previously co-owned the Buffalo Silverbacks franchise of the American Basketball Association with Dan Robbie from 2005 to 2007. They sold that team to local concert promoter Vincent Lesh in September 2007, having lost $700,000 in their two seasons of ownership.
In Wier's final season of ownership, the Silverbacks were eliminated from the 2006–07 ABA playoffs by the Beijing Aoshen Olympians, a traveling team from China who played their games at Felix Events Center in Azusa, California. He was intrigued by the Olympians, as their games were broadcast live on CCTV-5 in China and watched by an average of 15 million people.
Wier sought to duplicate the success of the Olympians with the Buffalo Dragons, a team which would be based in Buffalo, New York and feature predominantly Chinese players. The team, also referred to as the NexxNow Dragons, was unveiled in April 2008 as an expansion franchise of the Premier Basketball League that would play at Burt Flickinger Center for the 2009 season. However, Wier was unable to secure a television contract with the Chinese government through his NexxNow shell corporation, and the project became financially unsustainable.
Vincent Lesh abandoned his plans to relaunch the Silverbacks as the Buffalo Sharks, and instead purchased the Dragons franchise from Wier in September 2008, renaming it the Buffalo Stampede. The staff and players Lesh had recruited for the Sharks were brought over to the Stampede, including Richard Jacob as both head coach and general manager. Roosevelt Bouie was announced as assistant coach in October 2008.

### 2009: Inaugural season and instability

Head coach and general manager Richard Jacob resigned two weeks prior to the inaugural season, along with assistant coach Bob Bateson. John Fitzpatrick was hired to replace Jacob as head coach, with Roosevelt Bouie promoted to general manager.
The team played the 2009 PBL season in the Eastern Division, with home games at Koessler Athletic Center. Their inaugural game was a 98–95 home victory over the Wilmington Sea Dawgs in front of 650 fans on January 3, 2009.
Players and coaches reported problems with Vincent Lesh making payroll, resulting in a high turnover rate.
Fitzpatrick was fired in March 2009 after the team started 1–16, with assistant coach Aaron Clark promoted to interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The team finished with a 1–19 record and failed to make the playoffs.
Tyrone Rayson was named to the 2009 All-PBL Team after leading the club in scoring and rebounding.

### 2010: Second season and dismissal from PBL

Jim Condill was hired as the team's new head coach for their second season. Local players were signed in an effort to increase home attendance at Koessler Athletic Center, including Damone Brown and Frank Turner.
Derick Payne was named PBL Player of the Week after scoring 25 points to end the team's 22 game losing streak in their 124–114 victory over the Maryland GreenHawks on January 16, 2010.
After falling ill during a team road trip to play the Puerto Rico Capitanes, Jim Condill resigned as head coach in February 2010. Vern Hall was promoted from assistant coach as his replacement for the remainder of the season, with assistant coach Jordan Ellis filling in for Hall when needed.
The team finished with a 3–17 record and failed to make the playoffs. Kenneth Massey ranked the team 7th overall out of 9 teams in his final PBL ratings of the season.
Corey Herring and Kevin Ross were named to the 2010 PBL All-Star Team after Herring led the club in scoring, and Ross led the club in rebounding. Herring was also named to the 2010 All-PBL team for his performance during the season.
The Premier Basketball League removed the team in May 2010, citing its failure to meet the league's operational standards.

### 2010–2011: Final season in ACPBL

The team joined the Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League for their third season in August 2010. Herb Richmond was hired as the team's new head coach in October 2010.
Daemen College was chosen as the team's new venue, and their season opener was a 132–114 home victory against the Hudson Valley Kingz on December 4, 2010.
At mid-point of the 2010–11 season, the Stampede were tied for first place with a 5–2 record. However, the team lost five of their last seven games, finishing with a 7–7 record and failing to make the playoffs.
Charles Walker, Greg Gamble and Marcus Hall were named to the 2011 ACPBL All-Star Team and the 2011 All-ACPBL Team.
The Stampede ceased operations and was replaced in the ACPBL by the Buffalo Warriors, a team that folded midway through the 2011–12 season. Warriors owner Franklin Jackson would go on to found the Buffalo Blue Hawks.

## Season-by-season record

| League champions | Conference champions | Division champions | Playoff berth |
| Season | Conference | Finish | Division | Finish | Wins | Losses | Win% | GB | Playoffs | Awards | Head coach |
| 2009 | — | — | Eastern | 4th | 1 | 19 | .050 | — | Did not qualify. | Tyrone Rayson (All-PBL) | John Fitzpatrick Aaron Clark |
| 2010 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 17 | .150 | — | Did not qualify. | Corey Herring (All-Star, All-PBL) Kevin Ross (All-Star) | Jim Condill Vern Hall Jordan Ellis |
| 2010–11 | North | 3rd | — | — | 7 | 7 | .500 | — | Did not qualify. | Charles Walker (All-Star, All-ACPBL) Greg Gamble (All-Star, All-ACPBL) Marcus Hall (All-Star, All-ACPBL) | Herb Richmond |

## Game log
### 2009
#### Regular season

2008–09 game log Total: 1–19 (Home: 1–9; Road: 0–10) :
January: 1–6 (home: 1–2; road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
January 3
Wilmington
W 98–95
Edmund Rainey (22)
Kyle Cuffe (6) Tyrone Rayson (6)
Charles Easterling (4) Nick Perioli (4)
Koessler Athletic Center
1–0
2
January 10
@ Rochester
L 100–120
Tyrone Rayson (22)
Tyrone Rayson (9)
Lamar Castile (6) Mark Price (6)
Blue Cross Arena
1–1
3
January 17
@ Augusta
L 124–135
Lamar Castile (26)
Kyle Cuffe (11)
Kyle Cuffe (1) Lamar Castile (1)
Richmond Academy
1–2
4
January 18
@ Wilmington
L 95–103
Edmund Rainey (24)
Michael Norwood (10)
Mark Price (2)
Schwartz Center
1–3
5
January 24
Halifax
L 108–112
Tyrone Rayson (24)
Tyrone Rayson (15)
Mark Price (10)
Koessler Athletic Center
1–4
6
January 25
@ Halifax
L 94–105
Tyrone Rayson (29)
Kyle Cuffe (8) Tyrone Rayson (8)
Anthony Slater (6)
Halifax Metro Centre
1–5
7
January 31
Wilmington
L 82–92
Tyrone Rayson (24)
Dain Swetalla (16)
Mark Price (7)
Koessler Athletic Center
1–6 :
February: 0–5 (home: 0–3; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
February 6
@ Manchester
L 107–116
Karl Rainey (43)
Tyrone Rayson (14)
Mark Price (5)
SNHU Fieldhouse
1–7
9
February 7
Vermont
L 91–119
Mark Price (21)
Tyrone Rayson (9)
Mark Price (6)
Koessler Athletic Center
1–8
10
February 14
Augusta
L 119–129
Tyrone Rayson (30)
Tyrone Rayson (14)
Chuck Reed (13)
Koessler Athletic Center
1–9
11
February 21
Manchester
L 93–114
Tyrone Rayson (23)
Kevin Ross (10)
Chuck Reed (8)
Koessler Athletic Center
1–10
12
February 27
@ Battle Creek
L 90–114
Tyrone Rayson (18)
Kevin Ross (10)
Dereck Payne (2) Mark Price (2)
Kellogg Arena
1–11 :
March: 0–8 (home: 0–4; road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
March 7
@ Augusta
L 113–126
Mark Price (24)
Tyrone Rayson (8)
Chuck Reed (2) Michael Norwood (2)
Richmond Academy
1–12
14
March 8
@ Wilmington
L 96–122
Tyrone Rayson (25)
Tyrone Rayson (19)
Mark Price (4)
Schwartz Center
1–13
15
March 14
Halifax
L 94–96
Derick Payne (24)
Tyrone Rayson (12)
Mark Price (11)
Koessler Athletic Center
1–14
16
March 15
@ Vermont
L 94–120
Tyrone Rayson (28)
Derick Payne (10)
Ricky Yahn (4)
Barre Auditorium
1–15
17
March 20
Rochester
L 100–132
Tyrone Rayson (31)
Derick Payne (6)
Chuck Reed (12)
Koessler Athletic Center
1–16
18
March 22
@ Rochester
L 111–156
Tyrone Rayson (30)
Tyrone Rayson (11)
Chuck Reed (5)
Blue Cross Arena
1–17
19
March 27
Rochester
L 92–123
Tyrone Rayson (37)
Tyrone Rayson (11)
Ernest Jones (8)
Koessler Athletic Center
1–18
20
March 28
Battle Creek
L 106–109
Tyrone Rayson (37)
Derick Payne (15)
Chuck Reed (12)
Koessler Athletic Center
1–19 :

### 2010
#### Regular season

2009–10 game log Total: 3–17 (Home: 1–9; Road: 2–8) :
January: 2–5 (home: 1–2; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
January 2
@ Quebec
L 85–100
PEPS
0–1
2
January 9
Rochester
L 104–133
Derick Payne (27)
Mark Price (7)
Koessler Athletic Center
0–2
3
January 10
Maryland
L 87–101
Andy Robinson (22)
Koessler Athletic Center
0–3
4
January 16
@ Maryland
W 124–114
Derick Payne (25)
Mark Price (9)
Thomas S. Wootton Athletic Center
1–3
5
January 23
@ Rochester
L 110–131
Cameron Stanley (25)
Kevin Ross (10)
Blue Cross Arena
1–4
6
January 25
@ Puerto Rico
L 89–114
Coliseo Manuel Iguina
1–5
7
January 30
Manchester
W 114–111
Mark Price (22)
Kevin Ross (13)
Koessler Athletic Center
2–5 :
February: 1–4 (home: 0–3; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
February 6
@ Quebec
W 119–103
Kevin Ross (24)
Kevin Ross (12)
PEPS
3–5
9
February 7
@ Halifax
L 90–111
Andy Robinson (29)
Greg Gamble (11) Kevin Ross (11)
Halifax Metro Centre
3–6
10
February 13
Vermont
L 90–99
Andy Robinson (22)
Damone Brown (14)
Koessler Athletic Center
3–7
11
February 21
@ Lawton
L 80–139
Andy Robinson (26)
Great Plains Coliseum
3–8
12
February 27
@ Rochester
L 91–105
Andy Robinson (19)
Blue Cross Arena
3–9 :
March: 0–6 (home: 0–4; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
March 6
@ Vermont
L 90–126
Burlington Memorial Auditorium
3–10
14
March 12
Puerto Rico
L 85–111
Koessler Athletic Center
3–11
15
March 13
Lawton
L 96–164
Koessler Athletic Center
3–12
16
March 18
Rochester
L 109–120
Frank Turner (21)
Michael Norwood (10)
Frank Turner (11)
Koessler Athletic Center
3–13
17
March 20
@ Manchester
L 108–145
SNHU Fieldhouse
3–14
18
March 27
Quebec
L 94–127
Michael Norwood (20)
Corey Herring (9)
Corey Herring (8)
Koessler Athletic Center
3–15 :
April: 0–2 (home: 0–2; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
19
April 3
Halifax
L 105–124
Corey Herring (34)
Koessler Athletic Center
3–16
20
April 10
Lawton
L 101–156
Corey Herring (23)
Corey Herring (9)
Koessler Athletic Center
3–17 :

### 2010–2011
#### Regular season

2010–11 game log Total: 7–7 (Home: 6–4; Road: 1–3) :
December: 2–1 (home: 2–1; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 4
Hudson Valley
W 132–114
Marcus Hall (27)
Marcus Hall (7)
Daemen College
1–0
2
December 11
Garden State
W 103–100
Charles Walker (23)
Charles Walker (8)
Daemen College
2–0
3
December 18
Hudson Valley
L 92–110
Daemen College
2–1 :
January: 3–1 (home: 2–1; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
January 8
New York
W 90–75
Daemen College
3–1
5
January 15
Garden State
L 84–90
Daemen College
3–2
6
January 22
@ Westchester
W 114–104
4–2
7
January 29
Hudson Valley
W 84–79
Chris Gadley (21)
Chris Gadley (8)
Daemen College
5–2 :
February: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
February 5
@ Garden State
L 78–99
5–3
9
February 12
Hudson Valley
W 104–102
Daemen College
6–3
10
February 19
New York
L 113–122
Daemen College
6–4
11
February 26
@ New York
L 108–124
6–5 :
March: 1–2 (home: 1–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
12
March 5
New York
L 91–105
Daemen College
6–6
13
March 12
Hudson Valley
W 106–100
Daemen College
7–6
14
March 19
@ Garden State
L
7–7 :

## Player statistics
### 2010

After all games.
Buffalo Stampede statistics :
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Greg Gamble | 10 | – | 25.1 | .571 | .000 | .667 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 8.6 |
| Marcus Hall | 18 | – | 11.6 | .424 | .154 | .667 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Aaron Harrison | 13 | – | 22.1 | .472 | – | .500 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 7.4 |
| Corey Herring | 19 | – | 31.0 | .469 | .342 | .823 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 16.4 |
| Michael Norwood | 15 | – | 27.4 | .469 | .000 | .543 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.2 |
| Mark Price | 14 | – | 33.1 | .418 | .327 | .690 | 1.6 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 12.4 |
| Andy Robinson | 12 | – | 34.2 | .455 | .460 | .746 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 19.5 |
| Kevin Ross | 16 | – | 30.9 | .432 | – | .551 | 8.1 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.2 |
| Garrett Schmidt | 10 | – | 11.9 | .464 | .000 | .478 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.7 |
| Charles Walker | 18 | – | 15.1 | .386 | .323 | .778 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 6.2 |
$^‡$Waived during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season