Editing KeyBank Center (section)

===Basketball===

The NBA carried over their annual preseason contest from [[Buffalo Memorial Auditorium]] with annual [[Toronto Raptors]] preseason games at the new venue.

[[Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball|Canisius College]] played select home games at the arena from 1996 to 1998, moving there after decades at the Aud. However, they moved all games on campus to the [[Koessler Center]] after the 1997–98 season.

The arena has been home to the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA]] ([[2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2000]], [[2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2004]], [[2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2007]], [[2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2010]], [[2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2014]], [[2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2017]], [[2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2022]]) and [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] (1997, 1999, 2001, 2005) men's basketball tournaments. It will also host the NCAA in 2026. 

The arena was the centerpiece of a longshot bid to bring the [[National Basketball Association]] back to Buffalo by [[Vancouver Grizzlies relocation to Memphis|luring the Vancouver Grizzlies]]; the Grizzlies instead relocated to [[Memphis, Tennessee]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20010221/ctvnews84210?hub=OttawaHome |title=Buffalo joins cities trying to lure Grizzlies out of Vancouver |date=21 February 2001 |work=[[Canadian Television Network]] |access-date=28 August 2011 |archive-date=March 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310182718/http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20010221/ctvnews84210?hub=OttawaHome |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>