UNBEARABLE: Buffalo pulls off huge upset with 89-68 rout of Wildcats

The Crimson Tide now have won three of four SU – all as underdogs – but must contend with a Wildcats squad that entered the tournament alongside the Virginia Cavaliers as +550 co-favorites on the NCAA Tournament odds.

It may take a while for that all to sink in.

In the first half, Buffalo shot an fantastic 53.1 percent from the field, while Arizona still hit 47.1 percent overall.

March Madness officially kicked off andwe already had the biggest upsets of the tournament! Only those who were in the team’s practices would know whether this is true. “We came and played hard”. The Pac-12 has won by far the most national championships of any conference. The Bulls rank 224th in rebounds allowed per game (36.3). The NFL’s Buffalo Bills even posted a message for the team on Twitter on Thursday before the game.

Defensively, the Bulls pressured Arizona’s guards and collapsed around its big men in the lane, forcing the Wildcats (27-8) to the perimeter.

“I’m not whining about it”, Calipari said.

The sixth-seeded Hurricanes (22-10) led most of the second half in their third straight trip to the NCAAs, but couldn’t put away Loyola in the final minutes and lost in the first round for the second straight year.

It’s the first time since 1986 the conference has gone winless in the tourney.

The Bulls will face No. 5 Kentucky, which beat Davidson 78-73 earlier in the day.

Wes Clark led Buffalo with 25 points while teammate Jeremy Harris led Buffalo with 23 points.

Dusan Ristic led the way for the Cats offensively with 16 points and 4 rebounds. Buffalo went on to shot a first-round record 15-of-30 from behind the arc and became the first Cinderella team to talk about it.

But we know what you’re thinking now: Why isn’t Buffalo’s mascot the Buffalo? “I mean, what am I supposed to expect?” It’s facts. I’m going to tell them they’re not freshmen? They’re not gonna do that. They do a lot of good things.

The combination also outshined potential No. 1 pick Deandre Ayton, who put up a solid but unspectacular 14 points and 13 boards for the Wildcats in defeat. Mike Daum scored 27 points for South Dakota State. I don’t know if they were exhausted or so anxious the first 20 minutes, like exhausted them out. “So they were hesitant to pass me the ball over the top, they were hesitating to pass me the ball down low”. And then the Orange squeezed the Pac-12 down to one team for the opening round.

Drummond: It may sound like a broken record because it can nearly be said against any potential United Kingdom opponent, but the Cats’ size and length could pose a problem for Buffalo.

Under Sean Miller, the Wildcats have failed to get out of the first round twice in the last three seasons and have never made it to the Final Four.

Miller said the Wildcats “worked hard to be ready for this game”. Trier missed two games after testing positive for the same banned substance that cost him 19 games a year ago.