Wow. Can that be right? The #13 seeded Buffalo Bulls just kicked the snot out of the #4 seeded Arizona Wildcats in Boise? 89-68 is no fluke. It's a beatdown. If anything, the score should have been even more lop-sided, until it tightened up a bit in the last couple minutes of "garbage time".
Thing is, Arizona was the only legitimate Pac 12 representative in the entire NCAA hoops tourney. Yes, UCLA (oh my, how far the once mighty have fallen) and Arizona St. were potential "play-in" teams, but got ousted before the madness officially started. The only reason for play-in games is so the schools can get a decent cha-ching, and maybe a little TV time. They have about as much chance of reaching the Final Four as this article does of winning a Pulitzer. Somebody's gotta do it, but it's still cannon fodder.
In recent times, private little Gonzaga, tucked away in Washington state, and in a much "lesser" conference, has seemed to be the class of college hoops on the west coast.
Who ever would have believed that not so many years ago?
The once proud Pac 10, now 12, I think, should be hanging their heads in shame.
The best they had to offer just got blasted by Buffalo?
Really??
Oh my.
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