Quickies: Bring on the Bulls Edition

Everyone expected Kentucky to take on another team of Wildcats in the Arizona Wildcats in the Round of 32 on Saturday. It would’ve been a difficult second round test against superstar big man DeAndre Ayton.

But then Arizona did what Arizona always does.

They completely choked, they got blown out by the Buffalo Bulls, and they left their program in complete disarray. Arizona now has no returning starters and no commitments, and head coach Sean Miller lied to save his job just to choke again. Odds are he won’t have much longer as head coach of Arizona.

And now Kentucky’s second round matchup goes from DeAndre Ayton and Arizona to No. 13 seed Buffalo.

Now, can we stop complaining about how hard Kentucky’s region is this year?

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