Arizona blown out of the NCAA Tournament

Arizona Wildcats Basketball


The fourth-seeded Arizona Wildcats were outplayed, out gunned and out hustled by a team called the Bulls, a 13th-seeded team from Buffalo tonight in Boise, Idaho, in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament.

Never mind all that...never mind all the turmoil off the court this season, the Arizona Wildcats are one and done. Well, not even one as Buffalo rolls to a 89-68 victory to send Arizona (27-8) home.

Never mind that Arizona had on its roster the best player in the country. Deandre Ayton added his 24th double-double tonight as the 7-1 Arizona center scored 14 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.  Dusan Ristic finished with 16 points, but both "big men" for the Wildcats should have done more.

In the end, it was the inability of Arizona's guards to score and play defense. Parker Jackson-Cartwright went 3 of 9 from the field and scored seven points, Rawle Alkins went 4 of 9 from the field and scored eight points, while Allonzo Trier finished four of 15 from the field and scored 10 points.

Arizona was a dismal 2 of 18 from beyond the arc, while Buffalo canned 15 of 30 3-pointers.

With those kind of stats, it's easy to see why Arizona lost tonight.

In the end, Arizona was simply beaten by a better team tonight -- a team that gave their all from tip-off to the buzzer. Much like teams from Arizona have done in the past.