Pac- 12 champion Arizona bounced by Buffalo

Wes Clark BOISE, scored 25 points, Jeremy Harris added 23 and No. 13 seed Buffalo pulled off the biggest upset of the NCAA Tournament’s opening round, rolling over No. 4 seed Arizona 89- 68 in the South Regional on Thursday night.

The smaller Bulls ( 27- 8) used their quickness to zip around the Wildcats ( 27- 8), scoring at the rim and on kickout 3- pointers.

Defensively, Buffalo neutralized Arizona’s size inside by collapsing on the paint, forcing the Pac- 12 champion Wildcats to shoot from the perimeter. Arizona went 2- for- 18 from beyond the 3- point arc, while the Bulls knocked down 15- of- 30 tries.

CJ Massinburg had 19 points and Buffalo shredded Arizona’s defense at a 55- percent clip for the program’s first NCAA Tournament win.

Dusan Ristic had 16 points, and star freshman Deandre Ayton finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds to lead Arizona.

( 5) Kentucky 78, ( 12) Davidson 73.

The Wildcats won despite failing to make a single 3- pointer, snapping a nation- best streak of 1,047 games with a 3 that began way back in 1988.

The fifth- seeded Wildcats ( 25- 10) shot 0- for- 6 behind the arc and didn’t even try a 3- pointer during the game’s final 8: 46.

The last time Kentucky didn’t make a 3- pointer had been at the Great Alaska Shootout against Seton Hall on Nov. 26, 1988 — when Eddie Sutton was coaching the Wildcats, LeRon Ellis was the team’s leading scorer and the 3- point line was only in its third season in college basketball.

UNLV now holds the nation’s longest streak at 1,040 games.

Davidson ( 21- 12) made 11 3pointers — led by six from Jon Axel Gudmundsson, who finished with 21 points.

( 3) Tennessee 73, ( 14) Wright State 47.

DALLAS »

Admiral Schofield scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as impressive Tennessee ( 26- 8) pounded Wright State ( 25- 10) with coach Rick Barnes back in familiar territory. Barnes is 5- 0 in NCAA Tournament games at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, including 4- 0 when he was coaching Texas.