Fresh off a win against St. John’s in the First Four, No. 11-seed Arizona State is back to action this afternoon against No. 6-seed Buffalo in a first round matchup of the NCAA Tournament at the BOK Center.
The obvious storyline going into the contest is the familiarity between ASU head coach Bobby Hurley and Buffalo head coach Nate Oats.
Hurley, who was the head coach of the Bulls prior to ASU, had Oats on his coaching staff as an assistant before Oats took the reigns. Former Sun Devil guard Shannon Evans II even transferred from Buffalo to ASU after Hurley’s move to Tempe.