Buffalo was brash.
In the run-up to the Bulls’ NCAA Tournament South Region round-of-32 game with Kentucky, swingman Jeremy Harris opined that UK had too many big guys playing too many minutes.
“I don’t think they can stay with us in transition,” Harris said.
Buffalo guard CJ Massinburg said he expected that UK’s front-court defense would prove less formidable than that of the Bulls’ vanquished first-round foe, Arizona.
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“I feel like my big guy, Nick Perkins, is going to get a lot inside and dominate,” Massinburg said.