Kentucky Wildcats vs Buffalo Bulls

MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - SOUTH REGION - 2nd ROUND

27-9

Final

	1	2	T
Buffalo BUF	42	33	75
Kentucky UK	51	44	95

Kentucky WildcatsKentuckyUK

26-10

Not happening here: Kentucky stops Buffalo cold, 95-75

Kentucky put an end to any upset talk on its watch Saturday, getting 27 points and a near-perfect shooting game from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in a 95-75 pullaway from 13th-seeded Buffalo.

Mar 17, 2018, 09:00 pm - Associated Press

Hamidou Diallo missed Jumper.
Nick Richards missed Layup.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made Layup.
PJ Washington missed Jumper.
PJ Washington made Dunk.
Nick Richards made Dunk. Assisted by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made Jumper.
Kevin Knox made Jumper.
Kevin Knox made Layup.
PJ Washington missed Jumper.
Kevin Knox missed Three Point Jumper.
Sacha Killeya-Jones made Dunk. Assisted by Quade Green.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made Layup.
Hamidou Diallo made Dunk.
Kevin Knox made Jumper.
Wenyen Gabriel missed Jumper.
Kevin Knox made Jumper.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made Layup.
Quade Green made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hamidou Diallo.
Quade Green missed Three Point Jumper.
Hamidou Diallo missed Jumper.
Wenyen Gabriel missed Layup.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made Three Point Jumper.
Quade Green missed Three Point Jumper.
Hamidou Diallo made Dunk.
Quade Green missed Layup.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made Layup.
Quade Green missed Layup.
Wenyen Gabriel missed Layup.
Wenyen Gabriel made Layup.
Quade Green made Jumper. Assisted by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Wenyen Gabriel made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quade Green.
Wenyen Gabriel missed Three Point Jumper.
Quade Green missed Jumper.
Hamidou Diallo made Layup. Assisted by PJ Washington.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made Layup.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander missed Layup.
PJ Washington missed Layup.
Kevin Knox missed Three Point Jumper.
Kevin Knox missed Three Point Jumper.
Wenyen Gabriel made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Knox.
Hamidou Diallo made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Hamidou Diallo missed Jumper.
Wenyen Gabriel missed Layup.
Hamidou Diallo made Layup. Assisted by Kevin Knox.
Quade Green missed Three Point Jumper.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made Layup.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quade Green.
Kevin Knox missed Jumper.
Wenyen Gabriel made Layup.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander missed Jumper.
Kevin Knox missed Layup.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made Layup.
Hamidou Diallo made Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Knox.
PJ Washington made Jumper.
Hamidou Diallo made Layup.
Hamidou Diallo made Jumper. Assisted by PJ Washington.
Kevin Knox missed Jumper.
Wenyen Gabriel missed Three Point Jumper.
PJ Washington made Dunk. Assisted by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Wenyen Gabriel made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
PJ Washington made Dunk. Assisted by Kevin Knox.
Hamidou Diallo made Dunk. Assisted by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Quade Green missed Layup.
Ikenna Smart made Layup. Assisted by Wes Clark.
Davonta Jordan missed Layup.
Ikenna Smart made Two Point Tip Shot.
Jeremy Harris missed Layup.
Wes Clark missed Layup.
Dontay Caruthers missed Layup.
Wes Clark missed Three Point Jumper.
Nick Perkins missed Jumper.
CJ Massinburg missed Three Point Jumper.
Nick Perkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Wes Clark missed Three Point Jumper.
Jeremy Harris made Jumper.
Jeremy Harris missed Jumper.
Jeremy Harris missed Three Point Jumper.
Jeremy Harris made Layup.
Wes Clark missed Three Point Jumper.
Nick Perkins missed Layup.
Jeremy Harris missed Three Point Jumper.
Wes Clark made Three Point Jumper.
CJ Massinburg missed Three Point Jumper.
Jeremy Harris made Layup. Assisted by Wes Clark.
Wes Clark made Three Point Jumper.
Nick Perkins missed Three Point Jumper.
CJ Massinburg made Layup.
CJ Massinburg made Three Point Jumper.
Dontay Caruthers missed Layup.
CJ Massinburg missed Jumper.
Wes Clark made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by CJ Massinburg.
Nick Perkins missed Layup.
CJ Massinburg made Three Point Jumper.
Wes Clark missed Three Point Jumper.
Jayvon Graves missed Three Point Jumper.
Wes Clark made Jumper.
Nick Perkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Nick Perkins made Jumper. Assisted by Wes Clark.
Wes Clark missed Layup.
CJ Massinburg missed Jumper.
Jeremy Harris missed Three Point Jumper.
Nick Perkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Wes Clark made Three Point Jumper.
CJ Massinburg missed Jumper.
Dontay Caruthers made Layup.
Wes Clark made Jumper.
Montell McRae missed Three Point Jumper.
Wes Clark made Layup.
Wes Clark missed Three Point Jumper.
Jeremy Harris missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Jeremy Harris made Jumper. Assisted by Wes Clark.
Jayvon Graves made Layup.
Jayvon Graves missed Three Point Jumper.
CJ Massinburg made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jayvon Graves.
Nick Perkins made Dunk. Assisted by Wes Clark.
Dontay Caruthers made Layup.
Jeremy Harris missed Three Point Jumper.
Davonta Jordan missed Three Point Jumper.
Jeremy Harris missed Three Point Jumper.
Wes Clark made Layup.
Wes Clark missed Jumper.
CJ Massinburg missed Layup.
Dontay Caruthers made Layup.
Dontay Caruthers missed Three Point Jumper.
Wes Clark made Layup.
Wes Clark missed Three Point Jumper.
Wes Clark missed Jumper.
Nick Perkins made Layup. Assisted by Wes Clark.
CJ Massinburg missed Three Point Jumper.
Jayvon Graves missed Three Point Jumper.

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KENTUCKY

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Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Akron	17-1	-	28-7
Miami (OH)	14-4	3	25-9
Kent State	11-7	6	24-12
Toledo	10-8	7	18-15
Ohio	10-8	7	16-16
Eastern Michigan	9-9	8	16-16
Western Michigan	9-9	8	12-20
Bowling Green	8-10	9	14-18
Ball State	7-11	10	14-17
Central Michigan	7-11	10	14-17
Buffalo	4-14	13	9-22
Northern Illinois	2-16	15	6-25

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Auburn	15-3	-	32-6
Florida	14-4	1	36-4
Alabama	13-5	2	28-9
Tennessee	12-6	3	30-8
Texas A&M	11-7	4	23-11
Ole Miss	10-8	5	24-12
Kentucky	10-8	5	24-12
Missouri	10-8	5	22-12
Mississippi State	8-10	7	21-13
Arkansas	8-10	7	22-14
Georgia	8-10	7	20-13
Vanderbilt	8-10	7	20-13
Oklahoma	6-12	9	20-14
Texas	6-12	9	19-16
LSU	3-15	12	14-18
South Carolina	2-16	13	12-20

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Kentucky Wildcats vs Buffalo Bulls

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W. Clark #10 - BUF

S. Gilgeous-Alexander #22 - UK

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