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Say It Ain’t So!

Posted by linkmeister on 16 March 2018, 9:22 pm

Arizona AND Virginia both out of the NCAA tournament? In the first round? I had U of A losing to Virginia in the Sweet 16! The Buffalo Bulls and the UMBC Retrievers beat them? and My bracket’s shot to hell. How’s yours?

Filed under Basketball | Tagged Arizona Wildcats, Buffalo Bulls, UMBC Retrievers, Virginia Cavaliers

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