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UB Bulls come close, end up falling short in NCAA Tournament for second straight year

Sophomore guard Lamonte Bearden drives to the basket against Miami guard Devon Reed during Buffalo's 79-72 NCAA Tournament loss in Providence Rhode Island.

By Kevin Sabitus×1 / 27

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND – The Buffalo men’s basketball team may have been thinking about the upset even a more than it would have already Thursday after watching No. 12 seed Yale shock No. 5 seed Baylor just an hour prior and on the same court as it would face heavy favorite Miami.

And for the second straight year, the Bulls showed they have the skill to compete with any team in the country on the national stage that is the NCAA Tournament.