On Thursday night, the Pac-12's subpar year came to an end.
Buffalo did not just beat Arizona, a trendy pick for a Final Four run, in Boise, Idaho.
The Bulls made the Wildcats cower. In the final minutes of an 89-68 loss, an Arizona squad down double digits to a 13-seed put up garbage shots and played phantom defense, an apathetic conclusion to its season.
The Wildcats also made history. Since the Big 12 was created in 1996-97, no team from one of the six major conferences (Power 5 and the Big East) had failed to send a team to the second round until Thursday when the Pac-12 became the first, per ESPN Stats & Info.