It's been a bad week to be one of the top teams in men's college basketball. Nearly half of the ranked teams that faced unranked opponents this week lost those games. There were six such upsets on Tuesday and another two on Wednesday.
Tuesday's victims were as follows:
• No. 9 Nebraska lost to Iowa, 57–52
• No. 13 Texas Tech lost to Arizona State, 72–67
• No. 16 North Carolina lost to NC State, 82–58
• No. 18 Saint Louis lost to Rhode Island, 81–76
• No. 21 Louisville lost to SMU, 95–85
• No. 24 Wisconsin lost to Ohio State, 86–69
As if that wasn't enough, Wednesday night had two more upsets. Missouri knocked off No. 19 Vanderbilt, 81–80, and No. 5 UConn lost to Creighton, 91–84.
Of all this week's numerous upsets, UConn's was the most shocking, for a variety of reasons. The Huskies were the highest ranked of the eight upset victims and the only one to lose at home. (They fell in Storrs to a thoroughly mediocre Creighton team, which has a 14–13 record and is 8–8 in Big East play).
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