Top 25 Teams Losing This Week - Why College Basketball Is Great

• Azubuike24

  

  1-10-11
  #14 Notre Dame at Marquette by 22
  
  1-11-11
  #20 Wisconsin at Michigan State by 3
  #16 Illinois at Penn State by 2
  
  1-12-11
  #1 Duke at Florida State by 5
  #22 Georgetown vs Pittsburgh by 15
  #21 Kansas State vs Colorado by 8
  #24 Georgia at Vanderbilt by 7
  #18 Louisville by Villanova by 14
  
  1-13-11
  #8 Purdue at Minnesota by 3
  #17 Washington at Stanford by 2
  
  1-15-11
  #25 Cincinnati at Syracuse by 15
  #19 Temple at Duquesne by 12
  #15 Missouri vs Texas A&M by 2
  #16 Illinois at Wisconsin by 8
  
  1-16-11
• se-alum

  

  Hopefully we can add Kansas to the list today!
• Azubuike24

  

  Yes, many other close games going on.
  
  This is the first weekend I have really had to just watch games, and I plan on doing so all day!
  
  Will keep it updated.
• hoops23

  

  Duke has regained control against Virginia. from down 9 to up 3.
• wildcats20

  

  Duke will go on to win by 15+
• Azubuike24

  

  Not top 25 games, but there were some great ones already today.
  
  Tennessee comes back from 17 down and beats Vanderbilt by 3
  Colorado was down big and has come back to tie up Oklahoma State in Boulder
  Florida was down double digits and has come back to get back in it against South Carolina
  Michigan State rallied back, tied up Northwestern and won in OT in East Lansing
• hoops23

  

  Virginia has imploded. They're panicking, they're rushing, and they're not executing.
  
  Virginia sucks.
• swamisez

  

  The thing that makes college basketball great is March and a tournament. Losses in January aren't particularly worrisome for the top level programs.
  
  If only there were something akin to this in college football
• Azubuike24

  

  That's true. But the season just sets up March Madness. Honestly, this year has been crazy. The gap between mid-majors and big schools has closed, and the gap between the best in a given conference and the worst has closed.
• Mulva

  

  Colorado is playing very well lately. Alec Burks is a stud.
• Azubuike24

  

  Yep, Burks and Higgins are a great combo.
  
  Speaking of top 25, Colorado will be in it next week.
• Big Gain

  Azubuike24;639183 wrote:1-10-11
  #14 Notre Dame at Marquette by 22
  
  1-11-11
  #20 Wisconsin at Michigan State by 3
  #16 Illinois at Penn State by 2
  
  1-12-11
  #1 Duke at Florida State by 5
  #22 Georgetown vs Pittsburgh by 15
  #21 Kansas State vs Colorado by 8
  #24 Georgia at Vanderbilt by 7
  #18 Louisville by Villanova by 14
  
  1-13-11
  #8 Purdue at Minnesota by 3
  #17 Washington at Stanford by 2
  
  1-15-11
  #25 Cincinnati at Syracuse by 15
  #19 Temple at Duquesne by 12
  #15 Missouri vs Texas A&M by 2
  #16 Illinois at Wisconsin by 8
  
  1-16-11

  
  You left out that:
  Michigan State was #24
  Pittsburg was #5
  Villanova was #7
  Minnesotta was #25
  Syracuse was #4
  Wisconsin was #21
• Azubuike24

  

  I didn't leave that out. This was about top 25 teams who LOST. It doesn't mean they were all upsets.
• killer_ewok

  

  #8 Purdue is about to go down to WVU.
• Prescott

  #

  8 Purdue is about to go down to WVU.

  Which team was favored in this game?? I looked it up. WVU was -3. Don't trust the rankings, trust the book.
  
  JuJuan Johnson was a beast, Moore was below average and the other players did not show up.
• killer_ewok

  

  Prescott;640882 wrote:#
  Which team was favored in this game?? I looked it up. WVU was -3. Don't trust the rankings, trust the book.
  
  JuJuan Johnson was a beast, Moore was below average and the other players did not show up.

  I could care less who was favored. It fits the thread title so I posted it.
• Prescott

  I could care less who was favored. It fits the thread title so I posted it.

  That is fine. The implication is that this was an upset and it wasn't.
• killer_ewok

  

  Prescott;640975 wrote:That is fine. The implication is that this was an upset and it wasn't.

  No, that wasn't the implication. It was factual information that was relevant to the thread. Regardless of what the spread was......a top 25 team lost in that game.
• wildcats20

  

  #11 Notre Dame also got handled by the Johnnies in MSG, by 18. That's two double digit losses in a row for the Irish. Also comes 8 days after they beat the Johnnies in South Bend.
• killer_ewok

  

  wildcats20;641002 wrote:#11 Notre Dame also got handled by the Johnnies in MSG, by 18. That's two double digit losses in a row for the Irish. Also comes 8 days after they beat the Johnnies in South Bend.

  
  Yeah, ND is reeling now. They looked solid early.
• wildcats20

  

  They've got Cincy on Wednesday. That is a big game IMO. Need to play well and get a win with Marquette coming to South Bend on Saturday. If they can win those 2, they will be right back in the thick of things. Setting up a big time game next Monday @Pitt.
• Prescott

  Regardless of what the spread was......a top 25 team lost in that game.

  What is the big deal if a top 25 underdog loses?
• killer_ewok

  

  Prescott;641029 wrote:What is the big deal if a top 25 underdog loses?

  
  Who said it was a big deal? I simply posted it on this thread about TOP 25 TEAMS LOSING. I caught the end of the game while tuning in to watch the Pats-Jets pregame and saw the result. It seemed appropriate for this thread. You're making it out to be something it's not. I have no agenda here.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  WTF is with ND right now?
• wildcats20

  

  No longer "this week" but Kentucky is getting throttled at Alabama right now.