These days, it seems like being the number one ranked team in college basketball is a curse. No one wants it.
Kansas was the latest top team to fall in a close game. They lost 56-55 to Villanova in a close game that came down to the wire.
With just a bit over 20 seconds left to play in the game, Villanova forward Jermaine Samuels hit what would essentially be the game winning shot with 20 seconds to play. Overall, the Wildcats shot 10-41 from deep, but they needed every single one of them — especially the last one — to seal the game against the country’s top team.
Kansas nearly hit a game winner themselves on the other end, but came up just short after Devon Dotson missed a final layup attempt.
At this point, just avoid the number one spot if you want to keep winning. Kansas is the 5th different team to lose after being ranked number one and the third team to lose a game within a week of gaining their ranking.
It’s already the most number ones to fall before January in the history of the top 25 poll, per ESPN.
Man, it’s going to be so good when we finally get to March. We’ve already seen a ton of upsets. Hopefully, for us, it only gets better from here.
