AP Top 25's highly ranked teams look vulnerable after 2 days of losses to unranked foes
It’s been a rough few days for the headliners in the AP Top 25
Bill Self had just watched his third-ranked Kansas team squander a 16-point lead to lose on the road to an opponent picked to finish last in the Big 12 when he was asked how he will remember the game.
“To be real candid with you,” Self told reporters in his postgame news conference, “I hope I don't.”
It's a sentiment that could apply to many of the headliners in the AP Top 25 after a bumpy few days.
Top-ranked Purdue and No. 2 Houston lost Tuesday. Fifth-ranked Tennessee and No. 9 Oklahoma joined the Jayhawks in losing Wednesday. Each loss came on the road to an unranked foe, offering an early end to the unbeaten watch for the Cougars and a reminder to everyone else that college basketball's natural order is very different in the era of older teams, the transfer portal and talent dispersed across the country.
