Thud Thursday? Five of Six Ranked Teams Lose

[sagegrouse]

... To unranked teams. Most noteworthy are #10 St. Louis falling at home to Duquesne and #17 Kentucky losing in OT at home to Arkansas. Memphis, Iowa, and Ohio State lose on the road. The only survivor is #7 Louisville, who beats Temple at home.

[DukieInBrasil]

... To unranked teams. Most noteworthy are #10 St. Louis falling at home to Duquesne and #17 Kentucky losing in OT at home to Arkansas. Memphis, Iowa, and Ohio State lose on the road. The only survivor is #7 Louisville, who beats Temple at home.

I noticed this too, withe SLU loss being the biggest thud, Duquesne is terrible. The otherwise 40-0 Wildcats have lost to Arkansas 2x this year, and most of the other losses were teams in the 20s losing conference games to other respectable teams and, as you mentioned, on the road. Still, an interesting day for men's top-20 b-ball.

Speaking of Kentucky, how much of a fall from expectations has Poythress had? As a So. he no longer starts and doesn't seem to contribute much. I seem to remember people talking about him as a 1-n-done, but the way he has played this year, he might not get drafted ever. There's always time to turn it around of course, but he hasn't played well.