What an insane season of college basketball it’s been.
No. 1 Alabama suffered a 68-59 upset Feb. 15 to No. 10 Tennessee, becoming the most recent top-ranked team to lose in a season that’s been absolutely crazy so far, and looks to be staying that way as we head into March. The Crimson Tide’s Wednesday loss is the eighth defeat a No. 1 squad has been hit with in the campaign, which ties the record set back in the 1993-94 regular season, according to Stats Perform.
Four teams have held the top ranking in the 2022-23 season — Alabama, North Carolina, Houston, Purdue — with none of them being able to hold the spot for a substantial amount of time.
The No. 1 losses this season (so far) are:
- Nov. 25: UNC to Iowa State
- Nov. 27: UNC to Alabama
- Dec. 10: Houston to Alabama
- Jan. 2: Purdue to Rutgers
- Jan. 22: Houston to Temple
- Feb. 4: Purdue to Indiana
- Feb. 12: Purdue to Northwestern
- Feb. 15: Alabama to Tennessee
The AP No. 1 team has now lost 8 times this season after Alabama’s loss tonight, tying 1993-94 for the most ever in the regular season.
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) February 16, 2023
Just utter insanity.
In fact, the 2022-23 season has been so crazy that I’ve been ready for March Madness to start and to fill out my bracket since January. You guys know how much I love crash content, so this campaign has definitely been up my alley.
Here’s the thing, though: When the time does come to fill out our brackets, who the hell do you pick?
Here is the current top 10 as it stands Feb. 16:
- Alabama (22-3)
- Houston (23-2)
- Purdue (23-3)
- UCLA (21-4)
- Kansas (20-5)
- Texas (20-5)
- Virginia (19-4)
- Arizona (22-4)
- Baylor (19-6)
- Tennessee (19-6)
Things are wide open — so wide open that plenty of brackets are going to be busted. But holy hell, you know the entertainment value is going to be out of this world. (RELATED: University Of Pittsburgh Student Earns One Year Of Free Rent After Hitting Crazy Basketball Shot)
Damn, I love March Madness.