(06-06-2017 01:51 AM)BleedingPurple Wrote:  

(06-05-2017 07:01 PM)olddawg Wrote:  Purdue was unranked when we beat them in 1994. They did wind up ranked 12th though at the end of the season.
http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/scho...edule.html

My recollections were that we have come close a lot, but never actually defeated a Top 20 team. So I channeled my inner BDK and found this website: http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/scho...s-madison/

Brace yourselves....In our entire men's DI basketball history, we have only 1 win against a ranked team- 1992-93 season against 19th ranked Cal. Pretty sure that was a neutral site game.

Close calls:
#3 UVA, lost by 1, 1980-81 season at Godwin Hall
#1 UNC, lost by 2, 1981-82, NCAA Tourney 2nd round
#9 Iowa, lost by 1, 1982-83 season- neutral site
#7 UNC, lost by 1, 1989-90-Maui Invitational
#13 Oklahoma, lost by 3, 1990-91 season- Capital Center
#16 Minnesota, lost by 5, 1993-94 season- road game
# 14 Florida, lost by 2, 1993-94, NCAA Tourney 2nd round

We were solid "back in the day". Beat some name teams and had some Tournament success against good teams. But none of those three teams we beat in the early 80s NCAAs was a Top 20 team when we played them. In 40 years of DI hoops, you'd think we'd have more than one win. We are what we are.

I would have thought at least one of the three NCAAT wins under Lou would have been against a ranked opponent, Georgetown, Ohio State, or West Virginia. I guess not.

I had thought so too. I'm comforting myself with the notion that all three were probably just outside what was only a Top 20 back then (in the also receiving votes category). Georgetown was very good-a year away from Ewing and their championship game appearance, Ohio State had Clark Kellogg and WVU had four 1000 point scorers on that team.