Subscribe to Full Court PressYear-End Top 25 Upsets Topple Michigan State, Dayton, Pitt
By Lee Michaelson
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The final days of 2009 have not been kind to several of the Top 25, as Michigan State, Dayton and Pitt all fell to unranked teams in upsets over the past two days.
No. 14 Michigan State was the first to tumble, losing Monday, 54-62, to Wisconsin, a team picked to finish last in the Big Ten. (You may recall that Wisconsin also gave Ohio State fits, before falling, 70-55, in both teams’ conference opener.) The Spartans, who dropped their own opener to Indiana, 63-68, drop to 0-2 in early conference play and to 9-4 overall.
Full Court predicted that No. 23 Dayton might find the going tough against Vermont, and indeed, despite an early lead the Flyers dropped a 65-74 contest today to the Catamounts in the first day of the Blue Sky Classic at Dartmouth College.
Pitt may lose its already tenuous hold on the No. 25 spot in the Full Court weekly rankings after suffering a 63-72 upset by Duquesne today.
The final days of 2009 have not been kind to several of the Top 25, as Michigan State, Dayton and Pitt all fell to unranked teams in upsets over the past two days.
No. 14 Michigan State was the first to tumble, losing Monday, 54-62, to Wisconsin, a team picked to finish last in the Big Ten. (You may recall that Wisconsin also gave Ohio State fits, before falling, 70-55, in both teams’ conference opener.) The Spartans, who dropped their own opener to Indiana, 63-68, drop to 0-2 in early conference play and to 9-4 overall.
Full Court predicted that No. 23 Dayton might find the going tough against Vermont, and indeed, despite an early lead the Flyers dropped a 65-74 contest today to the Catamounts in the first day of the Blue Sky Classic at Dartmouth College.
Pitt may lose its already tenuous hold on the No. 25 spot in the Full Court weekly rankings after suffering a 63-72 upset by Duquesne today.
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Originally published Tue, December 29, 2009
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