Five Top-10 College Upsets
Five AP top-10 teams fell in stunning upsets: Cincinnati stunned #8 Kansas 84-68 in Lawrence, #1 Michigan fell 63-68 to Duke, #2 Houston lost 66-73 to Arizona, #10 Illinois dropped 94-95 in OT to UCLA, and #6 Iowa State lost 69-79 to BYU. Additional shocks included Tennessee beating #19 Vanderbilt 69-65.
- Cincinnati's victory was its first true road win against a top-10 team in 36 years and represented the largest home loss to an unranked opponent in Kansas coach Bill Self's tenure. - The losses by #1 Michigan and #2 Houston marked the first time the top two teams in the AP poll fell on the same day since February 8, 2025. - In the Duke-Michigan matchup at the neutral site of Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., Duke's Cameron Boozer, son of former Blue Devil Carlos Boozer, nearly achieved a triple-double with 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. - Arizona's defense was a deciding factor against Houston, holding the Cougars without a field goal for a stretch of more than 10 minutes during the second half. - UCLA overcame a massive 23-point first-half deficit against Illinois, winning on a coast-to-coast layup by Donovan Dent with just one second left in overtime. - The overtime loss was the third straight for Illinois, who had built their large lead by making 7 of their first 11 three-point attempts before cooling off. - BYU's win over Iowa State was fueled by projected top NBA draft pick AJ Dybantsa, who finished with 29 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists, just missing a triple-double. - For Cincinnati, 7-foot center Moustapha Thiam scored a career-high 28 points, while the team shot 12-for-21 from three-point range compared to Kansas's 4-for-18.
