March Madness or February Frenzy?

What an outrageous month February was for College Basketball. Night in and night out top teams were losing and courts were being rushed! We all thought we knew the top teams in the nation on February 1st, but now a month later do we still know?

(awesome story on Shane and Barry Larkin: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8997838/shane-larkin-passes-baseball-become-hit-miami-hurricanes-college-basketball)


Let's look back on the month that was:

AP Top 5 (Week of Jan 28)

1. Michigan
2. Kansas
3. Indiana
4. Florida
5. Duke

February 2nd:
(3) Indiana defeats (1) Michigan
Oklahoma St. defeats (2) Kansas
Pittsburgh defeats (6) Syracuse
California defeats (10) Oregon
Air Force defeats (22) San Diego State

AP Top 5 (Feb 4)

1. Indiana
2. Florida
3. Michigan
4. Duke
5. Kansas

Feb. 5th:
Arkansas defeats (2) Florida

Feb. 6th:
TCU defeats (5) Kansas
Indiana St. defeats (16) Creighton
Providence defeats (17) Cincinnati

Feb. 7th:
Illinois defeats (1) Indiana
Colorado defeats (19) Oregon
Texas A&M defeats (21) Missouri

Feb 9th:
Wisconsin defeats (3) Michigan
Oklahoma defeats (5) Kansas
UNLV defeats (15) New Mexico
Illinois St defeats (16) Creighton
(23) Pittsburgh defeats (17) Cincinnati

Feb 10th:
California defeats (7) Arizona
Illinois defeats (18) Minnesota

AP Top 5 (Feb 11)

1. Indiana
2. Duke
3. Miami
4. Michigan
5. Gonzaga

Feb 11th:
(14) Kansas defeats (10) Kansas St

Feb 12th:
(8) Michigan St. defeats (4) Michigan

Feb 13th:
UCONN defeats (6) Syracuse

Feb 14th:
Colorado defeats (9) Arizona
Minnesota defeats (20) Wisconsin

Feb 16th:
Maryland defeats (2) Duke
(18) Marquette defeats (16) Pittsburgh

Feb 17:
(20) Wisconsin defeats (13) Ohio State

AP Top 5 (Feb 18)

1. Indiana
2. Miami
3. Gonzaga
4. Michigan St
5. Florida

Feb 18:
(25) Notre Dame defeats (20) Pittsburgh

Feb 19:
Missouri defeats (5) Florida
St. Louis defeats (24) VCU

Feb 20:
UNLV defeats (22) Colorado St

Feb 21:
California defeats (23) Oregon

Feb 22:
St. Louis defeats (15) Butler

Feb 23:
Wake Forest defeats (2) Miami
(11) Georgetown defeats (8) Syracuse
Villanova defeats (17) Marquette

Feb 24:
(18) Ohio State defeats (4) Michigan St


AP Top 5 (Feb 25)

1. Indiana
2. Gonzaga
3. Duke
4. Michigan
5. Miami

Feb 25:
(22) Marquette defeats (12) Syracuse

Feb 26:
Minnesota defeats (1) Indiana
Tennessee defeats (8) Florida
Xavier defeats (19) Memphis

Feb 27:
Penn St defeats (4) Michigan
USC defeats (11) Arizona

Feb 28:
Virginia defeats (3) Duke

February By the Numbers

44: Number of ranked teams that lost to unranked team or lower ranked team
12: Top 5 teams defeated by unranked opponents
13: Consecutive days from Feb 16 - Feb 28 in which at least one ranked team was upset
3:   Number of days that a ranked team did not lose
5:   Total games played in those 3 days
8:   Number of teams to appear in Top 5 rankings this month
5:   Number of teams to receive 1st place votes in rankings this month