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CoKane said:
It's not easy to play against the number 1 team in the country overall when there's 350+ teams in it, and it's even harder to actually beat that team. Wonder what the all time records against the number 1 ranked team is for everyone tbh
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Exactly what I was thinking.

Announcers saying it like "only 3 wins ever". And I'm just thinking, we probably over 50% against #1
 
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I get that it’s fun to report, but the angle of “first time beaten a #1 ranked team since 2016” is actually probably a positive stat for a program.

Most teams probably only play a #1 ranked team once every 4-5 years on average and obviously harder to beat #1 than an average team so we aren’t talking about 50/50 games, beating two of them in a 6 year span is probably waaaaaaaay above average even if you only count P6 programs.

My memory is so bad I can barely even remember that OU was #1 in 2016. Guessing that’s when Buddy Heild (currently known as Tyrese Haliburton’s sidekick) was lighting world on fire. I mean I remember his teams were good but don’t remember them as “#1” caliber. I think the ever obnoxious rebounding machine Spangler was there too or maybe he had left?
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It's hard to believe that Steve Prohm coached the ISU team that beat #1 OU.
 
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theshadow said:
They didn't. It was a wire (AP) story.
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Probably put in some corner of the 5th page?

Just a note: KCRG.com still hasn't posted anything about Iowa State beating Iowa in men's basketball last season.
 
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Playing #1 is such a crapshoot in basketball. Once you get in conference it’s even moreso. Would be interesting to see the # of weeks each school has spent at #1 over the past 10 years. Also of note seems like Gonzaga has been #1 at times lately and once they get to conference they don’t lose.
 
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Has to be a couple games KU was ranked #1 and we got screwed out of a win by the officials?. I still count those as wins in my book. We beat the national champions on their home court last season.
 
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CoKane said:
It's not easy to play against the number 1 team in the country overall when there's 350+ teams in it, and it's even harder to actually beat that team. Wonder what the all time records against the number 1 ranked team is for everyone tbh
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I'm going to guess that teams in the ACC typically have more games against #1 teams than anyone else, with old PAC-8/10 schools close behind thanks to the eternal UCLA run.
 
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gocy444 said:
This. Pretty rare to actually get the chance to play #1. 3 wins against #1 is pretty solid.
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Pretty sure they said last night either this was the 3rd time in 22 times against #1 or we have won 3 and lost 22. It was one of the 2. So we have either played the #1 team 22 or 25 times, and won 3 of them, according to what they said last night.

I too figured it would have been a few more against KU, but either way. Seems the power of the Big 8/12 shows with playing #1 that many times.
 
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