Here's good news for the nation's top 10 college basketball teams: There's only one more Wednesday left in February.
Wednesdays have been brutal so far this month for the top 10 teams in the AP basketball poll, and this week was no different. No. 3 Kansas, No. 4 North Carolina, No. 8 Oklahoma State and No. 9 Missouri all lost.Just one Wednesday ago, Oklahoma State, then No. 2, and Indiana, then No. 4, were upset.
Two Wednesdays ago, No. 1 Duke, then-No. 2 Oklahoma State and then-No. 5 Arkansas were defeated.
"It's exciting to get three straight Wednesday upsets over three ranked teams," said Colorado coach Joe Harrington after his team upset Missouri 77-60. The Buffaloes' other upsets were wins over Oklahoma State on Feb. 5 and Oklahoma on Feb. 12.
Virginia 86, No. 4 North Carolina 73
In Charlottesville, Va., Bryant Stith scored 30 points and freshmen Cory Alexander had a season-high 24 as Virginia outmuscled North Carolina.
No. 7 Indiana 103, No. 11 Michigan State 73
Damon Bailey made up for his poorest performance of the year by scoring 24 points as Indiana regained first place in the Big Ten by defeating visiting Michigan State.
Oklahoma 70, No. 8 Oklahoma State 67
Oklahoma State had its 28-game home winning streak snapped as Brent Price scored 12 of Oklahoma's final 15 points.
Colorado 77, No. 9 Missouri 60
Donnie Boyce scored 13 of his 21 points in the second half to lead Colorado to its third consecutive home-court upset of a ranked team.
No. 13 Kentucky 89, Mississippi State 84
Visiting Kentucky used 3-point shooting and free throws to hold off the Bulldogs. The Wildcats (19-5, 8-3 in the SEC) shot 11-of-26 from long range and 26-of-41 from the foul line.
No. 14 Alabama 85, Vanderbilt 64
James Robinson scored 23 points to lead Alabama (20-5, 7-4 in the SEC). Vanderbilt (11-11, 3-8) kept the game close for about 10 minutes.
No. 24 St. John's 63, No. 17 Syracuse 62
In New York, Chucky Sproling scored St. John's last seven points, including a 15-foot jumper with 11 seconds to play that gave the Redmen the victory.
No. 20 Michigan 95, Minnesota 70
Michigan continued its domination of Minnesota in its home arena as Chris Webber scored 14 of his 23 points in a torrid first half.
No. 25 Georgetown 60, No. 21 Connecticut 58
In Landover, Md., Joey Brown stole the ball with three seconds left and went the length of the floor for a buzzer-beating layup to give Georgetown the victory.
Kansas State 64, No. 23 Iowa State 55
In Manhattan, Kan., Askia Jones scored Kansas State's final 13 points - eight on free throws - leading the Wildcats over Iowa State.