Coach Cal's Calendar Countdown: Calipari Tastes Own November Medicine

Did you know that John Calipari was the victorious coach the first three times a #1 team was defeated in the month of November? Calipari achieved the feat with Massachusetts three straight seasons including against Kentucky in 1995-96. On 11-12-13, he received a taste of his own early-season medicine when UK bowed against Michigan State. If history repeats itself, the good news for Big Blue Nation is that the Wildcats went on to win the 1996 NCAA championship. Bill Clinton was president at the time and name-dropper Calipari said Clinton recently called him to discuss UK hoops. An "unimpeachable source" indicated Sick Willie didn't offer Coach Cal tips on parsing words during any future investigation, vegan diet menus or ways to motivate young people with cigars; especially if they spend too much time working on their hair than offensive moves.

Of course, seasons didn't start earlier in November until a couple of decades ago. The only #1 school to lose earlier than UK is Connecticut (70-68 against Iowa in 1999). Following is a chronological look at the 12 times when nationally top-ranked teams were knocked off their lofty perch in November since AP national rankings were introduced in the late 1940s: