Looking Out For #1: Butler Did It Against Nation's Top-Ranked Team
December 15th, 2012 - 17:03
Indiana's 88-86 overtime loss to Butler marked the first time since the 1993 Midwest Regional final (83-77 against Kansas) that the Hoosiers took a tumble as the nation's #1 team. IU coach Tom Crean was serving in a similar capacity for Marquette in 2003 when his squad knocked off #1 Kentucky in the Midwest Regional final (83-69).
Duke succeeded the Hoosiers atop the poll but Crean has a long way to go to match Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski's 25 defeats as the nation's #1 club. It might give ESPN's Jailin' Rose heartburn but Coach K's "Dynasty in Durham" has reached the top spot in 16 different campaigns since 1985-86, including seven straight seasons from 1997-98 through 2003-04. Duke has spent 1 1/2 times longer under Krzyzewski ranked #1 in the nation than unranked.
Butler is the first mid-major school to upend a top-ranked squad during the regular season since Rick Majerus-coached Utah nipped visiting Alabama, 51-49, in 2002-03. The previous mid-major to win away from home against a #1 team during the regular season was Temple in 1999-2000 when the Owls prevailed at Cincinnati, 77-69.
Butler is 4-1 vs. Indiana in their last five games played in Indy, beating Crean's three predecessors - Bob Knight (75-71 in 1993-94 after losing to Hoosiers by 42 points the previous season; IU went on to reach Sweet 16), Mike Davis (66-64 in 2001-02 before Hoosiers finished national runner-up) and Kelvin Sampson (60-55 in 2006-07 before IU beat Gonzaga in NCAA playoffs).
Overcoming a significant free-throw attempts disparity (38-16), Butler's victory also marked the 20th time a top-ranked team lost in overtime. There is a clear and present danger for pole sitters such as Indiana racing to the head of the pack. Following is a chronological look at the numerous times when nationally top-ranked teams were knocked off their lofty perch since AP national rankings were introduced in the late 1940s:
| Season | Date | Ranked No. 1 | Score | Upsetting Team | Opponent's Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948-49 | 1-20-49 | St. Louis | 29-27 in OT | at Oklahoma A&M | Hank Iba |
| 1948-49 | 3-14-49 | Kentucky | 67-56 | Loyola (Ill.) at New York in NIT quarterfinals | Tom Haggerty |
| 1949-50 | 1-3-50 | St. John's | 54-52 | CCNY at Madison Square Garden | Nat Holman |
| 1949-50 | 3-4-50 | Holy Cross | 61-54 | at Columbia | Gordon Ridings |
| 1949-50 | 3-28-50 | Bradley | 71-68 | CCNY at New York in NCAA Tournament final | Nat Holman |
| 1950-51 | 12-9-50 | CCNY | 54-37 | Missouri | Sparky Stalcup |
| 1950-51 | 12-29-50 | Kentucky | 43-42 | St. Louis at New Orleans | Eddie Hickey |
| 1950-51 | 1-11-51 | Bradley | 68-59 | at St. John's | Frank McGuire |
| 1950-51 | 1-20-51 | Oklahoma A&M | 44-40 | at Oklahoma | Bruce Drake |
| 1950-51 | 3-3-51 | Kentucky | 61-57 | Vanderbilt at Louisville in SEC Tournament final | Bob Polk |
| 1950-51 | 3-24-51 | Oklahoma A&M | 68-44 | Kansas State at Kansas City in NCAA Tournament West Regional finals | Jack Gardner |
| 1951-52 | 12-13-51 | Kentucky | 61-57 | at Minnesota | Ozzie Cowles |
| 1951-52 | 12-17-51 | St. John's | 81-40 | at Kentucky | Adolph Rupp |
| 1951-52 | 12-29-51 | Kentucky | 61-60 | St. Louis at New Orleans | Eddie Hickey |
| 1951-52 | 1-26-52 | Illinois | 69-65 | at DePaul | Ray Meyer |
| 1951-52 | 3-22-52 | Kentucky | 64-57 | St. John's at Raleigh in NCAA Tournament East Regional finals | Frank McGuire |
| 1952-53 | 12-23-52 | Illinois | 77-73 | at Minnesota | Ozzie Cowles |
| 1952-53 | 1-17-53 | La Salle | 68-62 | at DePaul | Ray Meyer |
| 1952-53 | 1-17-53 | Kansas State | 80-66 | at Kansas | Phog Allen |
| 1952-53 | 3-1-53 | Seton Hall | 71-65 | at Dayton | Tom Blackburn |
| 1952-53 | 3-2-53 | Seton Hall | 73-67 | at Louisville | Peck Hickman |
| 1952-53 | 3-7-53 | Indiana | 65-63 | at Minnesota | Ozzie Cowles |
| 1953-54 | 12-22-53 | Indiana | 67-51 | Oregon State at Eugene, OR | Slats Gill |
| 1953-54 | 2-13-54 | Indiana | 100-90 in OT | at Northwestern | Waldo Fisher |
| 1953-54 | 2-26-54 | Duquesne | 66-52 | at Cincinnati | George Smith |
| 1953-54 | 2-27-54 | Duquesne | 64-54 | at Dayton | Tom Blackburn |
| 1953-54 | 3-12-54 | Indiana | 65-64 | Notre Dame at Iowa City in NCAA Tournament East Regional semifinals | John Jordan |
| 1954-55 | 12-18-54 | La Salle | 79-69 | Utah | Jack Gardner |
| 1954-55 | 1-8-55 | Kentucky | 59-58 | Georgia Tech | Whack Hyder |
| 1954-55 | 1-31-55 | Kentucky | 65-59 | at Georgia Tech | Whack Hyder |
| 1955-56 | San Francisco went undefeated and was ranked #1 the entire season. | ||||
| 1956-57 | 1-14-57 | Kansas | 39-37 | at Iowa State | Bill Strannigan |
| 1957-58 | 12-21-57 | North Carolina | 75-64 | West Virginia at Kentucky | Fred Schaus |
| 1957-58 | 1-2-58 | Kansas | 52-50 in OT | Oklahoma State | Hank Iba |
| 1957-58 | 1-27-58 | West Virginia | 72-68 | at Duke | Harold Bradley |
| 1957-58 | 2-3-58 | Kansas | 79-75 in 2OT | Kansas State | Tex Winter |
| 1957-58 | 3-3-58 | Kansas State | 55-48 | at Nebraska | Jerry Bush |
| 1957-58 | 3-8-58 | Kansas State | 61-44 | Kansas | Dick Harp |
| 1957-58 | 3-11-58 | West Virginia | 89-84 | Manhattan at New York in NCAA Tournament East Regional first round | Ken Norton |
| 1958-59 | 12-30-58 | Cincinnati | 69-60 | at North Carolina State | Everett Case |
| 1958-59 | 1-6-59 | Kentucky | 75-66 | at Vanderbilt | Bob Polk |
| 1958-59 | 1-14-59 | North Carolina State | 72-68 | North Carolina | Frank McGuire |
| 1958-59 | 2-9-59 | Kentucky | 66-58 | at Mississippi State | Babe McCarthy |
| 1958-59 | 2-21-59 | North Carolina | 69-51 | at Maryland | Bud Millikan |
| 1958-59 | 3-14-59 | Kansas State | 85-75 | Cincinnati at Kansas in NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional final | George Smith |
| 1959-60 | 1-16-60 | Cincinnati | 91-90 | at Bradley | Chuck Orsborn |
| 1959-60 | 3-18-60 | Cincinnati | 77-69 | California at San Francisco in NCAA Tournament national semifinals | Pete Newell |
| 1959-60 | 3-19-60 | California | 75-55 | Ohio State at San Francisco in NCAA Tournament final | Fred Taylor |
| 1960-61 | 3-25-61 | Ohio State | 70-65 | Cincinnati at Kansas City in NCAA Tournament final | Ed Jucker |
| 1961-62 | 3-3-62 | Ohio State | 86-67 | at Wisconsin | John Erickson |
| 1961-62 | 3-24-62 | Ohio State | 71-59 | Cincinnati at Louisville in NCAA Tournament final | Ed Jucker |
| 1962-63 | 12-31-62 | Kentucky | 87-63 | at St. Louis | John Benington |
| 1962-63 | 1-5-63 | Kentucky | 86-85 in 2OT | Georgia Tech | Whack Hyder |
| 1962-63 | 2-16-63 | Cincinnati | 65-64 | at Wichita State | Ralph Miller |
| 1962-63 | 3-23-63 | Cincinnati | 60-58 | Loyola (Ill.) at Louisville in NCAA Tournament final | George Ireland |
| 1963-64 | 12-27-63 | Loyola (Ill.) | 69-58 | Georgetown at Philadelphia in Quaker City Tournament | Tom O'Keefe |
| 1964-65 | 12-12-64 | Michigan | 74-73 | at Nebraska | Joe Cipriano |
| 1964-65 | 12-14-64 | Wichita State | 87-85 | Michigan at Detroit | Dave Strack |
| 1964-65 | 1-2-65 | Michigan | 75-74 | at St. John's | Joe Lapchick |
| 1964-65 | 1-29-65 | UCLA | 87-82 | Iowa at Chicago | Ralph Miller |
| 1964-65 | 3-8-65 | Michigan | 93-85 | at Ohio State | Fred Taylor |
| 1964-65 | 3-20-65 | Michigan | 91-80 | UCLA at Portland in NCAA Tournament final | John Wooden |
| 1965-66 | 12-10-65 | UCLA | 82-66 | at Duke | Vic Bubas |
| 1965-66 | 12-11-65 | UCLA | 94-75 | Duke at Charlotte | Vic Bubas |
| 1965-66 | 2-7-66 | Duke | 94-90 | at West Virginia | Bucky Waters |
| 1965-66 | 3-5-66 | Kentucky | 69-62 | at Tennessee | Ray Mears |
| 1965-66 | 3-19-66 | Kentucky | 72-65 | Texas-El Paso at Maryland in NCAA Tournament final | Don Haskins |
| 1966-67 | UCLA went undefeated and was ranked #1 the entire season. | ||||
| 1967-68 | 1-20-68 | UCLA | 71-69 | at Houston in Astrodome | Guy Lewis |
| 1967-68 | 3-22-68 | Houston | 101-69 | at UCLA in NCAA Tournament national semifinals | John Wooden |
| 1967-68 | 3-23-68 | Houston | 89-85 | Ohio State at Los Angeles in NCAA Tournament national third-place game | Fred Taylor |
| 1968-69 | 3-8-69 | UCLA | 46-44 | Southern California | Bob Boyd |
| 1969-70 | 2-21-70 | UCLA | 78-65 | at Oregon | Steve Belko |
| 1969-70 | 3-6-70 | UCLA | 87-86 | Southern California | Bob Boyd |
| 1969-70 | 3-14-70 | Kentucky | 106-100 | Jacksonville at Ohio State in NCAA Tournament Mideast Regional final | Joe Williams |
| 1970-71 | 1-23-71 | UCLA | 89-82 | at Notre Dame | Johnny Dee |
| 1971-72 | UCLA went undefeated and was ranked #1 the entire season. | ||||
| 1972-73 | UCLA went undefeated and was ranked #1 the entire season. | ||||
| 1973-74 | 1-19-74 | UCLA | 71-70 | at Notre Dame | Digger Phelps |
| 1973-74 | 1-26-74 | Notre Dame | 94-75 | at UCLA | John Wooden |
| 1973-74 | 2-15-74 | UCLA | 61-57 | at Oregon State | Ralph Miller |
| 1973-74 | 2-16-74 | UCLA | 56-51 | at Oregon | Dick Harter |
| 1974-75 | 1-3-75 | North Carolina State | 83-78 | Wake Forest at Greensboro in Big Four Tournament | Carl Tacy |
| 1974-75 | 3-22-75 | Indiana | 92-90 | Kentucky at Dayton in NCAA Tournament Mideast Regional final | Joe B. Hall |
| 1975-76 | Indiana went undefeated and was ranked #1 the entire season. | ||||
| 1976-77 | 12-29-76 | Michigan | 82-81 in 2OT | at Providence | Dave Gavitt |
| 1976-77 | 3-5-77 | San Francisco | 93-82 | at Notre Dame | Digger Phelps |
| 1976-77 | 3-19-77 | Michigan | 75-68 | UNC Charlotte at Kentucky in NCAA Tournament Mideast Regional final | Lee Rose |
| 1977-78 | 1-23-78 | Kentucky | 78-62 | at Alabama | C.M. Newton |
| 1977-78 | 2-11-78 | Kentucky | 95-94 in OT | at Louisiana State | Dale Brown |
| 1977-78 | 2-17-78 | Arkansas | 84-75 | at Houston | Guy Lewis |
| 1977-78 | 2-26-78 | Marquette | 65-59 | at Notre Dame | Digger Phelps |
| 1978-79 | 12-29-78 | Duke | 90-84 in OT | Ohio State at New York in ECAC Holiday Festival | Eldon Miller |
| 1978-79 | 12-30-78 | Duke | 69-66 | at St. John's in ECAC Holiday Festival | Lou Carnesecca |
| 1978-79 | 1-13-79 | Michigan State | 52-50 | at Purdue | Lee Rose |
| 1978-79 | 1-27-79 | Notre Dame | 67-66 | at Maryland | Lefty Driesell |
| 1978-79 | 2-11-79 | Notre Dame | 56-52 | UCLA | Gary Cunningham |
| 1978-79 | 2-22-79 | UCLA | 69-68 | at Washington | Marv Harshman |
| 1978-79 | 3-26-79 | Indiana State | 75-64 | Michigan State at Salt Lake City in NCAA Tournament final | Jud Heathcote |
| 1979-80 | 12-15-79 | Indiana | 69-58 | at Kentucky | Joe B. Hall |
| 1979-80 | 1-9-80 | Duke | 87-82 in OT | at Clemson | Bill C. Foster |
| 1979-80 | 1-12-80 | Duke | 82-67 | North Carolina | Dean Smith |
| 1979-80 | 2-27-80 | DePaul | 76-74 | at Notre Dame | Digger Phelps |
| 1979-80 | 3-9-80 | DePaul | 77-71 | UCLA at Arizona State in NCAA Tournament West Regional second round | Larry Brown |
| 1980-81 | 12-27-80 | Kentucky | 67-61 | Notre Dame at Louisville | Digger Phelps |
| 1980-81 | 1-10-81 | DePaul | 63-62 | Old Dominion | Paul Webb |
| 1980-81 | 2-22-81 | Virginia | 57-56 | Notre Dame at Chicago | Digger Phelps |
| 1980-81 | 3-7-81 | Oregon State | 87-67 | Arizona State | Ned Wulk |
| 1980-81 | 3-14-81 | DePaul | 49-48 | St. Joseph's at Dayton in NCAA Tournament Mideast Regional second round | Jim Lynam |
| 1981-82 | 1-21-82 | North Carolina | 55-48 | Wake Forest | Carl Tacy |
| 1981-82 | 2-6-82 | Missouri | 67-51 | Nebraska | Danny Nee |
| 1981-82 | 2-27-82 | Virginia | 47-46 | at Maryland | Lefty Driesell |
| 1982-83 | 12-24-82 | Virginia | 77-72 | at Chaminade (Hawaii) | Merv Lopes |
| 1982-83 | 1-8-83 | Indiana | 70-67 | at Ohio State | Eldon Miller |
| 1982-83 | 1-10-83 | Memphis State | 69-56 | at Virginia Tech | Charlie Moir |
| 1982-83 | 1-28-83 | UCLA | 70-67 | Alabama | Wimp Sanderson |
| 1982-83 | 2-13-83 | North Carolina | 56-53 | Villanova | Rollie Massimino |
| 1982-83 | 2-16-83 | Indiana | 58-57 | Iowa | Lute Olson |
| 1982-83 | 2-24-83 | UNLV | 86-78 | at Cal State Fullerton | George McQuarn |
| 1982-83 | 2-27-83 | UNLV | 87-78 | at West Virginia | Gale Catlett |
| 1982-83 | 4-4-83 | Houston | 54-52 | North Carolina State at Albuquerque in NCAA Tournament final | Jim Valvano |
| 1983-84 | 1-13-84 | Kentucky | 82-63 | at Auburn | Sonny Smith |
| 1983-84 | 1-17-84 | Kentucky | 69-57 | at Florida | Norm Sloan |
| 1983-84 | 2-12-84 | North Carolina | 65-64 | at Arkansas (in Pine Bluff) | Eddie Sutton |
| 1983-84 | 3-10-84 | North Carolina | 77-75 | Duke at Greensboro in ACC Tournament semifinals | Mike Krzyzewski |
| 1983-84 | 3-22-84 | North Carolina | 72-68 | Indiana at Atlanta in NCAA Tournament East Regional semifinals | Bob Knight |
| 1984-85 | 1-26-85 | Georgetown | 66-65 | St. John's | Lou Carnesecca |
| 1984-85 | 1-28-85 | Georgetown | 63-63 | at Syracuse | Jim Boeheim |
| 1984-85 | 2-27-85 | St. John's | 85-69 | Georgetown | John Thompson Jr. |
| 1984-85 | 4-1-85 | Georgetown | 66-64 | Villanova at Kentucky in NCAA Tournament final | Rollie Massimino |
| 1985-86 | 1-30-86 | North Carolina | 86-73 | at Virginia | Terry Holland |
| 1985-86 | 2-20-86 | North Carolina | 77-72 in OT | Maryland | Lefty Driesell |
| 1985-86 | 2-23-86 | North Carolina | 76-65 | at North Carolina State | Jim Valvano |
| 1985-86 | 3-31-86 | Duke | 72-69 | Louisville at Dallas in NCAA Tournament final | Denny Crum |
| 1986-87 | 12-1-86 | North Carolina | 89-84 | at UCLA | Walt Hazzard |
| 1986-87 | 1-17-87 | UNLV | 89-88 | at Oklahoma | Billy Tubbs |
| 1986-87 | 1-24-87 | Iowa | 80-76 | Ohio State | Gary Williams |
| 1986-87 | 2-1-87 | North Carolina | 60-58 | at Notre Dame | Digger Phelps |
| 1986-87 | 3-28-87 | UNLV | 97-93 | Indiana at New Orleans in NCAA Tournament national semifinals | Bob Knight |
| 1987-88 | 12-5-87 | North Carolina | 78-76 | at Vanderbilt | C.M. Newton |
| 1987-88 | 1-2-88 | Arizona | 61-59 | at New Mexico | Gary Colson |
| 1987-88 | 1-9-88 | Kentucky | 53-52 | Auburn | Sonny Smith |
| 1987-88 | 2-4-88 | Arizona | 82-74 | Stanford | Mike Montgomery |
| 1987-88 | 3-26-88 | Temple | 63-53 | Duke at East Rutherford, NJ, in NCAA Tournament East Regional final | Mike Krzyzewski |
| 1988-89 | 1-18-89 | Duke | 91-71 | North Carolina | Dean Smith |
| 1988-89 | 1-21-89 | Duke | 75-71 | at Wake Forest | Bob Staak |
| 1988-89 | 1-26-89 | Illinois | 69-62 | at Minnesota | Clem Haskins |
| 1988-89 | 2-4-89 | Oklahoma | 77-73 | at Oklahoma State | Leonard Hamilton |
| 1988-89 | 2-12-89 | Arizona | 82-80 | at Oklahoma | Billy Tubbs |
| 1988-89 | 2-25-89 | Oklahoma | 97-84 | at Missouri | Norm Stewart |
| 1988-89 | 3-23-89 | Arizona | 68-67 | UNLV at Boise, ID, in NCAA Tournament West Regional semifinals | Jerry Tarkanian |
| 1989-90 | 1-6-90 | Syracuse | 93-74 | Villanova | Rollie Massimino |
| 1989-90 | 1-20-90 | Kansas | 98-87 | at Missouri | Norm Stewart |
| 1989-90 | 2-8-90 | Missouri | 65-58 | at Kansas State | Lon Kruger |
| 1989-90 | 2-13-90 | Kansas | 77-71 | Missouri | Norm Stewart |
| 1989-90 | 2-25-90 | Missouri | 107-90 | at Oklahoma | Billy Tubbs |
| 1989-90 | 2-27-90 | Kansas | 100-78 | at Oklahoma | Billy Tubbs |
| 1989-90 | 3-17-90 | Oklahoma | 79-77 | North Carolina at Texas in NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional second round | Dean Smith |
| 1990-91 | 3-30-91 | UNLV | 79-77 | Duke at Indianapolis in NCAA Tournament national semifinals | Mike Krzyzewski |
| 1991-92 | 2-5-92 | Duke | 75-73 | at North Carolina | Dean Smith |
| 1991-92 | 2-23-92 | Duke | 72-68 | at Wake Forest | Dave Odom |
| 1992-93 | 12-5-92 | Michigan | 79-68 | at Duke | Mike Krzyzewski |
| 1992-93 | 12-5-92 | Indiana | 74-69 | Kansas at Indianapolis | Roy Williams |
| 1992-93 | 1-10-93 | Duke | 80-79 | at Georgia Tech | Bobby Cremins |
| 1992-93 | 1-13-93 | Kentucky | 101-86 | at Vanderbilt | Eddie Fogler |
| 1992-93 | 1-25-93 | Kansas | 64-49 | Long Beach State | Seth Greenberg |
| 1992-93 | 2-23-93 | Indiana | 81-77 in OT | at Ohio State | Randy Ayers |
| 1992-93 | 3-14-93 | North Carolina | 77-75 | Georgia Tech at Charlotte in ACC Tournament final | Bobby Cremins |
| 1992-93 | 3-27-93 | Indiana | 83-77 | Kansas at St. Louis in NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional final | Roy Williams |
| 1993-94 | 11-24-93 | North Carolina | 91-86 in OT | Massachusetts at New York | John Calipari |
| 1993-94 | 12-4-93 | Kentucky | 96-84 | Indiana at Indianapolis | Bob Knight |
| 1993-94 | 1-8-94 | Arkansas | 66-64 | at Alabama | David Hobbs |
| 1993-94 | 1-12-94 | North Carolina | 89-69 | at Georgia Tech | Bobby Cremins |
| 1993-94 | 1-17-94 | Kansas | 68-64 | Kansas State | Dana Altman |
| 1993-94 | 1-30-94 | UCLA | 85-70 | at California | Todd Bozeman |
| 1993-94 | 2-3-94 | Duke | 89-78 | at North Carolina | Dean Smith |
| 1993-94 | 2-12-94 | North Carolina | 96-89 | Georgia Tech | Bobby Cremins |
| 1993-94 | 3-12-94 | Arkansas | 90-78 | Kentucky at Memphis in SEC Tournament semifinals | Rick Pitino |
| 1993-94 | 3-20-94 | North Carolina | 75-72 | Boston College at Landover, MD, in NCAA Tournament East Regional second round | Jim O'Brien |
| 1994-95 | 11-25-94 | Arkansas | 104-80 | Massachusetts at Springfield, MA, in Tip-Off Classic | John Calipari |
| 1994-95 | 12-3-94 | Massachusetts | 81-75 | Kansas at Anaheim | Roy Williams |
| 1994-95 | 1-4-95 | North Carolina | 80-70 | at North Carolina State | Les Robinson |
| 1994-95 | 2-4-95 | Massachusetts | 78-75 | at George Washington | Mike Jarvis |
| 1994-95 | 2-7-95 | North Carolina | 86-73 | at Maryland | Gary Williams |
| 1994-95 | 2-18-95 | Connecticut | 96-73 | Villanova | Steve Lappas |
| 1994-95 | 2-20-95 | Kansas | 76-73 | at Oklahoma | Kelvin Sampson |
| 1995-96 | 11-28-95 | Kentucky | 92-82 | Massachusetts at Auburn Hills, MI | John Calipari |
| 1995-96 | 12-22-95 | Kansas | 74-66 in OT | Temple at East Rutherford, NJ | John Chaney |
| 1995-96 | 2-24-96 | Massachusetts | 86-76 | George Washington | Mike Jarvis |
| 1995-96 | 3-10-96 | Kentucky | 84-73 | Mississippi State at New Orleans in SEC Tournament final | Richard Williams |
| 1995-96 | 3-30-96 | Massachusetts | 81-74 | Kentucky at East Rutherford, NJ, in NCAA Tournament national semifinals | Rick Pitino |
| 1996-97 | 11-26-96 | Cincinnati | 71-69 | Xavier | Skip Prosser |
| 1996-97 | 2-4-97 | Kansas | 96-94 in 2OT | at Missouri | Norm Stewart |
| 1996-97 | 3-21-97 | Kansas | 85-82 | Arizona at Birmingham, AL, in NCAA Tournament Southeast Regional semifinals | Lute Olson |
| 1997-98 | 11-26-97 | Arizona | 95-87 | Duke at Hawaii in Maui Invitational | Mike Krzyzewski |
| 1997-98 | 12-13-97 | Duke | 81-73 | at Michigan | Brian Ellerbe |
| 1997-98 | 1-14-98 | North Carolina | 89-83 in OT | at Maryland | Gary Williams |
| 1997-98 | 2-5-98 | Duke | 97-73 | at North Carolina | Bill Guthridge |
| 1997-98 | 2-21-98 | North Carolina | 86-72 | North Carolina State | Herb Sendek |
| 1997-98 | 3-8-98 | Duke | 83-68 | North Carolina at Greensboro in ACC Tournament final | Bill Guthridge |
| 1997-98 | 3-28-98 | North Carolina | 65-59 | Utah at San Antonio in NCAA Tournament national semifinals | Rick Majerus |
| 1998-99 | 11-28-98 | Duke | 77-75 | Cincinnati at Anchorage in Great Alaska Shootout final | Bob Huggins |
| 1998-99 | 2-1-99 | Connecticut | 59-42 | Syracuse | Jim Boeheim |
| 1998-99 | 3-29-99 | Duke | 77-74 | Connecticut at St. Petersburg in NCAA Tournament final | Jim Calhoun |
| 1999-2000 | 11-11-99 | Connecticut | 70-68 | Iowa at New York | Steve Alford |
| 1999-2000 | 12-18-99 | Cincinnati | 66-64 | at Xavier | Skip Prosser |
| 1999-2000 | 1-8-00 | Stanford | 68-65 | Arizona | Lute Olson |
| 1999-2000 | 2-20-00 | Cincinnati | 77-69 | Temple | John Chaney |
| 1999-2000 | 3-4-00 | Stanford | 94-93 in OT | UCLA | Steve Lavin |
| 1999-2000 | 3-9-00 | Cincinnati | 68-58 | Saint Louis at Memphis in C-USA Tournament quarterfinals | Lorenzo Romar |
| 1999-2000 | 3-24-00 | Duke | 87-78 | Florida at Syracuse in NCAA Tournament East Regional semifinals | Billy Donovan |
| 2000-01 | 11-25-00 | Arizona | 72-69 | Purdue at Indianapolis | Gene Keady |
| 2000-01 | 12-21-00 | Duke | 84-83 | Stanford at Oakland | Mike Montgomery |
| 2000-01 | 1-7-01 | Michigan State | 59-58 | at Indiana | Mike Davis |
| 2000-01 | 2-3-01 | Stanford | 79-73 | UCLA | Steve Lavin |
| 2000-01 | 2-18-01 | North Carolina | 75-65 | at Clemson | Larry Shyatt |
| 2000-01 | 3-8-01 | Stanford | 76-75 | Arizona | Lute Olson |
| 2000-01 | 3-24-01 | Stanford | 87-73 | Maryland at Anaheim in NCAA Tournament West Regional final | Gary Williams |
| 2001-02 | 1-6-02 | Duke | 77-76 | at Florida State | Steve Robinson |
| 2001-02 | 1-12-02 | Kansas | 87-77 | at UCLA | Steve Lavin |
| 2001-02 | 2-17-02 | Duke | 87-73 | at Maryland | Gary Williams |
| 2001-02 | 3-10-02 | Kansas | 64-55 | Oklahoma at Kansas City in Big 12 Conference Tournament final | Kelvin Sampson |
| 2001-02 | 3-21-02 | Duke | 74-73 | Indiana at Kentucky in NCAA Tournament South Regional semifinals | Mike Davis |
| 2002-03 | 12-21-02 | Arizona | 66-65 | at Louisiana State | John Brady |
| 2002-03 | 12-30-02 | Alabama | 51-49 | at Utah | Rick Majerus |
| 2002-03 | 1-18-03 | Duke | 87-72 | at Maryland | Gary Williams |
| 2002-03 | 1-30-03 | Arizona | 82-77 | Stanford | Mike Montgomery |
| 2002-03 | 2-4-03 | Florida | 70-55 | at Kentucky | Tubby Smith |
| 2002-03 | 3-13-03 | Arizona | 96-89 in OT | UCLA at Los Angeles in Pacific-10 Tournament quarterfinals | Steve Lavin |
| 2002-03 | 3-29-03 | Kentucky | 83-69 | Marquette at Minneapolis in NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional final | Tom Crean |
| 2003-04 | 11-26-03 | Connecticut | 77-61 | Georgia Tech at New York | Paul Hewitt |
| 2003-04 | 12-6-03 | Kansas | 64-58 | Stanford at Anaheim | Mike Montgomery |
| 2003-04 | 12-10-03 | Florida | 69-68 in OT | Maryland | Gary Williams |
| 2003-04 | 12-13-03 | Florida | 73-65 | at Louisville | Rick Pitino |
| 2003-04 | 1-17-04 | Connecticut | 86-83 | at North Carolina | Roy Williams |
| 2003-04 | 2-15-04 | Duke | 78-74 | at North Carolina State | Herb Sendek |
| 2003-04 | 3-6-04 | Stanford | 75-62 | at Washington | Lorenzo Romar |
| 2003-04 | 3-11-04 | St. Joseph's | 87-67 | Xavier at Dayton in Atlantic 10 Tournament quarterfinals | Thad Matta |
| 2003-04 | 3-20-04 | Stanford | 70-67 | Alabama at Seattle in NCAA Tournament West Regional second round | Mark Gottfried |
| 2004-05 | 12-1-04 | Wake Forest | 91-73 | at Illinois | Bruce Weber |
| 2004-05 | 4-4-05 | Illinois | 75-70 | North Carolina at St. Louis in NCAA Tournament final | Roy Williams |
| 2005-06 | 1-21-06 | Duke | 87-84 | at Georgetown | John Thompson III |
| 2005-06 | 2-13-06 | Connecticut | 69-64 | at Villanova | Jay Wright |
| 2005-06 | 3-1-06 | Duke | 79-74 | at Florida State | Leonard Hamilton |
| 2005-06 | 3-4-06 | Duke | 83-76 | North Carolina | Roy Williams |
| 2005-06 | 3-9-06 | Connecticut | 86-84 in OT | Syracuse in Big East Conference Tournament quarterfinals | Jim Boeheim |
| 2006-07 | 11-26-06 | Florida | 82-80 in OT | Kansas at Las Vegas | Bill Self |
| 2006-07 | 1-6-07 | UCLA | 68-66 | at Oregon | Ernie Kent |
| 2006-07 | 1-13-07 | North Carolina | 94-88 | at Virginia Tech | Seth Greenberg |
| 2006-07 | 2-17-07 | Florida | 83-70 | at Vanderbilt | Kevin Stallings |
| 2006-07 | 2-20-07 | Wisconsin | 64-55 | at Michigan State | Tom Izzo |
| 2006-07 | 2-25-07 | Wisconsin | 49-48 | at Ohio State | Thad Matta |
| 2006-07 | 4-2-07 | Ohio State | 84-75 | Florida at Atlanta in NCAA Tournament final | Billy Donovan |
| 2007-08 | 1-19-08 | North Carolina | 82-80 | Maryland | Gary Williams |
| 2007-08 | 2-23-08 | Memphis | 66-62 | Tennessee | Bruce Pearl |
| 2007-08 | 2-26-08 | Tennessee | 72-69 | at Vanderbilt | Kevin Stallings |
| 2007-08 | 4-5-08 | North Carolina | 84-66 | Kansas at San Antonio in NCAA Tournament national semifinals | Bill Self |
| 2008-09 | 1-4-09 | North Carolina | 85-78 | Boston College | Al Skinner |
| 2008-09 | 1-17-09 | Pittsburgh | 69-63 | at Louisville | Rick Pitino |
| 2008-09 | 1-21-09 | Wake Forest | 78-71 | Virginia Tech | Seth Greenberg |
| 2008-09 | 1-28-09 | Duke | 70-68 | at Wake Forest | Dino Gaudio |
| 2008-09 | 2-16-09 | Connecticut | 76-68 | Pittsburgh | Jamie Dixon |
| 2008-09 | 2-24-09 | Pittsburgh | 81-73 | at Providence | Keno Davis |
| 2008-09 | 3-7-09 | Connecticut | 70-60 | at Pittsburgh | Jamie Dixon |
| 2008-09 | 3-14-09 | North Carolina | 73-70 | Florida State at Atlanta in ACC Tournament semifinals | Leonard Hamilton |
| 2008-09 | 3-29-09 | Louisville | 64-52 | Michigan State at Indianapolis in NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional final | Tom Izzo |
| 2009-10 | 1-10-10 | Kansas | 76-68 | at Tennessee | Bruce Pearl |
| 2009-10 | 1-18-10 | Texas | 71-62 | at Kansas State | Frank Martin |
| 2009-10 | 1-26-10 | Kentucky | 68-62 | at South Carolina | Darrin Horn |
| 2009-10 | 2-27-10 | Kansas | 85-77 | at Oklahoma State | Travis Ford |
| 2009-10 | 3-6-10 | Syracuse | 78-68 | at Louisville | Rick Pitino |
| 2010-11 | 1-12-11 | Duke | 66-61 | at Florida State | Leonard Hamilton |
| 2010-11 | 2-12-11 | Ohio State | 71-67 | at Wisconsin | Bo Ryan |
| 2010-11 | 2-14-11 | Kansas | 84-68 | at Kansas State | Frank Martin |
| 2010-11 | 2-26-11 | Duke | 64-60 | at Virginia Tech | Seth Greenberg |
| 2010-11 | 3-25-11 | Ohio State | 62-60 | Kentucky at Newark, NJ, in NCAA Tournament East Regional semifinals | John Calipari |
| 2011-12 | 11-26-11 | North Carolina | 90-80 | at UNLV | Dave Rice |
| 2011-12 | 12-10-11 | Kentucky | 73-72 | at Indiana | Tom Crean |
| 2011-12 | 1-21-12 | Syracuse | 67-58 | at Notre Dame | Mike Brey |
| 2012-13 | 12-15-12 | Indiana | 88-86 in OT | Butler on neutral court in Indianapolis | Brad Stevens |