Role Reversal: IU Latest School to Lose as #1 Before Beating Top-Ranked Team
February 3rd, 2013 - 17:17
Indiana's Tom Crean became the 12th coach to defeat the nation's top-ranked team with two different schools. He previously achieved the feat as Marquette's bench boss.
It was a role reversal for Indiana as the Hoosiers defeated top-ranked Michigan after losing to Butler earlier in the season when atop the national polls. In 1993-94, IU defeated #1 Kentucky before the Wildcats rebounded with a triumph over top-ranked Arkansas.
North Carolina (1997-98) and Pittsburgh (2008-09) did it twice in the same year. Following are the schools that lost as the nation's top-ranked team and later defeated a #1 club in the same campaign:
| Season | School | Coach | Lost as #1 Team | Victory over #1 Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-52 | Kentucky | Adolph Rupp | Minnesota (61-57) | St. John's (81-40) |
| 1957-58 | Kansas | Dick Harp | Oklahoma State (52-50)/Kansas State (79-75) | Kansas State (61-44) |
| 1964-65 | UCLA | John Wooden | Iowa (87-82) | Michigan (91-80) |
| 1967-68 | UCLA | John Wooden | Houston (71-69) | Houston (101-69) |
| 1973-74 | UCLA | John Wooden | Notre Dame (71-70) | Notre Dame (94-75) |
| 1984-85 | Georgetown | John Thompson Jr. | St. John's (66-65)/Syracuse (65-63) | St. John's (85-69) |
| 1988-89 | Oklahoma | Billy Tubbs | Oklahoma State (77-73) | Arizona (82-80) |
| 1989-90 | Missouri | Norm Stewart | Kansas State (65-58) | Kansas (77-71) |
| 1992-93 | Kansas | Roy Williams | Long Beach State (64-49) | Indiana (83-77) |
| 1993-94 | North Carolina | Dean Smith | Massachusetts (91-86) | Duke (89-78) |
| 1993-94 | Kentucky | Rick Pitino | Indiana (96-84) | Arkansas (90-78) |
| 1995-96 | Kentucky | Rick Pitino | Massachusetts (92-82)/Mississippi State (84-73) | Massachusetts (81-74) |
| 1997-98 | North Carolina | Bill Guthridge | Maryland (89-83) | Duke (97-73) |
| 1997-98 | North Carolina | Bill Guthridge | North Carolina State (86-72) | Duke (83-68) |
| 1998-99 | Connecticut | Jim Calhoun | Syracuse (59-42) | Duke (77-74) |
| 2000-01 | Arizona | Lute Olson | Purdue (72-69) | Stanford (76-75) |
| 2006-07 | Florida | Billy Donovan | Kansas (82-80)/Vanderbilt (83-70) | Ohio State (84-75) |
| 2008-09 | Pittsburgh | Jamie Dixon | Louisville (69-63) | Connecticut (76-68) |
| 2008-09 | Pittsburgh | Jamie Dixon | Providence (81-73) | Connecticut (70-60) |
| 2012-13 | Indiana | Tom Crean | Butler (88-86 in OT) | Michigan (81-73) |