.@KentuckyMBB (-24.5) lost to Evansville. ❌
Since 2005, John Calipari as a favorite of 20 or more points:
2005-Week 1 2019: 109-0 straight up
Tonight: 0-1
Data per @Bet_Labs.
We’ve been saying this for a long time..
🗣 DON’T LET THE PURPLE ACES FROM EVANSVILLE INDIANA GET HOT
It’s not Kentucky’s fault.. They just so happened to run into a fockin buzzsaw
Here’s a wow: Evansville’s win at Kentucky on Tuesday night was the first win by a true mid-major in a road environment against a No. 1-ranked team since 1993. (Long Beach State at Kansas.)
Incredible.
Evansville head coach Walter McCarty, who won a national championship as a player with Kentucky in 1996, just pulled off the upset against his alma mater.
Men's basketball teams favored by 25 points or more are now 944-6 (.994) since 2003-04. Evansville's upset win is tied for the third largest in that span.
That’s the 13th win for @ValleyHoops over a No. 1 team.
It’s the 9th time an MVC team has defeated a No. 1 outside of its league.
But it’s the first time they’ve done it on the road against a non-conference No. 1.
Wow!
Evansville is the 4th D-I men's program to have its 1st-ever road win over an AP-ranked opponent come vs No. 1.
1954-55 Georgia beat No. 1 Kentucky for its 1st-ever road win over a ranked team. 1980-81: Old Dominion over No. 1 DePaul. 1981-82: Nebraska over No. 1 Missouri.