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There’s never a good time to play at Allen Fieldhouse as a visitor \u2014 but there are times that are theoretically worse than others. Pretty high on that list, I think, is when two of your top three scorers are sidelined with injuries.<\/p>\n
Such was West Virginia<\/a>‘s reality on Tuesday, though.<\/p>\n The Mountaineers were missing both Tucker Devries<\/a> and Amani Hansberry<\/a>, leaving them down two starters who are combining to average 25.5 points per contest. That’s why they were 12.5-point underdogs at Kansas<\/a> in both teams’ Big 12 opener. That’s why what happened next isn’t something any reasonable person could have seen coming.<\/p>\n Final score: West Virginia 62, Kansas 61<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Javon Small<\/a> made the game-winning free throw with 1.8 seconds remaining and handed the Jayhawks their first conference-opening loss since — believe it or not — January 1991. In its latest disappointing performance since being ranked No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll, KU missed 15 of its first 19 shots, trailed 9-0 to start the game and by as many as 18 points in the second half.<\/p>\n “That’s as miserable of an offensive team as I’ve seen play in this building in 22 years,” said Kansas coach Bill Self. “That was horrid.”<\/p>\n (This is where I gather some Kansas fans would like for me to note that KJ Adams<\/a> was 1-of-5 from the field while finishing with just two points and two rebounds in 28 minutes. So, KU fans, consider it noted. I understand your frustration. It’ll be interesting to see if Self does any lineup-tinkering in the coming weeks.)<\/em><\/p>\n I’ve dropped Kansas to No. 14 in Wednesday morning’s updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings and pushed West Virginia to No. 24. The Mountaineers going from unranked to No. 24 caused Georgia<\/a>, Baylor<\/a> and North Carolina<\/a> to each be pushed down one spot each, no fault of their own. That means UNC is now what amounts to No. 27.<\/p>\nBasketball Top 25 And 1 rankings <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n