First time to beat two ranked teams back to back since 2008. Anyone know the last time that RU beat three ranked teams in a row?
Three in a row
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One day our better will be better then their better.
I don't think we ever have. I looked back through the college-reference.com page back to 1976, and didn't find three ranked wins in a row. We also beat two in a row in 2001-02, though (#17 UConn, #14 Cuse). The AP only started ranking basketball teams in 1948-49.
Once you get back to the A10 days, there just weren't that many ranked teams on our schedule to play, and they weren't ever grouped three in a row. The first time I found that we even had three ranked teams in a row on our schedule was 2001-02 (L @ #16 Cuse, W vs. #24 Gtown, L vs. #23 Pitt). It happened again in 2007-08 (three losses to #20 Notre Dame, @ #25 Marquette, #15 UConn).
Then in 2008-09 we hit a stretch of five ranked teams in a row, which were all losses (@ #1 UNC, #3 Pitt, @ #2 UConn, #18 Marquette, #11 Cuse... with #9 Louisville two games later). That's probably the roughest stretch in our history, playing the top 3 teams in the country back-to-back-to-back and following it with two more Top 20 schools.
Once you get back to the A10 days, there just weren't that many ranked teams on our schedule to play, and they weren't ever grouped three in a row. The first time I found that we even had three ranked teams in a row on our schedule was 2001-02 (L @ #16 Cuse, W vs. #24 Gtown, L vs. #23 Pitt). It happened again in 2007-08 (three losses to #20 Notre Dame, @ #25 Marquette, #15 UConn).
Then in 2008-09 we hit a stretch of five ranked teams in a row, which were all losses (@ #1 UNC, #3 Pitt, @ #2 UConn, #18 Marquette, #11 Cuse... with #9 Louisville two games later). That's probably the roughest stretch in our history, playing the top 3 teams in the country back-to-back-to-back and following it with two more Top 20 schools.
Pretty sure it was February 12, 2022!
So, the years we even faced 3 ranked teams in a row:
2001-02 (#16 Cuse, #24 GTown, #23 Pitt)
2007-08 (#20 ND, #25 Marquette, #15 UConn)
2008-09 (#1 UNC, #3 Pitt, #2 UConn, #18 Marquette, #11 Cuse)
2011-12 (#23 ND, #2 Cuse, #10 Marquette)
2012-13 (#24 Cincy, #11 Louisville, #20 Gtown)
2013-14 (#23 SMU, #13 Louisville, #22 Memphis)
2021-22 (#13 MSU, #16 OSU, #14 Wisconsin.... then current #13 Illinois, #3 Purdue)
We're in what is probably the second toughest string of games in program history.
2001-02 (#16 Cuse, #24 GTown, #23 Pitt)
2007-08 (#20 ND, #25 Marquette, #15 UConn)
2008-09 (#1 UNC, #3 Pitt, #2 UConn, #18 Marquette, #11 Cuse)
2011-12 (#23 ND, #2 Cuse, #10 Marquette)
2012-13 (#24 Cincy, #11 Louisville, #20 Gtown)
2013-14 (#23 SMU, #13 Louisville, #22 Memphis)
2021-22 (#13 MSU, #16 OSU, #14 Wisconsin.... then current #13 Illinois, #3 Purdue)
We're in what is probably the second toughest string of games in program history.
So? Other posters looked it up and I was right. We haven't lol
Conference didn't offer the opportunity just like I said too
The vast majority of post season teams don't win 3 games against ranked opponents in a row
We were in an ECAC Region in the 1970s when I started following the program. Then towards the end of the 70s, we were in the Eastern 8, which eventually became the A-10. We won the ECAC Championship in 1976 over SJU to get the automatic NCAA bid. In 1979, we won the Eastern 8 conference tournament vs. Pitt (Pittsburgh was the host city too) to get the automatic NCAA bid that year,
Three top 10 wins in a span of eight days in 2005.
https://scarletknights.com/news/200..._Upsets_Top_Ranked_LSU_In_Overtime_51_49.aspx
When I saw the OP Thread Title I thought it was about a different 3 in a row… blocked shots. But I went back and checked, it was 2 of the last 3 (and 4 of the last 6) osu shots that were blocked. That is incredible, especially in that game situation. Now let’s keep it going and get 3 ranked in a row!!!
5 of last 7 according to Columbus Dispatch...
Yep, I rolled the tape back another few minutes. We blocked 5 of the last 7 shots. Some games don’t even have 5 blocks in total. To have 5 in the last 3 minutes down 8 to a ranked opponent is incredible!
I doubt it ever happened
Even in our final four run we had an easier path in the tourney
And never remember it in season