Pretenders being umasked?

As I type this, 5 ranked teams have already lost to unranked conference foes.

*Missouri is supposedly the #9 team in the country, but they certainly didn't look it Saturday, getting beat badly by Colorado 89-76. I watched this entire game, so I know more about this game than the others. Here's why I think Mizzou is going to struggle from here on out:
-They give up way too many open looks. Whenever Colorado beat the press (which was more often than I predicted) they had a layup or wide open 3 way too often.
-They don't rebound. (76th in the nation)
-They don't get to the free throw line enough.
-They have terrible shot selection.

* #10 Kentucky just lost to Georgia, 77-70. This is what happens when you recruit 8 All-American freshman every year and there is zero continuity from year-to-year. Plus, I have no problem saying John Calipari is the biggest scumbag in all of sports. I'd quote something for you, but there aren't enough hours in the day. Any day a Calipari team loses is a good day in my book.

*#13 Georgetown dropped it's second Big East game in a row after losing to St. Johns' earlier this week. West Virginia is good, so this isn't a terrible loss. But coupling that with the St. John's loss and I'd be worried a little worried if I was a Hoyas fan.


*I know two things about #17 Kansas State's Jacob Pullen:
-He shops at Dilliard's.
-He doesn't lack confidence, saying Friday: "I feel like everything's got to come through Manhattan this year," Even though the Wildcats had 3 losses entering Big 12 play. A day after that bold statement, KSU lost rather convincingly to Oklahoma State, 76-62.

The preseason Big 12 favorites now have 4 losses, but I'm not surprised.


*#18 Michigan State, who was somehow still ranked with 4 losses, now has 5 with today's loss to a very average Penn State squad. I understand that Tom Izzo has a reputation for underachieving early before making a deep run in March, but it can't happen every year, right? I don't think so.