What a difference a week can make in the world of college basketball. At this time last week, the Red Raiders were fresh off their third straight loss after falling to DePaul and people around the nation were polishing up their articles about how this year’s team overrated and that last year’s national title run was an anomaly.
Six days later, the Red Raiders were once again the toast of the college basketball world after taking down No. 1 Louisville 70-57. The fact that the win came at the Jimmy V Classic, one of the marquee early-season events on the college hoops calendar was an added boost to the program because taking down the top team in the nation is even more noteworthy when it happens at Madison Square Garden in the heart of the media capital of the world.