We could be looking at another season in which the No. 1 ranking is tantamount to a curse.
Days after moving to No. 1 in the AP Poll for the first time in program history, Purdue fell 70-68 on the road to unranked Rutgers thanks to a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from senior Ron Harper Jr.
The finish was pure, unfiltered college basketball chaos:
ud83dudea8 RON HARPER AT THE BUZZER!!!!!!!! ud83dudea8
RUTGERS WINS!!!!!!!!!@RutgersMBB pic.twitter.com/IGkUjFpUzOPurdue appeared to have avoided the upset when, down 67-66 in the final seconds, forward Trevion Williams made a contested shot to take the lead with 3.