NCAA: No.1 Texas defeated

Texas reign as undefeated and top ranked only lasts for two weeks. Jan. 18 game against No.10 Kansas State made sure that Texas reign would not last. Hosting the undefeated and top-ranked Longhorns, the Wildcats and their fans were never intimidated. The end result was a 71-62 Kansas State victory on Monday night. The Wildcats did a terrific job of containing Texas' two legitimate low-post scorers, Damion James and Dexter Pittman.
This was one of the biggest games ever played in Fred Bramlage Coliseum and and the boisterous K-State crowd was rewarded. The win is significant for the Kansas State program, and it firmly announces the Wildcats as major players in the Big 12 title race. This was the third time in school history that Kansas State knocked off a No. 1 team.
 The 6-foot-7 sophomore forward Jamar Samuels was among the ones not intimidated as he played arguably his best game of the season. He went toe-to-toe with Texas in the post and finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds on 8-for-13 shooting.
 Curtis Kelly was also formidable in the paint, putting up 17 points and grabbing eight rebounds.
 Kansas State shot 20-for-32 as Texas struggled, making just nine of 22 attempts from the line.
 The Longhorns struggled shooting the ball and committed too many turnovers. Both those issues are not issues that have been plaguing them all year, so they appear to be more of an isolated incident.
 Things will not get much easier for the Longhorns, however, as they will travel to Connecticut to face UConn on Saturday.
 The Texas loss also means that Kentucky is the last unbeaten team in the nation. Normally younger teams like Kentucky stumble early and mature as the year goes on. Well, John Calipari and John Wall and Co. firing on all cylinders early, and, barring any upsets, Kentucky will be next week's No. 1.