Evansville Defeats No. 1 Kentucky
in Historic Upset.
Evansville's win was tied for the third-largest college basketball upset in the past 15 years, according to ESPN.
Kentucky were 25-point favorites for Tuesday night's game in Lexington.
The Wildcats defeated preseason No. 1 Michigan State last week.
and jumped to No. 1 in this week's 'Associated Press' poll.
“I don’t know if anything matches this,
other than winning a national championship.”
- Walter McCarty, Evansville coach, via statement.
Evansville was picked in the preseason
to finish eighth of 10 teams in the
Missouri Valley Conference.
Gardner-Webb's upset of Kentucky in 2007
is the biggest upset in the last 15 seasons,
according to ESPN.