A week ago, I put out an alert: No. 13 West Virginia needed to watch its flank with Buffalo, the preseason favorite in the Mid-American Conference, arriving in Morgantown.
On Friday night, the Bulls, made me look prophetic, toppling the Mountaineers in overtime after CJ Massinburg poured in 43 points — dealing the program its first season-opening loss since 1988.
The mid-major revolt popped up elsewhere, including the SEC. In College Station, UC-Irvine, a top-100 KenPom squad and a contender in the Big West, picked off a withered Texas A&M, snatching the upset on Eyassu Worku’s floater with 6.