The last Saturday of 2017 took out the last three undefeated teams in college basketball. Top-ranked Villanova, No. 3 Arizona State and No. 10 TCU all suffered their first losses on the same day, leaving the Bobby Knight-led Hoosiers from 41 years ago as the last undefeated team.
Villanova (13-1, 1-1 Big East) went down the same way it did last year: to Butler at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
The scrappy Bulldogs had their way with the Wildcats in 2017, handing Villanova three of its four losses. Butler knocked Villanova from the top spot in the poll a year ago in Indianapolis, then ended its 48-game on-campus winning streak a month later.