College basketball fans were ALMOST treated to an early upset with the nation’s number one team in the Kansas Jayhawks barely defeating a Memphis team who made this ranked vs. unranked game look like the national championship game a couple years ago.

”I can tell you this for sure: I’m 32 but I’m getting out at 35,” Memphis coach Josh Pastner said. ”I don’t know how these coaches coach until they’re 70. It’s unbelievable.”

That pretty much sums up the heart pounding action of this one.

Despite not pulling off the upset, this game was a reminder of what we all love about college basketball, which is the fact that any game can turn into an upset of massive proportions. With college football, the odds are obviously against the upset, since there are far less games. Plus in football, the juggernauts will always have someone really talented to get the ball to when worst comes to worst. In basketball, however, one bad shooting night and a college you’ve never heard of can beat just about anyone.

I want to hear from readers. Take a look at the schedule and tell us here at Unathletic who you think is just waiting to get handed an upset.

[via SI.com]