Mid-Major Madness Reacts Survey: What was your favorite upset by a mid-major during week one?

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Yeesh.

One week down.

No letting up, but as week two of college hoops starts we can’t stop thinking about the happenings of week one.

Bethesda played three times in 24 hours in three locations. Nevada beat Saint Mary’s in overtime, but only 3,000 people saw it. And, of course, a slew of upsets.

So, we ask, what was your favorite upset by a mid-major during week one?

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East Texas A&M over Oklahoma

East Texas A&M head coach Jaret von Rosenberg and Co. shocked the basketball world on Day 1 of the college basketball season back on Monday with a stunning win over a power-conference program, downing Oklahoma 68-64.

And, I know this is about the Oklahoma upset, I feel obligated to add that the Lions also beat in-state foe Rice later in the week and received their first-ever AP Top 25 vote.

Memphis over Iowa State

Memphis is a mid-major.

The Tigers have had a cardiac-stress-inducing week. Tigers fans, good luck this season if this keeps up. Memphis started it off by upsetting then-ranked No. 18 Iowa State 80-76. Jayden Reid, a Northwestern transfer, scored 26 points, including Memphis’ final 11, to secure the upset. Penny Hardaway’s program is looking to get right after a bummer of a 13-win season, and the Iowa State game and the VCU win on Saturday by one are a great start for the Tigers.

South Dakota State over K-State

The Great Plains are calling. South Dakota State beat Kansas State in Manhattan at the dreaded Octagon of Doom, 68-66. The Jackrabbits, picked third in the Summit League preseason poll, handed Kansas State a dissapointing start to the Casey Alexander era. The Jacks won despite missing two of their bigs in Alec Squires and Jesse Van Kalsbeek.

The win marked South Dakota’s first over a power-conference opponent since defeating Washington State in December 2021 and its first road win at a current power-conference team since winning at Iowa State in December 2020.

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Saint Louis over Missouri

The Show Me Showdown certainly showed something. That Saint Louis runs basketball in Missouri. And, with or without the fabled Robbie Avila addition, Saint Louis is for real. The Billikens took down in-state rival Missouri by overwhelming the Tigers from distance with 14 3-pointers. Josh Schertz and his team are riding high and seem to know it.

“In these games, you got to believe you belong,” Schertz said. “You can’t look at yourself as some sort of ‘lesser than.’”

Valpo over Purdue

Ok, this one was easily the most surprising of the bunch.

Valpo, who entered the night about 100 spots below Purdue across every ranking category anyone uses, went into West Lafayette and handed the Matt Painter a 83-80 upset in double overtime.

In a game full of big shots, the final was fired by Justus McNair, and it gave Valpo head coach Roger Powell Jr. the biggest win of his career and Valpo its first win over a high-major program in nearly a decade.

Northern Illinois over Dayton

We keep saying it, respect Matt Majkrzak. And the Northern Illinois Huskies reminded us about that by downing Anthony Grant’s Dayton Flyers 81-76 in another overtime banger.

Max Weisbrod dropped a game-high 27, including a number of big shots when the Huskies needed it. NIU entered the night hanging in the 300s in most rankings, only to upset a team some thought could be the third member of a three-bid A-10.