The Tigers travel to New York Tuesday night to face the fourth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks. In 90 years of basketball, the U of M has beaten a top-five team 13 times. Here’s the handsome list:
February 2, 1957: Tigers 81, #3 Louisville 78
January 20, 1964: Tigers 83, #2 Loyola-Chicago 65
February 2, 1972: Tigers 77, #3 Louisville 69
March 2, 1972: Tigers 80, #2 Louisville 65
March 24, 1973: Tigers 98, #4 Providence 85 (Final Four)
March 23, 1985: Tigers 63, #4 Oklahoma 61 (NCAA tournament)
January 4, 1986: Tigers 83, #5 Kansas 80 (OT)
February 8, 1992: Tigers 92, #5 Arkansas 88
February 6, 1993: Tigers 68, #4 Cincinnati 66
November 28, 1996: Tigers 73, #4 Michigan 72
February 19, 2003: Tigers 80, #4 Louisville 73
December 22, 2007: Tigers 85, #5 Georgetown 71
April 5, 2008: Tigers 78, #3 UCLA 63 (Final Four)
