Most Shocking Results so Far in the 2015-16 College Basketball Season

College basketball struggles to get a lot of attention during the first two months of the season, playing in the shadow of college football's stretch run as well as the NBA and other pro sports. It seems like the only way for college hoops to grab headlines early on is by having unexpected outcomes, and that usually means upsets.

The nonconference slate is littered with perceived mismatches as low- and mid-major teams accept a payment to visit a power-conference team on its home court. These are supposed to be easy games but that's not always the case, as some teams have again learned this season.

Through the first 13 days of the 2015-16 season, here are the most shocking results so far.

Arkansas vs. Akron

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When: Nov. 18

Score: Akron 88, Arkansas 80

Arkansas might be best to avoid Mid-American teams in all sports the way this fall has gone. First, the football team lost to Toledo in September, and then the Razorbacks suffered a rare home loss in Bud Walton Arena.

It ended Arkansas' 25-game home-court win streak against nonconference opponents. Akron was just the second non-SEC team to win in Fayetteville under coach Mike Anderson.

Arkansas was expected to struggle this season after losing most of its top contributors from last season, but that referred more to league play.

Georgetown vs. Radford

When: Nov. 14

Score: Radford 82, Georgetown 80 (2 OT)

Georgetown's early schedule this season has been far tougher than what the Hoyas usually face, yet it was their one game against a non-power team that ended up causing the biggest stir.

Radford, a team from the Big South that lost by 27 at Georgetown last December, led in the final minute of both regulation and the first overtime, only to see the Hoyas come back. The second OT was back and forth until Radford's Rashun Davis brought the ball up court in the final seconds and calmly drained a long three-pointer with 1.5 seconds left.

The loss made even less sense for Georgetown after how it played the next three games, playing No. 2 Maryland close on the road and then beating Wisconsin in the 2K Classic before falling to Duke.

Ohio State vs. Texas-Arlington and Louisiana Tech

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When: Nov. 20, Nov. 24

Score: UT-Arlington 73, Ohio State 68; Louisiana Tech 82, Ohio State 74

It was going to be a lean year for Ohio State, one that was likely to continue the program's downswing from making the Final Four in 2012 and then failing to make it out of the first weekend of the NCAA tournament the last two seasons. The early returns indicate things are worse than projected, and the Buckeyes aren't looking good to make an eighth straight tourney appearance after losing consecutive home games for the first time since 2008.

"Since 2010, they have the most home victories of any team in America with a 108-11 record," CBS Sports' Sam Vecenie wrote. "It is also the first time under Thad Matta that the Buckeyes lost two nonconference home games in any season."

Before those setbacks, OSU had won 61 straight non-league home games against unranked opponents.

San Diego State vs. Arkansas-Little Rock

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When: Nov. 21

Score: Little Rock 49, San Diego State 43

Viejas Arena in San Diego is among the top atmospheres in college basketball, a 12,000-seat facility that San Diego State has turned into a den of fear during Steve Fisher's long and successful run as coach. Visitor wins are few and far between there, with very few power-conference teams wishing to venture and risk a loss.

No one is ever going to confuse Little Rock of being a power. The Trojans went 13-18 last year and have a first-year coach, Chris Beard. Their first two wins were against an NAIA and Division II school.

Yet Little Rock held San Diego State to 28.3 percent shooting to hand the Aztecs their second home loss in the last 34 games and eighth in the past 103 contests at Viejas.

UCLA and Notre Dame vs. Monmouth

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When: Nov. 13, Nov. 26

Score: Monmouth 84, UCLA 81 (OT); Monmouth 70, Notre Dame 68

We might have found our new Cinderella, and it resides in West Long Branch, New Jersey.

Monmouth has knocked off not one but two top programs to start this season, opening the year with a cross-country trip to UCLA and then knocking off a team that made the Elite Eight last season during a preseason tournament.

The UCLA win wasn't that shocking, considering the Bruins' history for perplexing early home losses. But those had seemed to go away since Steve Alford took over as coach. Maybe the Hawks were comfortable playing in front of a half-empty stadium since their own court only holds 4,100 fans, though coach King Rice acknowledged that winning the game wasn't high on the list of reasons for playing it.

"We take these trips because they are great for our kids," Rice told the Associated Press via ESPN.com. "To say they got to come into Pauley Pavilion against UCLA on John Wooden Court, they are going to tell their families that forever."

Monmouth ended up losing two days later at USC—which pulled off its own surprise Thursday, beating Wichita State—but then opened up the Advocare Invitational in Orlando by downing No. 17 Notre Dame. It was the program's first win over a ranked team in its history.

Virginia at George Washington

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When: Nov. 16

Score: George Washington 73, Virginia 68

This is the only game on our list in which the visitor was the one whose loss made headlines. But when you're the two-time defending ACC regular-season champion (and opened the previous season at 19-0), any loss this early is going to stand out.

Forget the fact George Washington is a darn good team, one that beat Wichita State last December in Hawaii and figures to contend for the Atlantic 10 title. What stood out most from this game was how easily the Colonials handled Virginia's noted "pack line" defense, to the tune of the most points Virginia has allowed in regulation since Dec. 30, 2013.

The result stands out even more by how Virginia has responded to it. The Cavaliers won their next four games by an average of 25.8 points including three games in three days at the Charleston Classic.

Wisconsin vs. Western Illinois

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When: Nov. 13

Score: Western Illinois 69, Wisconsin 67

The first major shocker of the 2015-16 season involved a ranked team that played for the national title seven months ago. And because of Wisconsin's shocking home loss to Western Illinois, we all now know that team's nickname is the Leathernecks.

Wisconsin was ranked No. 17 despite losing five key players from last year's team that lost to Duke in the NCAA final. It was the first chance to see what this version of the Badgers would look like, and one of the traditionally best-shooting teams in the country went 35.5 percent from the field and allowed Western Illinois to make 54 percent of its shots.

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