This time last year, four college basketball teams were undefeated. A week later, that number was zero.

Why is it so hard to stay perfect past the first few weeks in January?

Conference play does this cruel thing to the undefeated teams: It makes them go on the road.

If you take away Wichita State from the group of six remaining undefeated teams, the other five—Arizona, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Syracuse and Iowa State—have combined to play 10 road games. The Shockers have already played four games on the road.

Over the next four weeks, those five teams play 18 road games. And they'll start dropping like flies.

No one has been perfect since Indiana in...

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