Purdue ascends to No
Nov 27, 2023, 01:24 PM ET
Purdue is back atop The Associated Press Top 25 guys’s college basketball survey, right where it invested so much of last season.The Boilermakers ascended to No. 1 on Monday after an outstanding run through a crammed field at the Maui Invitational. They beat Gonzaga, Tennessee and Marquette– 3 of the top 11 groups in the nation– in successive days, and that was enough to make 60 of 63 first-place votes from the national panel of Top 25 voters.It took the Boilermakers up until Dec. 12 to reach No. 1 last year, where they invested 7 weeks over 2 various stints.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated” Our guys were durable. I thought they hung in there, and I thought at times we didn’t play our finest basketball in the 3 days, but I believed we played truly hard,”Purdue coach Matt Painter said after the Maui Invitational.”We competed, which is what you got to do. You got to simply in some cases hang in there and simply keep completing and make one more play.”Purdue changed preseason No. 1 Kansas, which was up to 5th after losing to Marquette in the Maui semifinals and then rebounding to beat Tennessee in the third-place game. Arizona moved up one area to No. 2 with one first-place vote, Marquette climbed an area to third and UConn was fourth with two first-place votes.The safeguarding national champion Huskies play the Jayhawks on Friday night at Allen Fieldhouse (9 p.m. ET, ESPN2 ). Group Record 1. Purdue( 60)6-0 2. Arizona (1)6-0 3.
Marquette 5-1 4. UConn(2 )6-0 5. Kansas 5-1 6. Houston 7-0 7. Duke 5-1 8. Miami 5-0 9. Baylor 6-0 10. Tennessee 4-2 11
| . Gonzaga 4-1 12. Kentucky 5-1 13. Florida Atlantic 5-1 14 | . Texas A&M 6-1 15. Creighton 5-1 16. Texas 5-1 17. North Carolina | |
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| 5-1 18. Villanova 6-1 19. BYU | ||
| 6-0 20. Colorado | State 6-0 | |
| 21. Mississippi State 6-0 22. James Madison | 6-0 | |
| 23. Alabama 5-1 | ||
| 24. Illinois 5-1 25. Oklahoma 6-0 Houston stayed 6th while Duke reached seventh, Miami to eighth and Baylor to ninth. Tennessee only fell three places to 10th after its losses to | Purdue and Kansas in | Maui, a reflection of the stiff competitors.”I have actually said all along, I like remaining in big games. If you wish to win a huge game, you got |
| to get in a | huge | |
| game,”Volunteers coach | ||
| Rick Barnes said.”I have actually been doing this a very long time, and I enjoy these games due to the fact that I want to see us play at | the highest level. I wish to | |
| see us perform at the highest level. I want to | ||
| see our guys learn from this.” | Gonzaga stayed at | No. 11 after its trip to Maui, and Kentucky was |
| 12th. Florida Atlantic utilized its win over then-No. 12 Texas A&M en route to | ||
| an ESPN Occasions | Invitational title to leap six areas to No. 13, right ahead of the Aggies. Creighton dropped 7 areas to No. 15 after getting walloped by Colorado State in the Hall of Popularity Classic champion game.Texas and North Carolina were followed by Villanova, which returned to
the survey, and then BYU and the Rams, who both jumped into the poll for the first time this season. Mississippi State, James Madison, Alabama, Illinois and Oklahoma completed the Leading 25. RISING AND FALLING FAU made a big climb this week. The Owls followed a humbling loss to Bryant with an outstanding journey to Kissimmee, Florida, where they followed tough wins over Butler and Texas A&M by taking apart Virginia Tech for the ESPN Events title.Creighton took the biggest fall. The Bluejays easily beat Loyola Chicago at the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, Missouri, then were run out of T-Mobile Center by the Rams, who shut down Baylor Scheierman in their 69-48 victory.MOVING IN; LEAVING Villanova, BYU and Colorado State not just entered the poll however jumped right into the leading 20. The Wildcats were No. 18 after winning the Battle 4 Atlantis, the Cougars right behind after a Vegas Showdown title and the Rams used their very first top-10 win since 1984 against Creighton to enter at No. 20. Illinois and Oklahoma joined them in the survey at the cost of Colorado, Michigan State, Arkansas, USC and Virginia.ON THE DOORSTEP Memphis, San Diego State, Colorado, Ohio State and TCU got the most votes among those outside the poll. Princeton made 14 votes after its 6-0 start; the Tigers have not been ranked because they were No. 8 in the final poll of the 1997-98 season.CONFERENCE enjoy The Big 12 led all conferences with six groups in the Leading 25, followed by the SEC with five and the Big East with 4. There were 10 various conferences represented today. |