On the eve of the Big Ten Tournament Purdue’s slide in the polls has stopped and we’re moving back up. The three game losing streak resulted in a slide from 3 to 9, but this week, After a pair of wins, Purdue moved up one spot in the AP Poll to 8th:
- Virginia (48) 1,608
- Michigan State (17) 1,571
- Xavier 1,422
- Villanova 1,416
- Duke 1,362
- Kansas 1,272
- Gonzaga 1,231
- Purdue 1,178
- North Carolina 1,140
- Cincinnati 1,013
- Wichita State 945
- Texas Tech 887
- Ohio State 791
- Auburn 781
- Michigan 753
- Tennessee 564
- Rhode Island 558
- Clemson 499
- Arizona 450
- West Virginia 429
- Nevada 386
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