The regular season is over and Purdue is in a surprising position given what we knew in November. After beating a top 25 team (from last week’s poll) and one of the conference minnows Purdue will head tot he postseason in the top 20. Not bad for a team that wasn’t receiving votes back in November and was picked to finish 8th or worse. This has been one of coach Painter’s finest jobs.
/looks around
//whispers
(And they’re gonna be even better next year)
- Gonzaga (61) 1,573
- Baylor (2) 1,510
- Illinois 1,438
- Michigan 1,382
- Iowa 1,314
- Alabama 1,239
- Houston 1,173
- Arkansas 1,046
- Ohio State 1,032
- West Virginia 919
- Kansas 873
- Oklahoma State 851
- Texas 802
- Villanova 729
- Florida State 687
- Virginia 531
- Creighton 510
- Loyola-Chicago 488
- San Diego State 462
- Purdue 389
- Texas Tech 389
- Virginia Tech 266
- Colorado 209
- USC 175
- Oklahoma 172
Others receiving votes:
BYU 93, Oregon 67, Connecticut 53, Clemson 25, Wisconsin 24, Tennessee 14, Wichita State 13, St.