{"id":155772,"date":"2022-12-12T18:58:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T18:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/purdue-moves-to-no-1-in-ap-mens-basketball-top-25-polls\/"},"modified":"2022-12-12T18:58:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T18:58:40","slug":"purdue-moves-to-no-1-in-ap-mens-basketball-top-25-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/purdue-moves-to-no-1-in-ap-mens-basketball-top-25-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue moves to No. 1 in AP men’s basketball Top 25 polls"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Purdue picked up wins over West Virginia, No. 15 Gonzaga and No. 12 Duke in consecutive weeks to win the Phil Knight Legacy tournament earlier in the season.<\/p>\n

Wins over Hofstra and Nebraska last week, combined with a loss by Houston, were enough to move the Boilermakers to No. 1 the AP Top 25 for the second straight season.<\/p>\n

Purdue moved up three spots in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released on Monday, receiving 27 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel. no. 2 Virginia received 19 first-place votes to move up a spot, No. 3 UConn received 15 and No. 6 Tennessee got one.<\/p>\n

Alabama and Houston rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n