A few nuggets while you wait for Saturday:
In the AP Poll history:
Since the turn of the century:
In the AP Poll history:
- Purdue is 17th with 417 appearances (33% of all polls). That's 7th in the B1G behind IU (8), Illinois (10), MSU (11), OSU (12), Michigan (14T) and Maryland (14T). Purdue is 21 appearances behind Maryland and Michigan. We passed Iowa a couple of years ago.
- Purdue is 24th in top 5 appearances with 72
- Purdue is 29th in appearances at #1 with 9 (all in the last 3 years)
Since the turn of the century:
- Purdue is 19th in total appearances with 201 (43.3% of all polls)
- Purdue is 19th in top 5 appearances with 47
- Purdue is 18th in appearances at #1 with 9
- Purdue is #7 in total appearances with 42 (95.5% of all polls)
- Purdue is #1 in top 5 appearances with 34 (77.3% of all polls)
- Purdue is #1 in appearances at #1 with 9, tied with Gonzaga (only 10 schools have been #1 in the last 2+ years). Here's to hoping we break that tie this week!
Total AP Men's BB Poll Appearances Summary | College Poll Archive
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