AP Poll Week 14 - Purdue remains #1

[Purdue Grad in Texas]

38 first place votes enough to keep Purdue at the top - surprised me.

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll

Top 5:

Purdue (38)
Houston (22)
Alabama (1)
Arizona (1)
Texas

Big Ten - Indiana -18; Rutgers - 24, receiving votes (Illinois, Maryland, Iowa, and Northwestern).

 

[Gman544]

The respect for Indiana ( now ranked #18) helped. Of course beating Purdue helped them so it was a push-pull situation. Rutgers, the other team that beat Purdue is also back in the rankings, so that helps too.

 

[Boileratthebeach]

Not to mention Marquette in the top 10.

 

[BoilerDaddy]

Rutgers at Indiana should be a good game tomorrow. I’ll be rooting for IU, as it would be nice to get back to a 3 game lead in the loss column.

 

[depthcharge623]

Seems to me the most important thing will be to finish above Alabama and Tennessee so that we can get the Southern region

 

[Purdue Grad in Texas]

Seems to me the most important thing will be to finish above Alabama and Tennessee so that we can get the Southern region

If on the same seed line - yes. Long way to go until selection Sunday.

 

[TopSecretBoiler]

We're good. We should only take one more conference L this year, if any. That iu first half will be a major wake up call. OMHR has a shitstorm coming.

 

[Boileratthebeach]

Seems to me the most important thing will be to finish above Alabama and Tennessee so that we can get the Southern region

and two teams I wouldn't want in our bracket....

 

[depthcharge623]

and two teams I wouldn't want in our bracket....

If we get a 1 seed, we will most likely have one of them as the 2 in our bracket I would think

 

[purduedavie]

We're good. We should only take one more conference L this year, if any. That iu first half will be a major wake up call. OMHR has a shitstorm coming.

Might be 2 more loses, 16-4 with a 27-4 regular season record would be one helluve year, they’d likely stay on the 1 seed line.

 

[DrEss]

We're good. We should only take one more conference L this year, if any. That iu first half will be a major wake up call. OMHR has a shitstorm coming.

I hope you are right, as they are playing well right now.

 

[mean_gene]

That's great news and I love seeing that, but nothing matters except Fran and Iowa on Thursday! Take care of business at home Boilers!

Also, (I try not to generalize, this is a vocal minority of fans but... ) WHAT is with the IU fanbase? lol They seem to have no joy whatsoever and are just miserable and hateful this week AFTER a win. Did they really think one home rivalry game was going to leap them up to #1 or something or that with two loses we'd fall to 20?

Like... you are a tournament team now, a month ago you were on the bubble. Be happy. You have much bigger fish to fry than Purdue. Focus on your next game, focus on the BTT and NCAA... but wow the hatred and nastiness is a little over the top. Literally a few racist comments on Facebook and Twitter about Edey, etc., just vulgar stuff about Purdue and apparently throwing food and bottles Saturday as well? Is that true? Did you see the older guys in the first few rows? They just look homicidal. lol I get being loud and celebrating. I get taunting a coach like Izzo last week to get off our court... but when TV pans to a Purdue crowd it's fist bumps, chants, dancing, smiles.... IU is "angry". Shouldn't Purdue be the angry people having a long Final Four drought? If this isn't fun for you, you might need to re-think watching games, it might not be healthy.

Stay Classy Bloomington.

 

[Chi-Boiler]

Seems to me the most important thing will be to finish above Alabama and Tennessee so that we can get the Southern region

Absolutely.

 

[mean_gene]

Seems to me the most important thing will be to finish above Alabama and Tennessee so that we can get the Southern region

Agree 100%

 

[seminolesboilers]

Where are the Midwest and South Regionals played??

 

[typeviic]

OMG, I can just imagine the reaction over at Pigs.

 

[oldboiler52]

Rutgers at Indiana should be a good game tomorrow. I’ll be rooting for IU, as it would be nice to get back to a 3 game lead in the loss column.

I would pick Rutgers; IU and their fans should be on a deserved high as well Rutgers is a tough out.

 

[Chi-Boiler]

Where are the Midwest and South Regionals played??

Midwest: Kansas City
South: Louisville

Big difference as the 2 in Kansas City would most definitely be a Big 12 team, and very possibly Kansas specifically.

I'd rather go to New York for the East regional than Kansas City.

 

[FordDiningCourtCheeseSauce]

Midwest: Kansas City
South: Louisville

Big difference as the 2 in Kansas City would most definitely be a Big 12 team, and very possibly Kansas specifically.

I'd rather go to New York for the East regional than Kansas City.

I feel like Kansas could be any seed 1-8 any year and they’d find themselves in Kansas City for part of the tourney.