But what about Connecticut? The back-to-back national champs are missing one of their best players in Liam McNeeley to a high ...

Auburn and Duke remain at the top of the AP men's Top 25 hoops poll, while Texas Tech and Vanderbilt make their poll debuts and UConn clings to the No. 25 spot.

Purdue has now won eight of its last nine games and has climbed back into the top-10 of the Associated Press poll this week.