The final regular season poll is here and Purdue is right on that two/three seed line. The painful loss at Wisconsin in the final seconds was offset by hanging on at home against Indiana. The volatility of basketball helped too, with several teams around the Boilers also losing in the last week. That means Purdue has into the conference tournament as a top 10 team, but with work to do.
- Gonzaga (52) 1,514
- Arizona (6) 1,435
- Baylor (3) 1,402
- Auburn 1,331
- Kentucky 1,306
- Kansas 1,170
- Duke 1,100
- Villanova 1,096
- Purdue 967
- Tennessee 967
- Providence 951
- Wisconsin 857
- UCLA 737
- Texas Tech 730
- Arkansas 687
- Illinois 612
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