It is not a shock, but the 27 votes that Purdue got in last week’s AP Poll are long gone this week. A pair of double-digit losses will do that. The Boilers followed up their best week of the season with probably their worst. Now Purdue is once again right up against it for the 2020 NCAA Tournament. Would three home wins over Michigan, Indiana, and Rutgers and a 10-10 record in Big Ten play be enough, even if Purdue loses in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament? Maybe.
Maybe not, though.
Winning one of the two road games would be a huge boost at this point.