Villanova is coming home from the Bahamas with the school’s third Battle 4 Atlantis title and a return to the AP Poll at #18. One spot below North Carolina who the ‘Cats defeated in the semifinals of the in-season exempt tournament.
Purdue is the country’s newest #1 team as the Boilermakers collected 60 of 63 first-place votes. Arizona, Marquette, UConn, and Kansas round out the Top 5. Houston, Duke, Miami, Baylor, and Tennessee also find themselves in the Top 10.
As a conference, the BIG EAST sees four schools in the Top 25 with Creighton at #15.