The NCAA Tournament is heading to the Sweet 16 in the battle for the national championship in men’s basketball. Top seeds Purdue and defending champion Kansas did not make it.
UCLA has climbed to No. 2 behind Houston in the latest Associated Press men's college basketball poll. The Cougars earned 58 first-place votes to remain on top for a third straight week.
The top five spots in The AP men’s college basketball poll remained the same. Houston was No. 1, No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Kansas. UCLA and Purdue rounded out the top 5. The rest of the AP Top 25 was a big jumble.
Alabama is the new No. 1, in The AP men’s college basketball poll for the first time in 20 years. Purdue’s loss to Northwestern last week caused a jumble at the top of the AP Top 25 .
Purdue remains atop The AP men’s college basketball poll despite losing its second game of the season. Marquette push into the top 10 and NC State make its first poll appearance in four years.
Purdue is this season's first unanimous No. 1 team in the AP men’s college basketball poll. The Boilermakers have won eight straight games since a one-point loss to Rutgers on Jan. 2.