Purdue basketball

Purdue earned 39 first-place votes to reclaim the No. 1 ranking in this week's AP College Basketball Top 25 poll after improving to 19-1 on the season.

Freshman guard Braden Smith led the way with 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. - Kansas (16-3) After cruising to a victory over Minnesota in Minneapolis, Maryland came to West Lafayette and nearly erased a double-digit halftime deficit as Purdue survived at home. Houston fell to No. 1 before suffering their first loss of the season, have won six straight games to improve to 19-1 and 8-1 in Big Ten play. — It was a tight race for the top spot in the national rankings, but Purdue moved up to No.

WEST LAFAYETTE − Braden Smith took his seat at the podium Sunday afternoon, picking his pencil thin mustache. He's a 19-year-old freshman who just hit two ...

"We'll continue to work and make adjustments on both sides of the ball." "You like to learn through wins, right? "It's a fine line. "So we're happy with that, but definitely a long way to go." "We're still a young team. Second of all, I should be better than that."

Houston and Kansas both lost in the last week, necessitating a shakeup in Seth Davis' ballot.

Auburn lost at [Georgia](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/georgia-bulldogs-college-basketball/) and [USC](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/usc-trojans-college-basketball/), as well as on a neutral court to Memphis. The Hoosiers’ double-digit wins over [Illinois](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/illinois-fighting-illini-college-basketball/) (road) and [Michigan State](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/michigan-state-spartans-college-basketball/) (home) made their 63-45 home win over short-handed [Wisconsin](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/wisconsin-badgers-college-basketball/) on Jan. [Iowa State](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/iowa-state-cyclones-college-basketball/) lost at [Oklahoma State](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/oklahoma-state-cowboys-college-basketball/)? [UCLA](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/ucla-bruins-college-basketball/) lost at [Arizona](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/arizona-wildcats-college-basketball/)? [Texas](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/texas-longhorns-college-basketball/) lost at Iowa State? [Huskies’](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/houston-baptist-huskies-college-basketball/) fifth loss in six games, and it made their home loss to St. UConn got a nice win at home over [Butler](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/butler-bulldogs-college-basketball/) on Sunday, but it has a steeper challenge at home on Wednesday against Xavier, which started this downward spiral in the first place. They Cyclones are difficult to beat at home, and I love the way the Longhorns followed that up by going into Morgantown and beating a [West Virginia](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/west-virginia-mountaineers-college-basketball/) squad that had just beaten the TCU squad that romped Kansas. [Alabama](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/alabama-crimson-tide-college-basketball/)), and the first loss since Dec. [Kansas](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/kansas-jayhawks-college-basketball/). [Memphis](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/memphis-tigers-college-basketball/) is the only other AAC teams ranked in the top 50 on KenPom, but the Tigers are unranked in the AP poll. When the Jayhawks lost in overtime to [Kansas State](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/kansas-state-wildcats-college-basketball/) on Tuesday, I toyed with the notion of leaving them at No.

Ryan and I are back to talk all things Purdue basketball. We recorded just hours after that slog of a win against Maryland. Fortunately, we waited long ...

Ryan and I are back to talk all things Purdue basketball. Ryan and I debate. I base my answers off of the experience I had there so it is game dependent.

Jan 22, 2023; West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Purdue Boilermakers guard Braden Smith (3) looks to get a ball past Maryland Terrapins guard Jahmir Young (1) during ...

But more than anything, taking care of the basketball and giving us a chance to score.” They got the energy all of a sudden and we didn’t. “Give Maryland credit, I thought they were really good in the second half. He and Edey combined for Purdue’s final 14 points as the team improved to 19-1 overall and 8-1 in Big Ten play. Just every time they scored or went on a run, getting a stop or getting an easy bucket to stop the bleeding. Edey seemed to be the only player in a groove, and he responded by scoring on nine of the team’s first 13 points after halftime. But as both teams struggled from the field, they scored four points apiece in the final four minutes. “We knew we weren’t going to hold them down forever, just some lapses on our part in the second half. The Terrapins were forced to call a 30-second timeout facing their largest deficit of the game. He scored just 10 points on 4-of-18 shooting and went 0-of-6 from the 3-point line. Purdue shot 13-of-26 in the opening period and hit several tough baskets late in the shot clock. 3-ranked Boilermakers were led by junior center Zach Edey’s team-high 24 points and 16 rebounds as the team tallied 15 turnovers in the matchup.

The Cougars fall to No. 6 after losing to the Owls allowing the Boilermakers to move to No. 1 in the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1.

[Alabama](https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/BAMA/alabama-crimson-tide/), [Kansas State](https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/KSTATE/kansas-state-wildcats/), [UCLA](https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/UCLA/ucla-bruins/) and [Texas](https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/TEXAS/texas-longhorns/) — all have more Quadrant-1 wins than the Cougars and resumes featuring zero losses outside of the first two quadrants. Houston's next game is Wednesday at [UCF](https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/UCF/ucf-knights/). [Temple](https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/TEMPLE/temple-owls/) ruined that plan. 1 Houston 56-55 inside the Fertitta Center](https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/houston-vs-temple-score-takeaways-owls-stun-no-1-cougars-for-first-win-over-top-ranked-team-since-2000/) despite the Cougars closing as 19.5-point favorites. It's not a fair fight when one team goes 20-for-22 and the other goes 11-for-21." Nothing fell, though, which is among the reasons the Cougars ended up shooting just 33.9% from the field.