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Duke reloaded with a top-tier recruiting class featuring 6-foot star Paolo Banchero and is back among the nation's elite. It is the Boilermakers' highest ranking since last reaching No. Gonzaga fell to third, while reigning national champion Baylor rose two spots to No. UCLA fell three spots to No. Florida made the week's biggest jump by climbing nine spots to No. Memphis had the week's biggest tumble, sliding nine spots to No. Iowa State's poll debut at No. Otzelberger, who took over a Cyclones program coming off a two-win season that included going in Big 12 play.

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Sign in. Terms of Service Privacy Policy. Back to homepage. Subscriber Login. Please subscribe to keep reading. Robbie Hummel had 15 points and eight rebounds and JaJuan Johnson added 12 points for the Boilermakers E'Twaun Moore , Purdue's leading scorer, went scoreless in the first half and finished with 10 points. It was the Blue Devils' first test against a ranked team this season, and Krzyzewski said Singler and Scheyer controlled the game.

Jon's accustomed to being in big games. In a physical game like that, you want the ball in his hands because it's almost automatic at the free throw line, same thing with Kyle. Purdue lost to No. Duke expected Purdue to use that as motivation. It was a man's game. We knew we had to play confident, we knew we had to play team defense and come in with the mind-set that we were going to win. Duke led at halftime and opened the second half with a putback by Brian Zoubek and a 3-pointer by Scheyer to push its lead to Johnson converted a three-point play, then made another basket to trim Duke's lead to , but the Blue Devils responded with an run.

Moore finally scored on a fadeaway jumper with to play, but Duke still led Singler hit a deep 3-pointer at the other end and ran back downcourt shaking his head and exuding confidence. Purdue also got 13 points and six rebounds from Sasha Stefanovic. Jaden Ivey leads four Boilermakers in double figures with an average of Williams chips in Stefanovic contributes Purdue's average of The Boilermakers also ranked in the top 10 nationally in 3-point field-goal percentage Nebraska, meanwhile, appeared ready to earn its first conference win on Tuesday night when it opened up a lead on No.

However, the Fighting Illini ended the game with a run that gave them an decision. The Cornhuskers got notable efforts from three players. Derrick Walker chipped in 14 points and seven rebounds.