The Purdue basketball team found its way back to the top spot in the Associated Press poll after defeating Alabama.

Purdue retains the No. 1 spot in the USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll after a road win against Alabama, while Louisville and Illinois rise

When Trey Kaufman-Renn was asked about the culture Matt Painter has created in West Lafayette, he admitted he didn't know Purdue was a school for a long time.

Boilermakers forward Liam Murphy was listed as out on the Big Ten's pregame injury report. Purdue coach Matt Painter confirmed Murphy's right (shooting) shoulder popped out during Saturday's practice. That is not the same shoulder for which he underwent labrum surgery in the offseason.

It was a milestone for Matt Painter when Purdue defeated Akron, but Purdue's basketball coach was already looking ahead to Memphis on Thursday.

Taking preseason bias out, Gonzaga has performed better than any team in college basketball thus far, according to Bart Torvik. The last three wins have come against high-major competition — Oklahoma, Creighton and Arizona State — and Gonzaga has outscored those three by 25 points per 100 possessions.

In his first start at right offensive guard for the University of Washington football team, John Mills seemed like an ideal fit. He was his typical overbearin

Trey Kaufman-Renn had 17 points and Oscar Cluff added 14 to power No. 2 Purdue to a 97-79 romp over Akron on Sunday night.

Last week the AP Poll had a rarity. Purdue received more first palce votes than No. 1 Houston, but enough writers dropped the Boilermakers far enough back ( some as far down as 10th) for committing the crime of (checks notes) trailing Oakland briefly in the second half while one of our All-Americans was not playing.