IU men’s basketball moved up five spots in the AP Top 25 Poll on Monday to No. 6 in the nation.
After defeating then-No. 3 Kansas, 103-99 in overtime, last week in Honolulu IU received one first place vote in the poll while Kansas moved back to No. 7.
The Hoosiers are now the top-ranked team in the Big Ten.
Wisconsin stayed put at No. 9 in the polls, and Michigan State moved back one spot to No. 13 after losing to No. 10 Arizona in Hawaii.
Purdue also stayed at No. 15 after starting the season 1-0 and Maryland was the lone Big Ten school to drop out of the polls after being ranked No. 25 last week and playing a close game against American University.
IU will face off against a couple of nonconference opponents this week when they open up the home schedule at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall against University of Massachusetts Lowell on Wednesday and Liberty University on Saturday.
Zain Pyarali
