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Arizona strengthened its place atop The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll Monday, setting up a showdown this weekend against Purdue, the former No. 1 team in the nation. While there was little movement within the top 10 this week, there were some wild swings within the rest of the Top 25.

Sports 18s Kelly Hallinan caught up with Purdues Trey Kaufman-Renn and discussed his work ethic, philosophy, and his hidden talent.

Despite battling back from a 10-point deficit, a late turnover and foul sent the Purdue womens basketball team to a 60-58 road loss at Minnesota on Sunday afternoon to open

Zach Edey matched his season-high with 35 points, Braden Smith had a season-high 27 and No. 4 Purdue rallied to beat Alabama 92-86 in Toronto on Saturday.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — Lots of emotions today as former Purdue President Mitch Daniels returned for the traditional unveiling of the bust. Reminiscing on his time at the university.

The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday endorsed the 13th consecutive tuition freeze for its West Lafayette campus.

Pelle Larsson nailed his third 3-pointer of the first half, Caleb Love followed with a steal and a thunderous fastbreak slam, then Oumar Ballo capped the spectacular stretch with an alley-oop dunk. Top-ranked Arizona can flip a game in a hurry. Larsson scored a career-high 21 points, Love added 20, and the No. 1 Wildcats rolled to a 98-73 win over No. 23 Wisconsin on Saturday.

The Boilermakers return home on Monday night to close out their opening weekend of Big Ten play when the Iowa Hawkeyes visit for a 7 p.m. ET, tipoff.

The Boilermakers extended their winning streak to three in a row and moved to 5-3 on the year.

A look at where Kentucky stands in the new AP Top 25 rankings after a win over No. 8 Miami and a stunning loss to UNC Wilmington.