No. 21 New Mexico lone undefeated team after Purdue’s loss - NEWS10 ABC

Purdue had cleared each hurdle successful its way, holding the apical spot successful the AP Top 25 for 4 consecutive weeks

Rutgers changed that Monday nighttime with a 65-64 triumph that volition surely sound the Boilermakers from No. 1.

The nonaccomplishment leaves 1 undefeated team: No. 21 New Mexico.

The Lobos were picked to decorativeness 5th successful the Mountain West Conference, but person exceeded expectations successful Richard Pitino’s 2nd play arsenic coach.

New Mexico (14-0, 2-0 MWC) is disconnected to its champion commencement since the 1967-68 squad opened 17-0 and past week moved into the AP canvass for the archetypal clip successful 8 years.

“We person a garbage to suffer mentality,” inferior defender Jamal Mashburn Jr. said aft the Wyoming game.

New Mexico gets 2 much chances to beryllium that this week.

The Lobos archetypal enactment their undefeated play connected the enactment Wednesday astatine Fresno State, which is 5-8 and has mislaid 3 of its past 5 games.

Get done that and New Mexico hosts UNLV connected Saturday successful what should beryllium a raucous atmosphere.

The Lobos played successful beforehand of the largest assemblage astatine The Pit successful 7 years portion beating Colorado State past Wednesday and having the Runnin’ Rebels successful municipality volition apt gully different 15,000-or-so fans out.

FROG HOOPS

TCU’s shot squad volition play Georgia for a shot nationalist title connected Monday.

The hoopin’ Horned Frogs (12-1, 1-0 Big 12) person been connected a spot of a tally of their own, stretching their winning streak to 10 consecutive games by rallying from an 11-point halftime shortage to bushed Texas Tech 67-61 past week.

TCU roseate to No. 17 successful this week’s AP Top 25, but has a hard week ahead.

The Frogs footwear disconnected their week Wednesday astatine No. 19 Baylor, which dropped 7 spots successful this week’s canvass aft losing to No. 25 Iowa State. The Cyclones caput to Fort Worth connected Sunday aft playing astatine Oklahoma connected Wednesday.

ARKANSAS’ TESTS

TCU isn’t the lone squad with 2 games against ranked teams this week.

No. 13 Arkansas is looking to get backmost connected way aft struggling offensively successful a 60-57 roadworthy nonaccomplishment to LSU past week. The Razorbacks scored 20 points beneath their play scoring mean and changeable 4 of 25 from 3 successful the loss.

Arkansas adjacent volition look astonishing Missouri.

Picked to decorativeness 11th successful the Southeastern Conference, the No. 20 Tigers (12-1) are disconnected to their champion commencement since 2013-14 aft blowing retired Kentucky past week.

After that, the Razorbacks play astatine No. 22 Auburn connected Saturday. The Tigers had a agelong of 2 losses successful 3 games earlier knocking disconnected Washington and Florida their past 2 games.

CONFERENCE WATCH

The ACC play has started and 2 teams picked to decorativeness mediate of the battalion are adjacent the top.

No. 12 Miami (13-1, 4-0 ACC) has been the people of the league truthful far, entering Wednesday’s crippled against Georgia Tech connected a nine-game winning streak.

The Hurricanes person a half-game pb implicit Clemson (11-3, 3-0), which disconnected to its champion league commencement since 2017-18 heading into games against Virginia Tech and Pittsburgh this week.

The Panthers (10-4, 3-0) person won 9 of 10 games since opening 1-3, including a 76-74 triumph implicit North Carolina past Friday. Pittsburgh gets different large trial against No. 13 Virginia connected Tuesday.

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