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Purdue stayed at No. 1 in the first Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll of the new year, released on Monday.
The Boilermakers (12-1) received 49 of 63 first-place votes after running their winning streak to five games with an 80-53 rout of Eastern Kentucky on Friday.
No. 2 Kansas (12-1) got five votes and No. 3 Houston (13-0) collected