Purdue basketball slipped from its perch atop the AP Poll, falling to No. 2 in Monday's rankings while Houston under coach Kelvin Sampson ascended to No. 1.

The Boilermakers still received the most No. 1 votes with 36, while Houston got 18, Connecticut got three, Duke received two and Michigan, led by Indiana alumnus Dusty May, garnered one.

The Journal Gazette's Dylan Sinn is a voter in the poll.

The Boilermakers played their first two games of the season without All-American forward Trey Kaufman-Renn and while they beat Evansville and Oakland by an average of 20.5 points, they did not rebound or defend as well as coach Matt Painter would have liked.

“Yeah, I mean, we just beat Oakland by 10 points. Credit to them, they played a great game,” Purdue guard Foster Loyer said after an 87-

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