Wisconsin basketball (10-3, 0-2 Big Ten) is unranked in the latest AP Poll.
The Badgers dropped voting points after an idle week. They entered the week with 18 votes, the 37th-most in the nation. Now, the team received seven votes.
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Wisconsin has played just one game since Dec. 14: a 76-53 win over Detroit Mercy. Its inactivity and lack of recent signature wins have led to the slight downgrade. The Badgers also dropped out of the receiving votes section of the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll.
Tennessee (12-0) leads the AP Poll entering the New Year. Auburn (11-1) follows at No. 2. Iowa State (10-1), Duke (10-2) and Alabama (11-2) round out the top five.
Ranked Big Ten teams entering the full conference schedule are No. 9 Oregon (12-1, 1-1 Big Ten), No. 15 UCLA (11-2, 2-0 Big Ten), No. 18 Michigan State (11-2, 2-0 Big Ten), No. 20 Purdue (9-4, 1-1 Big Ten) and No. 22 Illinois (9-3, 1-1 Big Ten). The deep conference also has Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Indiana, Wisconsin, Penn State and Nebraska in the receiving votes section.
Wisconsin begins what is a brutal rest-of-season schedule with a home matchup against Iowa on Jan. 3. The Badgers need to string some wins if they hope to return to the top-11 AP Poll ranking they held in early December.
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