The IU men's basketball team dropped in both polls for the second straight week, this time falling to No. 16 in the Associated Press poll and to No. 17 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' poll.
The Hoosiers were previously ranked No. 11 in the AP poll and No. 13 in the Coaches' poll.
The drop in the rankings came after a week in which IU suffered a 70-69 loss at Nebraska on Wednesday night and knocked off Penn State 73-54 yesterday at Assembly Hall. The win against the Nittany Lions yesterday snapped IU's three-game losing streak to get them back to .500 in the Big Ten.
Since the Hoosiers earned a spot in the AP and Coaches' top ten two weeks ago, they have gone just 1-3. This marked IU's seventh straight week in the top 25,
IU remained the third highest team ranked in the Big Ten, despite being in seventh place in the conference standings. The Hoosiers are ranked behind No. 3/4 Ohio State and No. 10/11 Michigan State but are ahead of No. 20/22 Michigan and No. 25 Wisconsin.
IU will put its new ranking to the test win it travels to Madison on Thursday night to take on the Badgers, who are winners of four straight.
