Wisconsin is now the No. 23 team in the country.

The Badgers, now No. 23 in the country, are coming off wins over Maryland, Northwestern and Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament. They are in action again on Friday against James Madison to open the NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed.

Associated Press Top 25 Poll

Rank	Team	Record	Points

No. 1	UConn	31-3	1549
No. 2	Houston	30-4	1460
No. 3	Purdue	29-4	1436
No. 4	Iowa State	27-7	1342
No. 5	North Carolina	27-7	1325
No. 6	Tennessee	24-8	1158
No. 7	Auburn	27-7	1096
No. 8	Marquette	25-9	1082
No. 9	Arizona	25-8	1080
No. 10	Illinois	26-8	1040
No. 11	Creighton	23-9	920
No. 12	Kentucky	23-9	866
No. 13	Duke	24-8	834
No. 14	Baylor	23-10	806
No. 15	Saint Mary's	26-7	568
No. 16	South Carolina	26-7	527
No. 17	Kansas	22-10	445
No. 18	Gonzaga	25-7	413
No. 19	Alabama	21-11	380
No. 20	Utah State	27-6	346
No. 21	BYU	23-10	310
No. 22	Texas Tech	23-10	205
No. 23	Wisconsin	22-13	175
No. 24	San Diego State	24-10	158
No. 25	Washington State	29-9	138

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: New Mexico 134, Florida 120, Nevada 51, NC State 36, James Madison 31, Dayton 27, Drake 26, Oregon 12, Colorado 10, Nebraska 7, Texas 7, Boise St. 6, McNeese St. 6, Clemson 5, Mississippi St. 5, South Florida 3, Colorado St. 3, FAU 2.

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