NIU takes a dip

For the NIU men’s basketball team, one equals two.

After suffering a loss last weekend at Wisconsin-Green Bay, the Huskies took a two-spot dip in the latest Associated Press college basketball poll. The Huskies moved from 35th to a tie for 37th in this week’s rankings..

1. UNLV (63) 22-0

2. Ohio St. 22-1

3. Arkansas 25-2

4. Indiana 22-3

5. Syracuse 22-3

6. North Carolina 19-4

7. Duke 22-5

8. Kansas 19-4

9. Arizona 20-5

10. Utah 24-2

11. Southern Miss. 19-3

12. Kentucky 19-5

13. E. Tennessee St. 23-3

14. Nebraska 21-4

15. New Mexico St. 19-3

16. Oklahoma St. 18-5

17. UCLA 18-7

18. St. John’s 17-6

19. LSU 17-7

20. Virginia 19-7

21. Mississippi St. 17-6

22. Pittsburgh 18-8

23. Princeton 18-2

24. Seton Hall 16-7

25. Georgetown 15-8

N. Carolina State 51, Texas 51, Temple 49, Alabama 46, Illinois 38, Georgia Tech 32, Houston 15, DePaul 14, New Orleans 11, Wake Forest 10, South Alabama 8, Northern Illinois 6, Michigan State 6.