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In Brief: It’s unanimous, Purdue is No. 1

NEW YORK (AP) — Purdue became this season’s first unanimous No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll after wins over Michigan and Michigan State last week as chaos ensued behind the Boilermakers among other ranked teams.

More than half of Top 25 teams lost, including second-ranked Alabama, which was routed by Oklahoma in the Big 12-SEC Challenge. That allowed Purdue to grab the remaining No. 1 votes and tighten its grip atop the poll, while Tennessee jumped two spots to second and Houston held onto third in voting by 62 national media members.

The Boilermakers (21-1) have won eight straight since a one-point loss to Rutgers on Jan. 2.

Alabama dropped to fourth after the blowout loss to Oklahoma. The Tide edged fifth-ranked Arizona by just two points in this week’s poll. Virginia was sixth and Kansas State fell two spots to seventh, followed by Kansas, UCLA and Texas to round out the top 10.

ISLANDERS MAKE 1ST BIG TRADE

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Islanders acquired center Bo Horvat from the Vancouver Canucks in the first blockbuster of NHL trade deadline season.

The Islanders sent forward Anthony Beauvillier, top prospect Aatu Raty and a top-12 protected first-round pick in the 2023 draft to the Canucks.

Horvat, 27, is a pending free agent and was one of the top rentals available ahead of the March 3 deadline. It was not immediately clear if his camp and his new team have an extension in place or have had contract talks of any kind.

The former Canucks captain, who was chosen to represent them at the NHL All-Star Weekend, could give the Islanders the scoring boost they’ve needed. Horvat has already tied his career high with 31 goals this season and also has 23 assists in 49 games. For his career, he has 420 points in 621 regular-season games.

CHARGERS HIRE FORMER LION

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kellen Moore, a former backup quarterback during his playing days with the Detroit Lions, is going from Dak Prescott to Justin Herbert as an offensive coordinator.

The Los Angeles Chargers didn’t waste any time in reaching an agreement with Moore to be their next offensive coordinator. Monday’s announcement came less than 24 hours after the Dallas Cowboys said Moore would not return.

Moore spent the past eight seasons with the Cowboys, including the past four as offensive coordinator. He signed with Dallas in 2015 as a player and then joined the coaching staff in 2018.

Moore replaces Joe Lombardi, who was the Bolts’ coordinator for two seasons under head coach Brandon Staley. Moore will be the third offensive coordinator since Herbert was the sixth overall pick by the Chargers in 2020.

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