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Big Ten Basketball: Week 5 conference power rankings

By Blaine Lewallen

EAST LANSING, MI - DECEMBER 9: Cassius Winston
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LOUISVILLE, KY – DECEMBER 09: Miller the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers watches the action in the game against the Louisville Cardinals at KFC YUM! Center on December 9, 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
LOUISVILLE, KY – DECEMBER 09: Miller the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers watches the action in the game against the Louisville Cardinals at KFC YUM! Center on December 9, 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

The Hoosiers move down a spot this week after dropping their only game last week. The Hoosiers  don’t have a win in the RPI top-100.  In fact, according to CBS Sports, all five of Indiana’s wins came against RPI 200-plus rated teams.

The reason the Hoosiers aren’t at the very bottom of the conference power rankings is their performance against some top-tier teams.  The Hoosiers played very well against the Duke Blue Devils a couple of weeks ago and played pretty well against the Louisville Cardinals last week.

The Hoosiers did lose that game against the Cardinals, 71-62, but this was a pretty decent effort on the road for a young Hoosiers squad. Juwan Morgan contributed 17 points in the loss.

Morgan currently leads the team in points (14.1) and rebounds (6.6) per game. De’Ron Davis contributes 11.5 points per game and 4.4 rebounds per game. Robert Johnson is the only other Hoosier who averages in double figures at 11.4 points per game.

Schedule for this week:

Notre Dame (8-2) vs. Indiana in Indianapolis, IN on Dec. 16

Fort Wayne (6-5) at Indiana on Dec. 18

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