Purdue returned to the top spot in the Associated Press men's college basketball poll on Monday, moving up two spots after Temple knocked off No. 1 Houston over the weekend.
Nautical veteran Tom Izzo and Michigan State will get a return trip to San Diego Bay to face Gonzaga on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln on Veteran's Day.
Thompson and Georgetown defeated St. John's in the Big East Championship in 1985 as a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s basketball championship.