UConn drops 23 spots in AP ballot; Kansas No. 1
Kansas held off Auburn for the No. 1 rating in the Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll Monday as Southeastern Convention groups grabbed three of the highest 4 spots and two-time reigning nationwide champion UConn practically fell out solely after an 0-3 week on the Maui Invitational.
The Jayhawks earned 35 of 61 first-place votes within the ballot, whereas the Tigers acquired the remaining 26 and climbed two spots to No. 2 after profitable the Maui title. The Huskies fell all the way in which to No. 25, barely avoiding turning into solely the second group to go from No. 2 to unranked in every week in practically 4 a long time.
It was a part of a turbulent week throughout vacation week tournaments, main to 6 new groups getting into the rankings.
Kansas (7-0), which beat Duke final week, had elevated its margin on the No. 2-ranked group every week for the reason that preseason ballot and had a 107-point margin on the Huskies final week. However with the Tigers — ranked No. 1 in KenPom’s metrics — beating ranked Iowa State and North Carolina groups within the Maui title run, that margin is simply 9 factors this week.
Auburn was joined by fellow SEC colleges No. 3 Tennessee and No. 4 Kentucky, with every group climbing 4 spots. Marquette was subsequent at No. 5, adopted by Iowa State, Gonzaga, Purdue, Duke and Alabama to spherical out the highest 10.
UConn’s slide
The Huskies (5-3) had gained 17 straight video games getting into the Maui Invitational, however issues rapidly went awry with an opening-round time beyond regulation loss to Memphis in a sport that had coach Dan Hurley fuming about officiating. UConn misplaced the following day to Colorado, then misplaced to Dayton within the seventh-place sport to complete final within the prestigious match.
It was paying homage to No. 2 Arizona’s 0-3 crash on the Battle 4 Atlantis within the Bahamas in November 2017. However the Huskies prevented the identical ballot destiny because the Wildcats, who grew to become the primary group to go from No. 2 to unranked in every week since Louisville in November 1986 after its match flop within the Nice Alaska Shootout.
Rising and falling
Whereas Oregon jumped 26 spots to enter the AP High 25, Marquette, Purdue and No. 13 Florida had the week’s largest climbs inside the ballot, every rising 5 spots. No. 11 Wisconsin joined Tennessee and Kentucky with four-spot jumps as 10 groups rose from their spots in final week’s ballot.
In all, seven groups fell from final week’s ballot.
Whereas UConn’s tumble stood out, No. 17 Houston fell 11 spots after losses to Alabama and now-No. 24 San Diego State within the Gamers Period Competition in Las Vegas.
North Carolina additionally had an enormous fall, sliding eight spots to No. 20 after losses to Auburn and Michigan State in Maui. Gonzaga tumbled 4 spots to seventh after dropping its Battle 4 Atlantis opener to West Virginia.
Establishment
No. 23 Mississippi joined Kansas as the one groups to carry their place from final week.
Welcome
Oregon led the week’s six new groups after beating Alabama to win the Gamers Period Competition championship, adopted by Memphis after ending second to Auburn in Maui.
No. 18 Pittsburgh, No. 19 Illinois, No. 21 Oklahoma — which gained the Atlantis title — and San Diego State have been the week’s different new additions.
Farewell (for now)
Indiana (No. 14), Arkansas (No. 19), Creighton (No. 21), Xavier (No. 22), Arizona (No. 24) and Mississippi State (No. 25) fell out of the ballot.
Convention watch
The SEC led all conferences with eight ranked groups, adopted by the Massive 12 with 5. The Massive Ten and Atlantic Coast Convention every had three ranked groups, whereas the West Coast, American Athletic and Mountain West conferences every had one.
