STORRS, Conn. — Both UConn basketball teams moved up in the Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll after wins this past week.
The men’s team moved up one spot to No. 5 after beating St. John’s 69-65 on Dec. 23. Purdue remained atop the poll for a third straight week Monday, while Kansas and Houston rounded up the top three. Tennessee climbed one spot to finish in the top five following Arizona’s loss to Stanford on Sunday.
Gonzaga dropped 11 spots to No. 24 after their 84-74 loss to San Diego State. The Bulldogs have been ranked in every poll since Jan. 11, 2016, but that streak is in jeopardy after Coach Mark Few’s team dropped to 9-4 with no Quad 1 wins this season.
The Huskies face DePaul on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the UConn women’s team moved up three spots to No. 12 after routing then-No. 18 Marquette on Sunday. The women Huskies steadily climbed in the poll after falling to a 30-year low of 17th in early December.
South Carolina started the new year where it finished off 2023 – stop the AP women’s basketball poll.
The Gamecocks received 34 of the 35 first-place votes from a national media panel Monday. They had been unanimous the previous six weeks.
UCLA got the other No. 1 vote after beating then-No. 6 USC in a Los Angeles showdown Saturday. The No. 2 Bruins have now defeated four top-25 teams this season, with two wins coming at neutral sites and one on the road.
No. 3 North Carolina State and Iowa followed UCLA. Colorado moved up three spots to No. 5 after a win over then-No. 12 Utah.
Next up for Geno Auriemma's team is a trip to Nebraska to face No. 21 Creighton on Wednesday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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