HARTFORD, Conn. -- Just a week after receiving six first place votes and holding at No. 2 in the nation, the UConn men's basketball team plummeted, but held on to a Top 25 ranking, as it came in at No. 25 in this week's AP Poll.
It is the program's lowest ranking since the first week of the 2022-23 season, after it was unranked in the preseason poll.
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