Men's Basketball: UConn Out of Top 25 After Losses to Syracuse, Gonzaga

After a pair of disappointing losses in the Bahamas, the UConn men's basketball team is out of the Associated Press Top 25, falling from 18th to 26th in voting.

The Huskies finished in fourth place at the Battle 4 Atlantis. After a good win over Michigan Wednesday, UConn (4-2) fell to then-unranked Syracuse and No. 10 Gonzaga. Syracuse (6-0) defeated Texas A&M in the championship game and jumped all the way to No. 14. Gonzaga's win over UConn after falling to the Aggies helped the Bulldogs (4-1) to avoid a far drop. Gonzaga is No. 13 this week.

UConn is one of five schools to drop out of the Top 25, along with Wichita State, Indiana, Cal and Notre Dame.

Kentucky remains No. 1, once again receiving 59 of the 65 first-place votes. No. 2 Maryland and No. 3 Michigan State shared the remaining votes.

UConn has five games remaining against three teams currently ranked in the Top 25. The Huskies will play Maryland at Madison Square Garden next Tuesday, and they will play twice each against No. 17 Cincinnati and No. 22 SMU. Georgetown was 38th in voting.

How They Voted

• Dave Borges (UConn beat writer, New Haven Register): 22
• Seth Davis (CBS-Sports Illustrated): 13
• Dana O'Neil (ESPN): Unranked
• Dick Vitale (ESPN): Unranked
• Laura Keeley (Duke beat writer, The News & Observer): unranked
• Rick Bozich (WDRB): 24
• Jon Rothstein (CBS): Unranked
• Aaron Brenner (Clemson beat writer, the Post and Courier): Unranked
• Zac Boyer (The Washington Times): Unranked
• Chuck McGill (Sports Editor, Charleston (W. Va.) Gazzette-Mail): 21
• Jay Drew (BYU beat writer, The Salt Lake Tribune): 19

The full poll is posted below.

Associated Press Poll, Nov. 30, 2015

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	PREV
1	Kentucky (59)	6-0	1619	1
2	Maryland (4)	6-0	1512	2
3	Michigan State (2)	7-0	1510	3
4	Kansas	4-1	1342	5
5	Iowa State	5-0	1338	4
6	Oklahoma	4-0	1269	7
7	Duke	6-1	1253	6
8	Villanova	6-0	1218	8
9	North Carolina	5-1	1115	9
10	Virginia	5-1	965	12
11	Purdue	6-0	904	16
12	Xavier	7-0	801	23
13	Gonzaga	4-1	788	10
14	Syracuse	6-0	696	NR
15	Oregon	5-0	628	21
16	Vanderbilt	5-1	587	19
17	Cincinnati	7-0	551	24
18	Texas A&M	6-1	522	25
19	Arizona	6-1	504	11
20	West Virginia	6-0	363	NR
21	Miami (FL)	5-1	289	15
22	SMU	4-0	256	25
23	Providence	6-1	247	NR
24	Louisville	5-0	173	NR
25	Baylor	4-1	162	NR
Also Receiving Votes: Connecticut (4-2) 153; Utah (5-1) 72; Butler (4-1) 62; George Washington (6-1) 45; Indiana (4-2) 26; Northern Iowa (4-1) 25; Notre Dame (4-2) 22; California (4-2) 19; Pittsburgh (4-0) 11; Dayton (5-1) 8; San Diego State (4-3) 5; South Carolina (6-0) 5; Georgetown (2-3) 4; Texas-El Paso (6-0) 3; Northwestern (5-1) 2; LSU (3-2) 2; Iowa (4-2) 2; Arkansas-Little Rock (5-0) 2; Colorado State (5-1) 1; Davidson (4-0) 1; Louisiana Tech (5-0) 1; Monmouth (4-2) 1; Northeastern (5-1) 1