UConn, Purdue And North Carolina Stay Atop AP Top 25; South Carolina Joins For First Time Since 2017 – News18

Reigning nationwide champion Connecticut, Purdue and North Carolina remained atop The Associated Press Top 25 males’s school basketball ballot for the third consecutive week, whereas South Carolina cracked the rankings for the primary time in almost seven years.

The Huskies earned 45 of 61 first-place votes to stay at No. 1 for the fourth straight week in Monday’s ballot, whereas the Boilermakers topped the ballots of 16 different voters.

The prime of the ballot remained set after an enormous week that included 4 prime-10 matchups over the weekend, with Purdue profitable at Wisconsin and UNC beating rival Duke. The week additionally included Kansas beating Houston, which vaulted the Jayhawks to No. 4 and dropped the Cougars one spot to No. 5.

Tennessee fell one spot to No. 6 after dropping at residence to the now-No. 15 Gamecocks however following with a win at Kentucky.

As for South Carolina, it marked this system’s first look within the ballot since February 2017. The Gamecocks joined San Diego State because the week’s new additions, changing Oklahoma and TCU.

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