Back-to-back NCAA Tournament champion UConn narrowly avoided falling out of the AP Top 25 college basketball poll entirely on Monday after an 0-3 week at the Maui Invitational in which it lost to three unranked teams in as many days.

Memphis basketball moved into the USA TODAY Coaches and AP Top 25 polls Monday after its run to the Maui Invitational championship game.

The aforementioned 2017 Wildcats, who dropped out of the AP Top 25 poll early in the year, bounced back from their slow start and finished the year with a 27–8 record, only to fall to Buffalo as a No. 4 seed in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

The UConn men's basketball team lost three games in three days at the Maui Invitational, a stunning outcome for the two-time reigning NCAA tournament champions.

Kansas held off Auburn for the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday as Southeastern Conference teams grabbed three of the top four spots and two-time reigning national champion UConn nearly fell out entirely after an 0-3 week at the Maui Invitational.

Kansas continues to occupy the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll after being one of the few major programs to come away unscathed

The UConn men's basketball team, after going 0-3 in Maui Invitational, barely kept a national ranking at No. 25 in this week"s AP Poll.

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.