After more than a month on the outside looking in, UConn men’s basketball is back in the AP Top 25. The Huskies start the week ranked No. 25 in the country after only receiving votes for the past five weeks.
UConn fell out of the Top 25 after a loss to Providence at home on Dec. 18 in the Huskies’ Big East opener. After that, the program did defeat Marquette, but then broke for the holidays and endured a COVID-19 outbreak within the team.
But after sticking around near the Top 25 during that span, UConn broke through with an overtime win at home against St.