Fresh off an impressive weekend at the Phil Knight Invitational where the UConn men’s basketball team handily defeated Oregon, Alabama and Iowa State for the PKI title, the Huskies jumped up 12 spots in this week’s AP Poll from No. 20 to No. 8. Outside of No. 5 Purdue, which climbed 19 spots after an impressive weekend of their own in the Phil Knight Legacy Tournament, no other team climbed 10 or more spots.
The No. 8 ranking is the highest the Huskies have been ranked since Jan. 17 2012, when the team was also ranked eighth. Currently, UConn (8-0) is the only team in the country with eight wins and the only school with adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency inside the top 10, per KenPom.