Men’s basketball AP poll: UConn drops 23 spots after losing 3 straight games to unranked teams in Hawaii

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The Maui Invitational was not kind to Dan Hurley or the Huskies last week. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Feast Week is now behind us, and top-ranked Kansas made it out of the tournaments unscathed. UConn, and more specifically head coach Dan Hurley, however, wasn’t so lucky.

Here’s everything you missed in Week 4 of the college basketball season, and the latest Associated Press men’s basketball poll.

UConn, Dan Hurley spiral in Hawaii

UConn completely fell apart in Hawaii last week.

In fact, things got so bad that Hurley doesn’t want to play in any tournament like it ever again.

“I’m not doing another 3-game [multi-team event] again,” Hurley said Sunday. “Moving forward, we will only play home-and-homes or single-game events in big time arenas. I don’t think I’ll ever do a three-game MTE again, unless I’m not coaching here … [There’s] zero chance I ever do that again.”

Dan Hurley reflects on Maui:

“I’m not doing another 3-game MTE again. Moving forward, we will only play home-and-homes or single-game events… I don’t think I’ll ever do a 3-game MTE again. There’s zero chance I ever do that again” pic.twitter.com/PAogpBHNi6

— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) December 1, 2024

While that’s almost certainly an overreaction in the wake of a bad week, it’s easy to see why Hurley feels that way after the Maui Invitational. The reigning back-to-back national champions lost three straight games to unranked opponents at the Lahaina Civic Center.

First, they fell to Memphis in overtime in the opening round. Hurley ripped the officiating after the game, too, and blamed the loss on “sh***y calls” despite the fact that he was called for a critical late technical foul as part of a seven-point swing in overtime. Colorado handed the Huskies another loss the next day, and then Dayton beat them by 18 points on Wednesday to wrap up the event. UConn star Alex Karaban was taken to the hospital with a head injury during that game, too, after his…

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Publish date : 2024-12-02 18:07:00

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