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.

UConn men's basketball checks in at No. 25 in the AP Poll this week despite losing three games at the Maui Invitational.

Kansas held onto the No. 1 spot in the Top 25 on the strength of a tightly contested win over Duke in Las Vegas.