UConn men's basketball and Memphis are both 4-0 heading into Monday's Maui Invitational opener, but Tigers have played a much tougher schedule.

No. 2 UConn men’s basketball hasn’t lost consecutive games since Jan. 15 and Jan. 18, 2023 and haven’t done so in non-conference play in Dan Hurley’s tenure as head coach, which stretches back to the 2018-19 season.

Ahead of one of college basketball’s busiest weeks of the regular season, Kansas remains at No. 1 in the men’s basketball Top 25, with UConn, Gonzaga, Auburn and Iowa State rounding out an unchanged top five.

That should serve as your annual reminder that too much of college basketball's schedule features games between teams that should never be on the court together. UConn vs. Le Moyne is more or less the equivalent of the Boston Celtics against the South Bay Lakers (with or without Bronny James).

UCLA climbed to the top of the Associated Press Top 25 poll after its 77-62 upset of South Carolina on Sunday. The Bruins moved up four spots from No.