Fast forward to Monday, and UConn sits at 16-7 on the year with an 8-4 record. The newest Associated Press top 25 poll had UConn out of the top 25, although they were second in the "Others Receiving Votes" with 106.

The two-time defending national champion UConn Huskies fell out of the AP Top 25 on Monday, ending a streak of 53 consecutive weeks in the poll. But Dan Hurley says it doesn’t mean anything in the grand scheme of things -- and he’ll likely use it as a another slight to motivate his team.

No one gets crowned in February,” Hurley said, via NJ.com. “You know, there’s no crowns handed out for a while here. Obviously, in today’s world there’s going to be v

UConn head basketball coach Dan Hurley made it abundantly clear how he feels about the increasing criticism he's been receiving from college hoops pundits.