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Marquette continues free fall to No. 23, Badgers move up to No. 19

Published Mar. 11, 2019 12:58 p.m. ET

No. 23 Marquette had the biggest fall of the week in the latest AP Top 25 poll, sliding seven spots after closing the regular season on a four-game losing streak. The Wisconsin Badgers moved up two spots after winning both of their games the last week over Iowa and Ohio State.

Elsewhere in college basketball, Gonzaga, Virginia and North Carolina remain 1-2-3 atop an otherwise reshuffled top 10.

The Zags sit on top for a third straight week, earning 41 of 64 first-place votes on Monday. And the Cavaliers also stayed put behind Gonzaga for a third straight week, claiming the remaining 23 first-place votes.

Gonzaga (29-2) didn't play last week after wrapping up its regular-season schedule on March 2. The Zags return to the court against Pepperdine on Monday night to start play in the West Coast Conference Tournament. Virginia (28-2) and UNC (26-5) finished tied atop the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season standings with wins Saturday.

Kentucky was fourth, followed by Duke — which lost for a second time to the rival Tar Heels without freshman star Zion Williamson, though coach Mike Krzyzewski has said the 6-foot-7, 285-pound Williamson could be ready for this week's ACC Tournament.

Michigan State, Texas Tech, Tennessee, LSU and Michigan rounded out the top 10.

Preseason No. 1 Kansas fell to No. 17 for its lowest ranking since the 2013-14 season, which followed last week's end of the Jayhawks' 14-year run of winning at least a share of the Big 12 regular-season title.

Auburn is the only addition at No. 22, returning for the first time since mid-January and after peaking at No. 7 in December. UCF slid out from its No. 25 ranking in the last poll.

AP TOP 25 POLL -- WEEK 19 (released March 11)

RANK	TEAM	CONFERENCE	RECORD	LAST WEEK
1	Gonzaga	West Coast	29-2	1
2	Virginia	ACC	28-2	2
3	North Carolina	ACC	26-5	3
4	Kentucky	SEC	26-5	6
5	Duke	ACC	26-5	4
6	Michigan State	Big Ten	25-6	9
7	Texas Tech	Big 12	26-5	8
8	Tennessee	SEC	27-4	5
9	LSU	SEC	26-5	10
10	Michigan	Big Ten	26-5	7
11	Houston	AAC	29-2	12
12	Florida State	ACC	25-6	14
13	Purdue	Big Ten	23-8	11
14	Nevada	Mountain West	28-3	17
15	Kansas State	Big 12	24-7	18
16	Virginia Tech	ACC	23-7	15
17	Kansas	Big 12	23-8	13
18	Buffalo	Mid-American Conference	28-3	19
19	Wisconsin	Big Ten	22-9	21
20	Wofford	Southern	28-4	22
21	Maryland	Big Ten	22-9	24
22	Auburn	SEC	22-9	22
23	Marquette	Big East	23-8	16
24	Cincinnati	AAC	25-6	20
25	Villanova	Big East	22-9	23

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