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Irish basketball in the polls

The Notre Dame men's basketball team slid down the Associated Press Top 25 poll, while the women's team held its spot Monday.

The Irish men (14-2, 2-1 Big East) fell three spots in the poll to No. 20 after losing to Connecticut 65-58 Saturday. The loss snapped Notre Dame's 12-game winning streak and the Irish's 17-game home winning streak.

Notre Dame plays at St. John's at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The Irish women (14-1, 3-0) remained at No. 2 in the AP poll behind No. 1 Baylor.

Notre Dame pushed its winning streak to nine games with Sunday's 71-46 win over Rutgers. The Irish play host to Georgetown at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The Journal Gazette's Assistant Sports Editor Tony Krausz covers The University of Notre Dame. Krausz, a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a native of St. Louis, has been assistant sports editor since October 2005. Prior to joining the JG, he worked at two papers in Mississippi covering high school and college athletics.

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