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IU moves back into Top 25

Duke's Top 25 streak is over.\nSaddled by its first four-game losing skid in 11 years, Duke fell out of The Associated Press poll Monday for the first time since the end of the 1995-96 season. The Blue Devils had been in the media poll for 200 straight weeks -- the second longest streak behind UCLA.\nButler, meanwhile, fell three spots to 13th after a 77-65 loss at Wright State, and IU moved back into the rankings at No. 24 after a 65-61 victory against Illinois. The Bulldogs (23-3) play Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday night, while the Hoosiers (17-6) visit Purdue on Wednesday night.\nUCLA's run in the poll lasted 221 weeks, from the 1966-67 preseason poll to Jan. 8, 1980. North Carolina is third all-time with 172 straight weeks from the 1990-91 preseason poll to Jan. 17, 2000.\n"If you do it for a long period of time, it means you've been good that long," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said of his team's streak that began in the 1996-97 preseason poll. "We never bring it up. It's a nice stat thing."\nUCLA and Memphis are now tied for the longest active streak at 34 straight weeks in the Top 25.\nDuke was No. 8 two weeks ago before losing in the final seconds to Virginia and Florida State. The Blue Devils lost to then-No. 5 North Carolina 79-73 on Wednesday and fell 72-60 at Maryland on Sunday for their first four-game losing streak since Jan. 3-13, 1996.\n"We travel a narrow road between winning and losing," Krzyzewski said. "We were in a position to win -- you have to make sure the kids know that. They are doing a lot of things to put themselves in a position to win"

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