The Kentucky basketball teams suffered just a minor hit in the polls this week after the first collective down week of the season.The men’s team fell just one spot in both major polls to No. 3 after losing at nationally ranked Tennessee on Saturday. Syracuse, one of only two top-five teams not to lose last week, took over the top spot in both the Associated Press Top 25 and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll for the first time this season. Kansas dropped just one spot to No. 2, followed by Kentucky, Duke and Kansas State.The women suffered their first back-to-back losses of the season at Tennessee and Auburn but tumbled just a few spots in the AP Top 25. The Cats, after ranking as high as No. 16 last week, check in at No. 19 this week.Matthew Mitchell’s squad will begin postseason play Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament.

The loss hardly affected the men’s status heading into the NCAA Tournament as ESPN analyst Joe Lunardi still has the Cats as No. 1 seed in the East Region.Full rankings below: AP Top 25 (men)  1. Syracuse (59) 27-2 1,618  2. Kansas (6) 27-2 1,550  3. Kentucky 27-2 1,493  4. Duke 25-4 1,415  5. Kansas State 24-4 1,377  6. Ohio State 23-7 1,232  7. Purdue 24-4 1,169  8. New Mexico 27-3 1,151  9. Villanova 23-5 1,143 10. West Virginia 22-6 1,024 11. Michigan State 22-7 960 12. Butler 26-4 762 13. Vanderbilt 22-6 741 14. Brigham Young 26-4 633 15. Wisconsin 21-7 625 16. Tennessee 21-7 615 17. Pittsburgh 22-7 612 18. Gonzaga 24-5 554 19. Georgetown 19-8 548 20. Temple 24-5 547 21. Baylor 22-6 393 22. Maryland 21-7 249 23. Texas A&M 20-8 210 24. UTEP 22-5 124 25. Xavier 21-7 101 ESPN/USA Today Poll (men)  1. Syracuse (23) 27-2 766  2. Kansas (7) 27-2 741  3. Kentucky 27-2 698  4. Duke (1) 25-4 694  5. Kansas State 24-4 659  6. Purdue 24-4 585  7. Ohio State 23-7 559  8. West Virginia 22-6 526  9. Villanova 23-5 509 10. New Mexico 27-3 494 11. Butler 26-4 480 12. Michigan State 22-7 429 13. Tennessee 21-7 346 14. Gonzaga 24-5 341 15. Brigham Young 26-4 337 16. Temple 24-5 293 17. Wisconsin 21-7 258 18. Pittsburgh 22-7 255 19. Vanderbilt 22-6 246 20. Georgetown 19-8 240 21. UTEP 22-5 121 22. Baylor 22-6 104 23. Maryland 21-7 102 24. Texas A&M 20-8 92 25. Texas 22-7 43AP Top 25  (women) 1. Connecticut (40)  29-0 1000   2. Stanford 27-1 959   3. Nebraska 27-0 920   4. Tennessee 27-2 880   5. Xavier 24-3 822   6. Notre Dame 25-3 764   7. West Virginia 26-3 726   8. Florida State 26-4 708   9. Duke 24-5 692  10. Ohio State 27-4 683  11. Oklahoma 20-8 582  12. Georgetown 24-5 533  13. Iowa State 22-5 509  14. Baylor 21-7 494  15. Texas A&M 20-7 443  16. St. John’s 23-5 385  17. Gonzaga 25-4 286  18. Texas 19-9 274  19. Kentucky 23-6 248  20. Oklahoma State 20-8 214  21. LSU 20-8 189  22. Georgia 22-7 174  23. Hartford 25-3 135  24. Virginia 21-8 96  25. Michigan State 21-8 77