Tubby Smith is used to coaching Top 25 teams. He’ll be doing it again in just his second season at Minnesota.

The Golden Gophers moved into The Associated Press’ college basketball poll Monday, their first appearance in the rankings since December 2002.

“It’s a good way to start the holiday season,” Smith said Monday. “I’m sure the kids are excited about it, you can tell in their disposition. We’ve got a great group of kids and this will help the school, help recruiting. At Kentucky, we were ranked year in and year out so this is a different dynamic for this program and how we handle it will be critical.”

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Nice to finally see one of Minnesota's basketball teams succeed! :-)