Minnesota’s women’s basketball team entered the Top 25 for the first time this season on Monday on the heels of an eight-game winning streak, ranked No. 23 in this week’s Associated Press poll.

With a 83-60 victory at Wisconsin on Sunday, the Gophers improved to 20-6 overall, 11-4 in the Big Ten Conference.

Minnesota received 104 votes in the poll. The Gophers are host to No. 10 Ohio State at Williams Arena on Wednesday night, and to No. 18 Michigan State on Sunday afternoon.

The Gophers were ranked for two weeks last season but went 3-9 down the stretch and were left out of the NCAA tournament. Minnesota then won the Women’s Basketball Invitation tournament and finished with a program-best 25 wins in coach Dawn Plitzuweit’s second season.

Four other Big Ten teams appeared in the poll: No. 2 UCLA, No. 6 Michigan, No. 13 Iowa and No. 14 Maryland.

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