COLLEGE BASKETBALL : Arkansas Is Back on Top; UCLA No. 8

Arkansas regained the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press poll Monday, the seventh consecutive week with a different team at the top.

UCLA was ranked No. 8.

Arkansas was No. 1 for five consecutive weeks until losing to Alabama on Jan. 8.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Arturas Karnishovas scored 22 points and Seton Hall used strong defense and rebounding to snap a three-game losing streak, beating St. John’s, 67-57, at East Rutherford, N.J. The Pirates, 12-10 overall and 5-9 in the Big East, limited St. John’s (11-11, 5-8) to 33.3% shooting and outrebounded the Redmen, 42-26. . . . Calvin Curry’s three-point shooting led Oklahoma (14-7, 5-4) back from a seven-point deficit in overtime and the Sooners beat Nebraska, 115-111, in a Big Eight game at Norman, Okla. Nebraska is 14-7, 4-5.