The last time ASU was ranked top 10 in basketball: Muhammad Ali was still boxing, MTV hadn't launched yet
The new AP Top 25 was released Monday and while the Arizona Wildcats returned to No. 23, Arizona State is sitting pretty at No. 5, jumping 11 spots after the upset win on the road against Kansas.Β
The last time ASU was ranked in the top 10 was in 1981. Check out what was relevant in America at the time:
By Justin Spears / Arizona Daily Star
Muhammad Ali was still boxing
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Lute Olson was coaching at Iowa
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Sean Miller was 12 years old
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Raiders beat the Eagles in Super Bowl XV
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Earth, Wind & Fire was popular
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Ronald Reagan was president
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Sandra Day O'Connor became first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court
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Farrah Fawcett's poster was in college dorm rooms across the country
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The Jeffersons was on TV
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Magic Johnson was in second season with the Lakers
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Byron Scott was ASU's point guard
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Justin Timberlake was born
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MTV was still in the works, didn't launch until August
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Michael Jackson and Diana Ross were popular soul artists
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Gas was $1.35
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Walter Cronkite retired from CBS Evening News
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Ms. Pac Man was introduced
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Superman II hit the big screen
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