The last time ASU was ranked top 10 in basketball: Muhammad Ali was still boxing, MTV hadn't launched yet
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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
UpdatedLute Olson was coaching at Iowa
UpdatedSean Miller was 12 years old
UpdatedRaiders beat the Eagles in Super Bowl XV
UpdatedEarth, Wind & Fire was popular
UpdatedRonald Reagan was president
UpdatedSandra Day O'Connor became first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court
UpdatedFarrah Fawcett's poster was in college dorm rooms across the country
UpdatedThe Jeffersons was on TV
UpdatedMagic Johnson was in second season with the Lakers
UpdatedByron Scott was ASU's point guard
UpdatedJustin Timberlake was born
UpdatedMTV was still in the works, didn't launch until August
UpdatedMichael Jackson and Diana Ross were popular soul artists
UpdatedGas was $1.35
UpdatedWalter Cronkite retired from CBS Evening News
UpdatedMs. Pac Man was introduced
UpdatedSuperman II hit the big screen
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