Purdue remained at No. 1 and Arizona rose two spots to No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll released Monday. The Boilermakers (6-0) held firm after a dominating 86-56 victory over then-No. 15 Texas Tech on Friday to win the Baha Mar Championship in Nassau, Bahamas. The Wildcats (5-0) won […]
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Purdue remains No. 1, Arizona rises to No. 2
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Purdue remained at No. 1 and Arizona rose two spots to No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll released Monday.
The Boilermakers (6-0) held firm after a dominating 86-56 victory over then-No. 15 Texas Tech on Friday to win the Baha Mar Championship in Nassau, Bahamas.
The Wildcats (5-0) won their second game over the third-ranked team this season when they won 71-67 at UConn on Wednesday. Arizona already has three Top 25 wins on the season, including wins over UCLA and then-No. 3 Florida.
Houston (5-0) fell one spot to No. 3, Duke (7-0) rose one spot to No. 4 and the Huskies (5-1) fell two spots to No. 5.
Louisville (5-0), Michigan (4-0), Alabama (3-1), BYU (4-1) and Florida (4-1) round out the updated top 10.
Michigan State (5-0) was the biggest riser of the week, jumping up six spots to No. 11 after its convincing 83-66 win over Kentucky in New York on Tuesday. The Wildcats (4-2) had the biggest fall, dropping seven spots to No. 19.
Texas Tech (4-2) tumbled five spots to No. 20 after the Purdue loss.
Vanderbilt and Indiana entered the poll in the final two spots, replacing Wisconsin and Kansas.
The rest of the AP Top 25:
12. Gonzaga (5-0)
13. Illinois (5-1)
14. St. John’s (3-1)
15. Iowa State (4-0)
16. North Carolina (5-0)
17. Tennessee (5-0)
18. UCLA (5-1)
19. Kentucky (4-2)
20. Texas Tech (4-2)
21. Auburn (4-1)
22. Arkansas (5-1)
23. North Carolina State (4-0)
24. Vanderbilt (5-0)
25. Indiana (5-0)
–Field Level Media