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Arizona men’s basketball moves up in AP poll after pair of ranked wins
Arizona men’s basketball’s wins over BYU and Houston last week have the Wildcats in pole position for a number one seed, but they weren’t quite enough to move the UA back to the top of Associated Press poll.
Arizona is ranked No. 2 in this week’s AP top 25, behind No. 1 Duke. Arizona received five first-place votes to Duke’s 56.
Michigan is ranked No. 3 following its loss to Duke. Behind the Wolverines are the two Big 12 programs trailing Arizona in the conference standings: No. 4 Iowa State and No. 5 Houston.
Other Big 12 programs ranked this week are No. 14 Kansas, No. 16 Texas Tech and No. 23 BYU.
Arizona is the top 5 for the 15th consecutive week, tied for the 3rd-longest streak in school history. The longest is 25 in a row, across the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons.
The Wildcats are back in action Tuesday when they take on Baylor in Waco, Texas at 7 p.m. MST on ESPN2.