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College basketball rankings: Arizona slips in AP poll after loss to ASU
A 3-quarter-court shot to beat the buzzer by Arizona State stored the Solar Devils fairly alive in relation to their postseason hopes.
For his or her rivals, the shedding Wildcats (24-5), the 89-88 last line at McKale Middle on Saturday is one other ding that mixed with a UCLA victory towards Colorado later within the weekend price Arizona a possibility to win the Pac-12 regular-season title.
It additionally price the Wildcats a bit within the polls. The Related Press rankings slid Arizona down a spot, to eighth, because the Baylor Bears jumped Tommy Lloyd’s crew.
The highest 5 spots in The Related Press males’s faculty basketball ballot remained the identical. The remainder of the AP High 25 was an enormous jumble.
Houston was No. 1 for the second straight week within the ballot launched Monday, receiving 49 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel. No. 2 Alabama had 5 first-place votes and No. 3 Kansas obtained eight.
UCLA and Purdue rounded out the highest 5. The Boilermakers held at No. 5 regardless of shedding to No. 15 Indiana.
The Related Press contributed to this story.
Males’s faculty basketball AP rankings
| Crew | File | Pts | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Houston (49) | 27-2 | 1531 | 1 |
| 2. Alabama (5) | 25-4 | 1456 | 2 |
| 3. Kansas (8) | 24-5 | 1445 | 3 |
| 4. UCLA | 25-4 | 1391 | 4 |
| 5. Purdue | 24-5 | 1200 | 5 |
| 6. Marquette | 23-6 | 1173 | 10 |
| 7. Baylor | 21-8 | 1099 | 9 |
| 8. Arizona | 24-5 | 1091 | 7 |
| 9. Texas | 22-7 | 1077 | 8 |
| 10. Gonzaga | 25-5 | 1026 | 12 |
| 11. Kansas St | 22-7 | 1002 | 14 |
| 12. Tennessee | 21-8 | 736 | 11 |
| 13. Virginia | 21-6 | 718 | 6 |
| 14. UConn | 22-7 | 714 | 18 |
| 15. Indiana | 20-9 | 697 | 17 |
| 16. Miami | 23-6 | 668 | 13 |
| 17. Saint Mary’s | 25-6 | 592 | 15 |
| 18. San Diego St. | 23-5 | 552 | 22 |
| 19. Xavier | 21-8 | 505 | 16 |
| 20. Windfall | 21-8 | 299 | 20 |
| 21. Maryland | 20-9 | 184 | – |
| 22. TCU | 19-10 | 173 | 24 |
| 23. Kentucky | 20-9 | 162 | – |
| 24. Texas A&M | 21-8 | 161 | 25 |
| 25. Pittsburgh | 21-8 | 140 | – |
Others receiving votes: Creighton 87, Duke 78, Oral Roberts 40, Northwestern 39, FAU 25, Iowa St. 20, Nevada 17, Missouri 16, Arkansas 7, NC State 6, Coll of Charleston 6, Clemson 5, Memphis 4, Southern Cal 3, Boise St. 3, VCU 1, West Virginia 1.