Arizona's road sweep at Washington and Washington State earned the Wildcats a spot back in the AP Top 25 poll at No. 23. 

The Wildcats have been ranked all but two weeks this season, dropping out on Jan. 13 after being swept in Oregon and on Jan. 27 after losing at ASU.

This week, Oregon dropped from 11 to 14 after losing at Stanford, while Colorado dropped from 20 to 24 after losing at UCLA but beating USC in Los Angeles.

The top four spots remained the same -- Baylor was No. 1, followed by Gonzaga, Kansas and San Diego State -- while Louisville moved from No. 6 to 5 after Florida State dropped from 5 to 8 after losing at Virginia.


In the computer rankings, Arizona is No. 8 in the NET, 10 in Torvik, 11 in Kenpom and 18 in Sagarin.


FWIW, I also moved Arizona back in at 23. Here's the full ballot I sent to the AP:

1 Baylor

2 Gonzaga

3 Kansas

4 San Diego State

5 Louisville

6 Duke

7 Maryland

8 Dayton

9 Florida State

10 Auburn

11 Villanova

12 Oregon

13 Kentucky

14 Michigan State

15 West Virginia

16 Iowa

17 Seton Hall

18 Illinois

19 Butler

20 LSU

21 Wichita State

22 Creighton

23 Arizona

24 Colorado

25 Houston


Nico Mannion was left off the Bob Cousy midseason Top 10 list for the nation's top point guard. Colorado's McKinley Wright and Oregon's Payton Pritchard were among those who made the cut.

Also named: Baylor's Jared Butler, Duke's Tre Jones, Iowa State's Tyrese Haliburton, Kansas' Devon Dotson, Kentucky's Ashton Hagans, Marquette's Markus Howard, Michigan State's Cassius Winston and San Diego State's Malachi Flynn.


Neither Mannion nor Stone Gettings were able to pick up weekly Pac-12 awards Monday, despite UA nominating them after the Wildcats' sweep.

Stanford's Oscar da Silva was named Pac-12 Player of the Week over Gettings and Cal's Matt Bradley after averaging 24.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in the Cardinal's win over Oregon and loss to OSU. He had 27 and 15 in Stanford's upset of Oregon.

Gettings averaged 16 points and 7.5 rebounds, with 19 points and 12 rebounds against WSU on Saturday.

Meanwhile, UCLA's Jaime Jaquez won Pac-12 Freshman of the Week after averaging 15.5 points and 5.5 rebounds while shooting 50 percent from the field and hitting 15 of 16 free throws combined in UCLA's home sweep of Colorado and Utah.

Mannion averaged 15 points and 4.5 assists while shooting 40.9% from the field in the Wildcats' sweep of UW and WSU.

The Wildcats will face UCLA this Saturday and Stanford on the following Saturday, Feb. 15.


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