Arizona center Oumar Ballo dunks against Washington during the second half Saturday in Seattle. Ballo hit all nine of his shots for 21 points.

After its weekend sweep in Washington, Arizona moved up a spot from No. 6 to No. 5 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.

The Wildcats also were assigned a No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed in CBS' latest bracket projection on Friday but neither it nor ESPN (UA at No. 2) has updated since Friday.

In the computer metrics, Arizona ranks No. 7 in Sagarin, No. 9 in Torvik, No. 10 in the NET, and No. 11 in Kenpom.

Among UA opponents in the Top 25, UCLA dropped from No. 8 to No. 9 after losing at USC, while Tennessee moved up from No. 4 to No. 2.

FWIW, I also had UA at No. 5 on my AP ballot.


USC's Boogie Ellis was named Pac-12 Player of the Week after scoring 31 points in the Trojans' 77-64 win over UCLA. Arizona had nominated Kerr Kriisa, who averaged 16.5 points and 4.0 assists while hitting a combined 11 for 21 from 3-point range in the Wildcats' weekend sweep in Washington.

OSU's Jordan Pope was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week after averaging 15.0 points in the Beavers' loss to Utah and win over Colorado.

McKale Center was built at the University of Arizona in the early 1970s. There have been updates through the years.


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