Arizona guard Kerr Kriisa (25) searches for an open teammate from the top of the key against Cal Baptist in the second half of their NCAA men's basketball game at McKale Center, Tucson, Ariz.., December 18, 2021.

After beating Northern Colorado and California Baptist to improve to 11-0, Arizona rose two spots to No. 6 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.

The Wildcats leapfrogged Kansas (9-1), which remained at No. 7, while Alabama fell from No. 6 to No. 10 after losing to Memphis.

The No. 6 ranking is Arizona's highest since the Wildcats were No. 2 on Nov. 20, 2017 before they lost three games in the Battle 4 Atlantis early that season.

Also this week, UCLA (9-1) dropped from No. 4 to No. 5, while USC (12-0) moved from No. 10 to No. 8 but no other Pac-12 teams received votes.

FWIW, I also had Arizona at No. 6 on my AP ballot.


USC's Chavez Goodwin was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week after averaging 18 points and seven rebounds in the Trojans' wins over UC Irvine and Georgia Tech. UA had nominated Azuolas Tubelis.

Stanford's Harrison Ingram was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week.


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