Arizona guard Josh Green (0) finishes off a fast break with a big slam against Arizona State in the second half of their Pac12 opener at McKale Center, January 4, 2020.

Arizona moved up one spot to No. 24 in the AP Top 25 poll after a blowout win over ASU in its Pac-12 opener.

Colorado moved back into the poll at No 25 after beating Oregon but losing to Oregon State at home. Oregon slipped to No. 9.


Arizona is ranked No. 13 in NET, No. 11 in Kenpom,Β  No. 22 in SagarinΒ and No. 6 in ESPN's BPI. CBS' updatedΒ bracket projection has the Wildcats as a No. 9 seed while ESPN had UA with a No. 5 seed entering the weekend.


Colorado's McKinley Wright was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week after leading the Buffs to a win over Oregon, while Washington's Isaiah Stewart was named conference freshman of the week for the third straight week.

Wright averaged 17.5 points, 9.0 assists and 6.0 rebounds in CU's win over Oregon and loss to Oregon State, while Stewart averaged 21.0 points and 10.5 rebounds in Washington's homecourt loss to UCLA and win over USC.

UA had nominated Zeke Nnaji for both awards after he had 17 points and 11 rebounds in the Wildcats' 75-47 win over ASU.


FWIW, here was the ballot I submitted to the AP:

1 Duke

2 Gonzaga

3 Kansas

4 Baylor

5 San Diego State

6 Auburn

7 Maryland

8 Michigan State

9 Oregon

10 Ohio State

11 Kentucky

12 Louisville

13 Villanova

14 Virginia

15 Butler

16 West Virginia

17 Florida State

18 Wichita State

19 Penn State

20 Memphis

21 Michigan

22 Dayton

23 Arkansas

24 Iowa

25 Texas Tech


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