Arizona Wildcats remain No. 3 in Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll
Arizona remained No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll , after beating Southern, Belmont and Texas-Arlington over the past week.
The Wildcats had jumped from No. 12 to No. 3 last week after winning at Duke on Nov. 10. They'll face Michigan State on Thursday in Thousand Palms, Calif., but the Spartans dropped from 18 to 21 after losing to Duke last week.
MSU was ranked No. 4 in the preseason poll but dropped precipitously after losing to James Madison in its Nov. 6 season opener.
Of the Wildcats' other nonconference opponents this season, Purdue stayed at No. 2 behind No. 1 Kansas while Duke stayed at No. 9 and Alabama moved from 22 to 17.
Among Pac-12 teams, Colorado jumped from 25 to 18, while USC fell from 16 to 23. UCLA picked up the 30th most points in voting.
FWIW, here is my ballot .
The Wildcats nominated Kylan Boswell for Pac-12 Player of the Week and Motiejus Krivas for Freshman of the Week.
Krivas is one of the top freshman candidates after averaging 14.0 points and 6.0 rebounds while shooting 73.9% from the field in the Wildcats' three wins last week. The 7-footer from Lithuania also recorded three steals and four blocks during the week.
