Arizona ranked 3rd in latest AP Poll
Reporter: Jason Barr, Sports Director
TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) The 11-0 Arizona Wildcats move up one spot to 3rd in the latest Assoicated Press college basketball poll.
Duke and Michigan remain the top two teams in while Syracuse drops from third to ninth after its first loss.
The Blue Devils received all but two of the first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel. Michigan got the others.
Arizona, Louisville and Indiana all moved up one place to third through fifth. Kansas, which won at Ohio State, moved from ninth to sixth. Missouri, which beat Illinois, jumped from 12th to seventh. Cincinnati advanced from 11th to eighth. Syracuse, which lost to Temple, and Ohio State complete the top 10.
San Diego State, which plays the Wildcats Tuesday night in the finals of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, is ranked 17th.
Pittsburgh and Kansas State are the newcomers to the poll at 24th and 25th. They replace New Mexico and North Carolina, which dropped out from 16th and 23rd after losses to South Dakota State and Texas.
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