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Wildcats move up to No. 4 in AP hoops poll

Posted at 10:24 AM, Feb 20, 2017
and last updated 2017-02-20 19:16:23-05

After snagging wins at Washington State and Washington, Arizona moved up to No. 4 in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll.

Arizona (25-3, 14-1 Pac-12) moved ahead of Baylor (22-5_, which dropped a game to Kansas and slipped to No. 9. UCLA (24-3, 11-3) and Oregon (24-4. 13-2) are the other ranked Pac-12 teams.

Gonzaga (28-0) remained No. 1, followed by Villanova (26-2) and Kansas (24-3). Louisville (22-5) is seventh, North Carolina (23-5) is eighth and Duke (22-5) is No. 10. 

Arizona hosts Southern Cal (21-6, 8-6) at 8 p.m. Thursday on Pac-12 Arizona and UCLA at 6:15 p.m. Saturday on ESPN.