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Arizona basketball remains out of top 25 in latest AP poll

Arizona basketball remains out of top 25 in latest AP poll
Posted at 10:44 AM, Nov 26, 2018
and last updated 2018-11-26 12:44:23-05

Arizona basketball received no votes in the latest AP top 25 college basketball poll.

The Wildcats went 1-2 in Maui Jim Maui Invitational last week.

Gonzaga is the new No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25, leapfrogging Kansas after winning the Maui Invitational.

The Bulldogs were third in last week's poll and moved ahead of No. 2 Kansas following Wednesday's thrilling win over former No. 1 Duke in the Maui title game. Gonzaga received 32 first-place votes from a 65-person media panel in the poll released Monday, edging Kansas by one.

No. 3 Duke received one first-place vote despite the loss to the Zags and No. 4 Virginia the other one after winning the Battle 4 Atlantis title in the Bahamas.

Nevada moved up to No. 5 after winning the Las Vegas Invitational, with Tennessee, Michigan, Auburn, Michigan State and Kentucky rounding out the top 10.

Defending national champion Villanova moved back into the poll at No. 23 after winning the AdvoCare Invitational title.

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 25, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:

1. Gonzaga (32)    6-0    1590    3
    2. Kansas (31)    5-0    1584    2
    3. Duke (1)    5-1    1486    1
    4. Virginia (1)    6-0    1396    4
    5. Nevada    6-0    1329    6
    6. Tennessee    4-1    1284    5
    7. Michigan    6-0    1213    9
    8. Auburn    5-1    1129    8
    9. Michigan St.    5-1    1111    11
    10. Kentucky    5-1    1022    10
    11. North Carolina    6-1    943    7
    12. Kansas St    6-0    936    12
    13. Virginia Tech    5-0    921    13
    14. Iowa    5-0    599    20
    15. Florida St.    5-1    581    14
    16. Ohio St.    6-0    511    23
    17. Texas    5-1    486    -
    18. Oregon    4-1    439    21
    19. Purdue    5-1    387    24
    20. Texas Tech    6-0    380    -
    21. Buffalo    5-0    351    22
    22. Wisconsin    5-1    253    25
    23. Villanova    5-2    217    -
    24. Maryland    6-0    170    -