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It is Arizona’s turn to sit atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll.The Wildcats rose to No. 1 in Monday’s survey for the first time in nearly nine years, making Tommy Lloyd’s squad the 3rd group to hold the top area this season. Recently’s No. 1 team, Purdue, moved after an overtime loss at Northwestern.Arizona declared 59 of 63 first-place votes to go up one spot, putting the Wildcats comfortably ahead of preseason No. 1 Kansas. The Jayhawks rose three areas to No. 2 with a win against last season’s NCAA champion, UConn.Editor’s Picks 2 Related Arizona hasn’t been No. 1 in the AP Top 25 considering that an eight-week stint that ended in January 2014 under former coach Sean Miller.

Lloyd is in his 3rd season after a long run as an assistant at Gonzaga, and his first two groups each spent multiple weeks inside the top five.” I understand when I pertained to this program, my dream is to make it among the very best in the nation, “Lloyd said of the possible rise to No. 1 after a weekend win against Colgate.” If you are among the best in the country, you’re going to stumble into being No. 1 once in a while. So you understand what? Handle it. And that’ll be the message. “Team Tape 1. Arizona( 59)7-0 2. Kansas(1)7-1 3. Houston(3) 8-0 4. Purdue 7-1 5. UConn 7-1 6. Baylor 8-0 7. Gonzaga 6-1 8. Marquette 6-2

9. North Carolina 7-1 10. Creighton 7-1 11. Florida Atlantic 7-1 12. Texas 6-1 13.

Colorado State 8-0 14. BYU 7-0 15. Miami 6-1 16. Kentucky 6-2 17. Tennessee 4-3 18. James Madison 8-0 19. Oklahoma 7-0 20. Illinois 6-1 21. Texas A&M 6-2 22. Duke 5-3 23. Wisconsin 6-2 24. Clemson 7-0 25. San Diego State 7-1 It was a hectic day for the poll: No team in the Leading 25 was in the exact same spot it was a week ago.Houston increased three areas to No. 3, while the Boilermakers fell to fourth after the Northwestern loss. UConn slid only one spot to No. 5 after the loss at Kansas , followed by Baylor.Gonzaga and North Carolina broke

the top 10 for the first time this season.The Bulldogs leapt four areas to No. 7 after a neutral-court

win versus USC. The Tar Heels leapt 8 areas to No. 9 after beating Tennessee in the ACC/SEC Difficulty, followed by a home comeback win versus Florida State.The Tar Heels’leap marked the week’s greatest jump, though No. 13 Colorado State was right behind them after increasing seven spots on the strength of

its 8-0 start. There was likewise a six-spot rise for No. 19 Oklahoma, that made its survey launching last week.In all, 14 teams climbed from recently’s survey, consisting of No. 10 Creighton increasing 5 areas to rejoin the top 10 after spending the first 3 polls at No. 8. Duke took the greatest tumble of the week, 15 areas to

land at No. 22 after a pair of road losses versus unranked challengers.

First came a loss at Arkansas, then a loss at Georgia Tech after beginning point guard Tyrese Proctor went down with an early ankle injury.No. 15 Miami, No. 17 Tennessee and No. 21 Texas A&M each fell seven spots.Three new groups joined this week’s rankings.Wisconsin leapt in at No. 23 after beating then-No. 3 Marquette at home, pushing the Badgers to 5 straight wins. Clemson followed at No. 24 amidst a 7-0 start, while San Diego State is back in the survey at No. 25 for the very first time because sitting at No. 17 in the preseason.Villanova(No. 18), Mississippi State (No. 21 )and Alabama(No. 23) fell out of the poll.CONFERENCE view The Big 12 led all conferences with 6 ranked teams, consisting of No. 12 Texas and No. 14 BYU.The ACC was next with four groups, followed by the Big Ten, Big East and Southeastern

conferences with three each. The Mountain West Conference had 2 ranked teams, while the Pac-12, American Athletic, Sun Belt and West Coast each had one.