UCLA moves up to No

UCLA is rising, both towards the postseason and in the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll.While Houston was No. 1 for a third straight week in Monday’s poll, the Bruins rose two areas to No. 2 for their highest ranking of the season. UCLA (27-4) has actually won its past 10 games, consisting of a face-off with extremely ranked Arizona in the regular-season finale behind star Jaime Jaquez Jr. to complete a perfect home record.

“I will state this, the recipe for success in March generally– I suggest, aside from talent– is a fantastic point player and some senior management, like a person like Jaime Jaquez,” UCLA coach Mick Cronin said later. “I indicate, we’ve got a possibility. However as you understand, that competition’s insane. It isn’t ‘March Normal.'”

during the Phi Slama Jama age, however the Cougars have actually now invested an overall of 7 weeks on top to tie Purdue for the many of any team this season.Houston(29-2 )liquidated its regular-season schedule

by winning at Memphis on a last-second basket Sunday, marking its 11th straight win.THE TOP TIER The only modification in the top 5 featured UCLA trading locations with No. 4 Alabama, with Kansas staying at No. 3 regardless of a loss at Texas in Saturday’s regular-season ending and the Boilermakers staying at fifth.Marquette stayed at No. 6, followed by the Longhorns climbing up 2 spots to No. 7. Arizona, Gonzaga and Baylor rounded out the

leading 10. INCREASING Texas A&M is the week’s most significant climber, jumping 6 areas to No. 18 after beating Alabama in its regular-season ending. That belongs to a strong finish under fourth-year coach Buzz Williams, with the Aggies going 17-3

because mid-December and losing just as soon as because the start of February. Prior to this season, Texas A&M hadn’t been ranked since February 2018. In

all, 8 groups climbed up from recently’s positions.Editor’s Picks

2 Associated MOVING Tennessee took the week’s most significant tumble,

falling five spots to No. 17

after losing at

Auburn in its

regular-season finale and its very first full game because losing Zakai Zeigler to a season-ending knee injury. Indiana was next, falling four spots to No. 19 after losing in your home to Iowa by 22 points.In all, six teams slid from their rankings last week.STATUS QUO Nearly one-third of recently’s ranked teams( 8 )remained in their same positions, including No. 13 Virginia, No. 22 TCU and No. 23 Kentucky.WELCOME BACK The week’s 3 additions are all returnees to the poll, headlined by No. 21 Duke.The Blue Devils (23-8) returned to the poll for the first time given that falling out in mid-January after opening the year at No.

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coach Jon Scheyer has actually led Duke to 6 straight wins to liquidate the routine season, including Saturday’s win at North Carolina for a rivalry sweep that wounded UNC’s undecided NCAA competition hopes.Creighton signed in at No. 24, returning after a one-week absence for a third stint in the survey this season. Next came 25th-ranked Missouri, which won its last 4 regular-season games to return to the poll after investing two weeks there in the very first half of January.FAREWELL( FOR NOW )Providence(No. 20), Maryland

(No. 21)and Pittsburgh (No. 25) left today. All 3 will be playing in their conference competitions this week.CONFERENCE enjoy The Huge 12 and SEC shared the lead today with five ranked groups each, though 3 of the Big 12’s group were inside the top 10. The Big East was next with four ranked teams, including No.

11 UConn. The Atlantic Coast Conference had 3, followed by the Big 10, Pac-12 and West Coast conferences with two each.The American Athletic and Mountain West conferences each had one ranked team.ONE MORE Next week’s survey marks the final edition for the 2022-23 season.