Arizona basketball: Wildcats slide up to 4th in AP and Coaches polls

Moving up one more spot

After a road sweep in Washington, the Arizona Wildcats have moved up one more spot in this week’s AP Poll, jumping up to No. 4.

They are also fourth in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

Here’s a look at the complete Top 25s:

All three Pac-12 schools stayed in order, moving up a spot thanks to Baylor’s two losses against Texas Tech and Kansas. The UCLA Bruins are now No. 5, and the Oregon Ducks are No. 6 in the AP Poll.

In front of Arizona are the undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs, the 26-2 Villanova Wildcats, and the 24-3 Kansas Jayhawks. In Joe Lunardi’s latest bracketology, Arizona is the 2-seed in the Midwest Region, setting up a potential meeting with Kansas in Kansas City in the Elite Eight. There’s also Duke sitting there in the Sweet Sixteen.

On Bracket Matrix, Arizona is currently a composite 2-seed, the eighth-ranked team in the country.

This latest poll also sets up a top-five matchup for College GameDay on Saturday when UCLA comes to Tucson. It will be the first top-five matchup in the Pac-12 since 2008. That game will start at approximately 6:15 PM MT.

But first, the Wildcats take on the USC Trojans Thursday evening. That game will begin at 8 PM MT on Pac-12 Networks.

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