College basketball rankings: Arizona jumps into top 5, Grand Canyon builds steam

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The Arizona Wildcats leaped from eighth to fifth in the latest men’s college basketball rankings released by The Associated Press on Monday.

Arizona (19-5) extended its winning streak to five games after surviving a three-overtime game against Utah on Thursday before blowing out Colorado by 20 points Saturday.

The Wildcats jumped Kansas, North Carolina and Tennessee in the rankings.

Tommy Lloyd’s team is 10-3 in Pac-12 play and a game ahead of second-place Washington State, the only other team in the conference to receive top 25 votes. The Cougars are five slots out of the top 25 with 82 points.

Washington State and Arizona meet in 10 days, after the Wildcats host rival Arizona State this coming Saturday.

The Wildcats aren’t the only team representing the state of Arizona in terms of AP recognition. Grand Canyon (22-2) is 13 spots out of the top 25 but did receive 13 points in the rankings.

At 12-1 in WAC play and two games up on Tarleton State, the Antelopes have also won five in a row and this past week defeated Souther Utah 94-65.

AP college basketball rankings – Feb. 12

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	Record	Pts	Prv
1. UConn (45)	22-2	1509	1
2. Purdue (16)	22-2	1480	2
3. Houston	21-3	1386	5
4. Marquette	18-5	1273	7
5. Arizona	19-5	1241	8
6. Kansas	19-5	1227	4
7. North Carolina	19-5	1216	3
8. Tennessee	17-6	1033	6
9. Duke	18-5	1025	9
10. Iowa St.	18-5	969	14
11. South Carolina	21-3	921	15
12. Baylor	17-6	811	13
13. Auburn	19-5	799	12
14. Illinois	17-6	728	10
15. Alabama	17-7	618	16
16. Dayton	19-4	425	18
17. Creighton	17-7	410	19
18. Saint Mary’s	20-6	296	–
19. BYU	17-6	294	21
20. Wisconsin	16-8	249	11
21. Virginia	19-5	218	–
22. Kentucky	16-7	217	17
23. Indiana St	22-3	209	–
24. FAU	19-5	206	20
25. Oklahoma	18-6	178	–

Others receiving votes in the AP men’s college basketball rankings: Utah St. 160, Colorado St. 145, Texas Tech 111, San Diego St. 84, Washington St. 82, Clemson 57, Nevada 57, Gonzaga 50, New Mexico 27, Florida 19, Michigan St. 17, Texas A&M 16, Grand Canyon 13, Mississippi 12, TCU 10, Texas 9, Memphis 8, South Florida 7, Northwestern 2, UNC Wilmington 1.

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