AP Men's Basketball Poll, March 6: UCLA climbs after win over Arizona
UCLA has its highest ranking in the AP Top 25 since November 2021.
The Bruins beat No. 8 Arizona 82-73 on Saturday to cap the regular season at 27-4 and 18-2 in conference play. And with Alabama losing to Texas A&M, the Bruins rose up two spots to No. 2 in the country in the latest media poll released on Monday. UCLA received three first-place votes
The Wildcats (25-6, 14-6 Pac-12) held at No. 8 in the media poll. No other Pac-12 teams landed in the ranking, though USC received five votes in the poll. The Trojans landed at No. 23 in one voter’s poll and No. 24 in another.
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— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) March 6, 2023
Postseason basketball gets underway this week with the Pac-12 Tournament set to open in Las Vegas on Wednesday. UCLA, Arizona, and USC grabbed the top three seeds in the tournament, respectively, and received firs-round byes as a result.
The full AP Top 25 can be found below. First-place votes are in parentheses.
- Houston (58)
- UCLA (3)
- Kansas
- Alabama
- Purdue
- Marquette
- Texas
- Arizona
- Gonzaga
- Baylor
- UConn
- Kansas State
- Virginia
- Miami (FL)
- Xavier
- Saint Mary’s
- Tennessee
- Texas A&M
- Indiana
- San Diego State
- Duke
- TCU
- Kentucky
- Creighton
- Missouri
Receiving votes: Oral Roberts 54, Florida Atlantic 53, Utah State 32, Providence 26, Iowa State 23, Northwestern 16, West Virginia 15, Toledo 10, Pittsburgh 10, Charleston 9, Michigan State 9, VCU 8, Boise State 7, Iowa 5, USC 5, Vanderbilt 3, Maryland 3, Memphis 3, Arkansas 2, North Texas 1, Drake 1