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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 poll for the first time in nearly nine years, making Tommy Lloyd's squad the third team to hold the top spot this season. Last week's No. 1 team, Purdue, slid after an overtime loss at Northwestern.

Arizona claimed 59 of 63 first-place votes to move up one spot, putting the Wildcats comfortably ahead of preseason No. 1 Kansas. The Jayhawks rose three spots to No. 2 with a win against last season's NCAA champion, UConn.

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AP men's basketball Top 25 poll
First-place votes in parenthesis:

TEAM RECORD
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

Arizona hasn't been No. 1 in the AP Top 25 since an eight-week stint that ended in January 2014 under former coach Sean Miller. Lloyd is in his third season after a long run as an assistant at Gonzaga, and his first two teams each spent multiple weeks inside the top five.

"I know when I came to this program, my dream is to make it one of the best in the country," Lloyd said of the possible rise to No. 1 after a weekend win against Colgate. "If you're one of the best in the country, you're going to stumble into being No. 1 once in a while. So you know what? Handle it. And that'll be the message."

Bogyo wrote:We were promised GoK, we want GoK!!!

bwgood77 wrote:I think he disappeared around the time we traded for KD (which included our 23 pick).

bwgood77 wrote:At least AZ is fun to watch. They just cut a 17 pt deficit to 4 in a few minutes. That's very quick in college basketball. And this is against #3 ranked Purdue. It would be really nice to win, but even if they lose, it won't be a bad one...it's on the road too.

Calvin Klein wrote:

bwgood77 wrote:I think he disappeared around the time we traded for KD (which included our 23 pick).

Smart move

SunsRback4Good wrote:

bwgood77 wrote:At least AZ is fun to watch. They just cut a 17 pt deficit to 4 in a few minutes. That's very quick in college basketball. And this is against #3 ranked Purdue. It would be really nice to win, but even if they lose, it won't be a bad one...it's on the road too.

We’re bound to lose sometimes can’t stay #1 in nation all season long. Wildcats only hit six 3’s just a couple more could have given us a chance to win. Oh well, onto the next game against Bama.

How do you watch wildcat games? Cause I don’t have PAC-12 network so I haven’t been watching much last 3 years but try catching games on ABC or ESPN. I paid 5 bucks for peacock to watch the game today. This game should have been nationally televised considered who’s playing. Grr

RaisingArizona wrote:GoKers come back. You can put it all on me