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02/16 12:01 CST Michigan rises to No. 1 in AP Top 25 men's hoops poll for 1st
time since January 2013
Michigan rises to No. 1 in AP Top 25 men's hoops poll for 1st time since
January 2013
By AARON BEARD
AP Basketball Writer
Michigan is No. 1 in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll for the
first time in 13 years, ending Arizona's nine-week reign.
The Wolverines (24-1) claimed 60 of 61 first-place votes in Monday's poll to
climb one spot and supplant the Wildcats, who were unbeaten entering last week
before falling at Kansas and at home to Texas Tech.
"Not much," coach Dusty May said when asked by the AP after Saturday's rout of
UCLA about the significance of potentially topping the poll. "It means we
haven't drank our own Kool-Aid. We've put ourselves in a position to be playing
the types of games in mid-February that we want to be in, but we've got to
continue to improve."
Michigan had been ranked No. 2 behind Arizona for six of Arizona's nine weeks
at the top but was No. 1 in analytics rankings by KenPom, Evan Miyakawa and
Bart Torvik last week.
Now the Wolverines have their first AP No. 1 ranking since January 2013.
Houston and Duke each moved up one spot to sit behind Michigan, with the
second-ranked Cougars claiming the remaining first-place vote. The Wolverines
and Blue Devils are set to meet this weekend in a marquee nonconference matchup
in the nation's capital.
Arizona dropped three spots to No. 4. UConn was next at No. 5, followed by Iowa
State, Purdue, Kansas, Nebraska and Illinois to round out the top 10.
Wisconsin went from receiving no votes in last week's poll to No. 24 after
back-to-back wins against top-10 opponents Illinois and Michigan State last
week. Alabama was the other new addition at No. 25.
Clemson (No. 20) and Kentucky (No. 25) fell out of last week's poll.
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