No. 3 is nice. No. 2 is even better. And No. 1 may not be far off.
Arizona men’s basketball (6-0) moved up to No. 2 in the Associated Press poll Monday after defeating Michigan State and UT Arlington last week. Purdue is ranked No. 1 after winning the Maui Invitational.
The two programs are set to meet in Indianapolis on Dec. 16 in what could be a matchup of the No. 1 vs. No. 2 teams.
Purdue received 60 of 61 first-place votes, with one going to Arizona and two to UConn. Arizona got 1,467 points, up from 1,387 last week.