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Arizona men’s basketball climbs in Associated Press Top 25

Arizona pulled off something it hadn’t done in 20 years last week, and the voters rewarded it for that feat.

The Wildcats (19-2, 9-1 Pac-12) is ranked No. 4 in the Associated Press Top 25, up three spots from a week agol. The jump came after beating then-No. 3 UCLA and then-No. 19 USC at McKale Center, marking the first time they’ve beaten a pair of Top 20 conference opponents in the same weekend since 2002.

Arizona leapfrogged two teams—Kentucky and Houston—that did not lose last week, while also moving ahead of UCLA, which fell to No.