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Despite Oregon State loss, CU Buffs basketball returns to AP Top 25; McKinley Wright IV wins weekly honor

Evidently, voters for the weekly AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll found Colorado’s win against fourth-ranked Oregon far more impressive than Sunday’s home loss against Oregon State was disconcerting.

It didn’t dissuade voters for the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week award, either.

Despite the collapse at home in a Pac-12 showdown against Oregon State, the Buffs re-entered the weekly Top 25 on Monday, checking in at No. 25 with 81 points in the vote after leading the others receiving votes category last week with 74 points.

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Additionally, junior point guard McKinley Wright IV was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week on Monday after about 72 dominant minutes against Oregon and Oregon State and eight tough ones down the stretch of Sunday’s loss against Oregon State.