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Arizona Wildcats stand pat at No. 5 in AP Top 25 men's basketball poll

Arizona's Tommy Lloyd has been named The Associated Press men's basketball coach of the year after leading the Wildcats to the Sweet 16 in his first season.
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TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Arizona Wildcats remained No. 5 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll.

Purdue (13-0) retained the top spot, followed by Houston (14-1), Kansas (12-1) and UConn (13-1).

UCLA (13-2) was 10th. Xavier (12-3), coached by former Arizona coach Sean Miller, moved from No. 22 to 18.

Arizona (13-1) hosts Washington at 9 p.m. Thursday.
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