College Basketball
Arizona and Syracuse made the most significant jumps in the first Associated Press college basketball poll of the regular season. Arizona, ranked No. 3 in the preseason poll, defeated No. 2 Arkansas to win the Big Apple NIT, and moved to No. 2 behind Nevada Las Vegas.
Syracuse defeated Indiana for the Maui championship and moved from No. 13 to No. 7. The loss dropped Indiana from No. 8 to No. 10.
Arkansas fell only to No. 3, perhaps because it defeated No. 15 Oklahoma and No. 6 Duke en route to the NIT championship game. With its losses, Oklahoma dropped three notches to No. 18 and Duke two places to No. 8.
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