Bruins Get One Vote for No. 1 in AP Poll
UCLA’s victory over Arizona Saturday hardly made a ripple in the Associated Press basketball poll, and that is fine with Coach Jim Harrick.
The Bruins, whose 89-87 victory ended seventh-ranked Arizona’s 71-game winning streak at the McKale Center, got the only first-place vote top-ranked Duke didn’t get.
“In no way, shape or form should we be ranked ahead of Duke,” Harrick said.
“We’re not fighting for a high ranking now. It’s more important in college basketball to be ranked at the end of the year.”
Sixteen ranked teams lost a total of 18 games last week, creating a major shakeup in the poll.
Duke (10-0), one of four unbeaten Division I teams, got 63 of 64 first-place votes and 1,599 points from the nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters.
UCLA totaled 1,531 points to remain second and Oklahoma State (14-0) held third.
Tulane (11-0), which jumped from 24th to 19th after making the rankings for the first time in 43 years, is the fourth undefeated team.
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