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Arizona State basketball slips to No. 21 in AP Poll; UA jumps to 11th

Jan 22, 2018, 10:20 AM | Updated: 4:58 pm

Arizona State's Shannon Evans II (11) shoots between California's Darius McNeill, left, and Justice...

Arizona State's Shannon Evans II (11) shoots between California's Darius McNeill, left, and Justice Sueing during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

(AP Photo/Ben Margot)

After a weekend split in the Bay Area, the Arizona State Sun Devils have dropped another five spots to 21st in the Associated Press Poll released Monday.

ASU (15-4, 3-4 Pac-12) entered the week No. 16 in last week’s AP rankings. The Sun Devils followed an 86-77 loss to the Stanford Cardinal on Wednesday with a 81-73 victory Saturday over a California Golden Bears squad that has one Pac-12 win in seven games thus far.

Meanwhile, the Arizona Wildcats (16-4) jumped from 14th to 11th in the poll.

They swept their road series by hammering Cal, 79-58, before rallying for a 73-71 win at Stanford to take the Pac-12 lead with a 6-1 conference record.

Villanova remains No. 1 in the AP Poll, and like last week it is followed by Virginia and Purdue to round out the top-3. Oklahoma tumbled out of fourth place to 12th after losses to Kansas State and Oklahoma State.

The Sooners’ freefall moved previous fifth-ranked Duke to fourth, while Kansas jumped from 10th to fifth with wins over previously-sixth-ranked West Virginia and Baylor.

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