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Arizona Wildcats keep top spot in national polls

Jan 13, 2014, 8:37 PM | Updated: 8:38 pm

A road sweep of the Los Angeles schools has kept the Arizona Wildcats atop the national polls for a sixth consecutive week.

Sean Miller’s club knocked off UCLA 79-75 Thursday and USC 73-53 Sunday, improving their record to 17-0 (4-0).

Arizona received 61 of a possible 65 first place votes in the AP Poll, with 16-0 Syracuse receiving the other four. Over in the Coaches Poll, the Wildcats earned 30 of a possible 32 votes, with the remaining two being split between Syracuse and 15-1 Michigan State.

The Wildcats will next take the court Thursday at home against rival Arizona State (13-4, 2-2).

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