Arizona Wildcats retain spot atop national polls

Jan 6, 2014, 8:39 PM | Updated: Jan 7, 2014, 12:19 am

Coach Sean Miller’s Arizona Wildcats are the No. 1 team in the nation for the fifth straight week, according to both the AP Top 25 and USA Today Coaches polls.

The Wildcats are coming off a home sweep of the Washington schools, having beaten the Cougars 60-25 on Thursday and the Huskies 71-62 on Saturday.

At 15-0 (2-0), Arizona received all but five first-place votes in the AP Poll and earned 30 of 32 votes in the USA Today Coaches poll. Other first-place vote-getters included Syracuse and Ohio State.

The Wildcats hit the road this week for a pair of tilts with the Southern California schools, starting with UCLA Thursday night.

 Washington's Perris Blackwell, center, tries to pass the ball to Nigal Williams-Goss (5) against the defense of Arizona's Kaleb Tarczewski, rear, and T.J. McConnell (4) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/John MIller)  Arizona's Nick Johnson (13) tries to shoot against the pressing defense of Washington's Desmond Simmons, left, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/John MIller)  Washington's C.J. Wilcox (23) looks to pass the ball against the jumping defense of Arizona's Nick Johnson, right, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/John MIller)  Washington's Nigel Williams-Goss, front, dribbles past the defense of Arizona's Gabe York (1) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. Arizona won 71-62. (AP Photo/John MIller)  Arizona's Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (23) maneuvers against Shawn Kemp (40) for shot in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014 in Tucson, Ariz. Arizona won 71 - 62. (AP Photo/John MIller)

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