The chaos and uncertainty of college basketball worked against Arizona earlier this month, but now it’s helping the Wildcats climb back up the national rankings.
The UA has moved back to No. 6 in the latest Associated Press Top 25, up one spot from a week ago and one place shy of its top ranking of the season. The Wildcats (19-3, 8-3 Pac-12) were No. 4 going into December before losing their conference opener at Utah.
Arizona pulled off a road sweep this past weekend, winning 63-58 at Washington State (to avenge a home loss to the Cougars) and then blowing out Washington 95-72.