Gonzaga has completed a start-to-finish run atop The Associated Press men's college basketball poll.
Coach Mark Few's Bulldogs (26-0) received all 60 first-place votes to stay atop Monday's final poll, becoming the first team since Kentucky in 2014-15 to be No. 1 in every poll and the 14th overall. Gonzaga, named the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, will try to become the first unbeaten national champion since Indiana in 1976.
Illinois jumped to No. 2 after winning the Big Ten Tournament, swapping spots with Baylor -- which fell one spot after spending 15 of 17 polls sitting at No.