""Not much," Michigan coach Dusty May said when asked by the AP after Saturday's rout of UCLA about the significance of potentially topping the poll. "It means we haven't drank our own Kool-Aid. We've put ourselves in a position to be playing the types of games in mid-February that we want to be in, but we've got to continue to improve.""
"The Wolverines (24-1) claimed 60 of 61 first-place votes in Monday's poll to climb one spot and supplant the Wildcats, who were unbeaten entering last week before falling at Kansas and at home to Texas Tech. Michigan had been ranked No. 2 behind Arizona for six of Arizona's nine weeks at the top but was No. 1 in analytics rankings by KenPom, Evan Miyakawa and Bart Torvik last week."
Michigan rose to No. 1 in the Associated Press men's college basketball poll, claiming 60 of 61 first-place votes and ending Arizona's nine-week reign. The Wolverines improved to 24-1 after a rout of UCLA and had been ranked No. 2 behind Arizona for much of the season while topping several analytics rankings. Houston moved to No. 2 with the remaining first-place vote and Duke moved up to No. 3; Michigan and Duke will meet this weekend in the nation's capital. Arizona fell to No. 4, UConn landed at No. 5, and Wisconsin and Alabama entered the poll at Nos. 24 and 25 after recent wins.
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