Gonzaga Bulldogs unanimous No. 1 in AP Top 25; Arizona Wildcats up to No. 2

Gonzaga is the unanimous No. 1 in the latest Associated Press men's basketball poll. The way the Zags are dominating the West Coast Conference, they're not likely to budge.

Gonzaga remained at No. 1 for the second straight week, receiving all 61 votes from a media panel in the poll released Monday. Arizona moved up a spot to No. 2 for its highest ranking in four years, with Auburn, Purdue and Kansas rounding out the top five.

Gonzaga (23-2, 12-0 WCC) has followed up last year's run to the national championship game with another dominant regular season. The Zags haven't lost since Dec. 4, and their lopsided wins over Pepperdine and Santa Clara last week clinched a 10th straight WCC regular-season title.

First-place votes in parentheses

Gonzaga is winning its WCC games by an average of 27 points, one of the most dominant conference seasons in the past 25 years, according to KenPom.com. The Zags are on pace to match the 2019 team for largest margin of victory in conference games. They have four of the top five spots on that list in the past 25 years, joined by the 1999 Duke team.

«They could win the whole thing,» Pepperdine coach Lorenzo Romar said after an 86-66 loss to Gonzaga this past Wednesday. «They have size, they have scoring ability, they can guard.»

Gonzaga closes out the regular season with road games against San Francisco and Saint Mary's before getting the top seed in the West Coast Conference tournament in Las Vegas.

Climbing Cats

Arizona keeps finding ways to win under first-year coach Tommy Lloyd, a longtime Gonzaga assistant.

Picked to finish tied for fourth in the Pac-12 Conference, the Wildcats (24-2, 14-1 Pac-12) have a 2½-game lead over No. 16 Southern California with two weeks left in the regular