Michigan jumped to No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll Monday as rivals Michigan State and Iowa State both climbed into the top 10.
No. 1 Purdue and No. 2 Arizona remained atop the rankings. The Boilermakers received 40 first-place votes from a 61-person media panel, Arizona got six and Michigan got 15 after its dominating run through the Players Era Championship.
First-place votes in parentheses.
Duke and UConn held their positions from last week to round out the top five. Louisville remained No. 6, followed by Michigan State and No. 8 Houston, which dropped five places after losing to then-No. 17 Tennessee at Players Era.
Michigan made a run to the Sweet 16 in coach Dusty May's first season a year ago and is looking like a title contender. The Wolverines opened the Las Vegas tournament with a 94-54 win over San Diego State, crushed then-No. 21 Auburn 102-72 and handed Gonzaga coach Mark Few his worst loss in 902 career games with a 101-61 win over the 12th-ranked Zags.
That's three wins by a combined 110 points and four straight wins by at least 20 points, the past two over ranked teams.
«Today was to put the world on notice that we're here to be the best team in the nation and we'll continue to do that,» Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg said after the win over Gonzaga.
Rising
No. 17 Vanderbilt had the biggest jump of the week, moving up seven spots after winning the Battle 4 Atlantis title in the Bahamas.
No. 10 Iowa State climbed five places after winning three games at the Players Era championship.
No. 7 Michigan State moved up four places following lopsided wins over East Carolina and No. 16 North Carolina in the Fort Myers Tip-Off. No. 13 Tennessee also gained four spots after beating
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