Arizona remains in the top three in four of the five biggest metrics after its loss to Texas Tech on Saturday. Expect Arizona to fall five to six spots in the Associated Press Top 25 and USA Today Coaches poll when they are released on Monday.
Arizona is third in Bart Torvik, Evan Miya, KenPom and the NCAA Net Ratings after the loss to Texas Tech on Saturday and fourth in the ESPN Basketball Power Index. Some combination of those metrics are used to select and seed teams for the NCAA Tournament by the selection committee.
Arizona was first for nine consecutive weeks in the AP Top 25 and the unanimous number one team for the last four. Arizona could drop as far as seventh with one loss, Michigan second and two-loss Houston, Iowa State, Connecticut and Nebraska ranked third through seventh in the AP Top 25…