Reigning national champion Villanova is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 mens college basketball poll for the second time in school history.The Wildcats (8-0), who were No. 1 for three weeks in February last season, moved up one spot from last week with 57 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel Monday.UCLA (9-0), which beat then-No. 1 Kentucky 97-92 on Saturday, jumped from 11th to second with two first-place votes. Kentucky, which dropped to sixth, had been No. 1 for the past two weeks. No. 5 Duke is the other team to be No. 1 this season, for two weeks.Kansas came in at No. 3 and was followed by Baylor?(8-0), which received six first-place votes. After Duke and Kentucky, North Carolina, Gonzaga, Indiana and Creighton rounded out the top 10.Villanova was playing Saturday afternoon when the Kentucky game ended. During the latter stages of an 88-57 victory over Saint Josephs, the Villanova students started chanting No. 1! No. 1! They have their wish.Louisville is 11th, followed by Saint Marys, Xavier, Virginia and West Virginia, which made the jump from 25th to 15th after winning at Virginia, dropping the Cavaliers from sixth.Butler is 16th followed by Wisconsin, Purdue, South Carolina and Arizona. The last five ranked teams are Florida, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, Oregon and Iowa State.Cincinnati (7-1), which won at Iowa State last week, moved back into the Top 25 after being out for three weeks. Notre Dame (8-0) is the weeks other newcomer. The Fighting Irish come in having scored at least 91 points in their last three games.Rhode Island dropped out from 21st after losing to Valparaiso and Providence last week. Syracuse, which was 22nd, fell out after losing to Wisconsin in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.The Associated Press contributed to this report. Cheap Hydro Flask . All of the scoring came in the final 20:04. Lucic scored on a power play at 15:46 of the third period, when he tipped a shot over Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen for a 3-1 lead. Swell Black Friday Sale . He was followed closely by David Clarkson, donning red, seconds later. Clarksons actions one night earlier, leaping off the bench in defence of Kessel during a pre-season game against the Buffalo Sabres, will cost him the first 10 games of the regular season. http://www.waterbottleblackfriday.com/ . -- New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis is retiring after a 16-year career to become the goalie coach for the Los Angeles Galaxy. Swell Black Friday . R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. Swell Cyber Monday .C. -- Calgarys Kevin Koe did it the hard way again. A look at whats happening all around the majors Sunday:---HOLIDAY GETAWAYThe Braves host the Marlins in a special for-the-troops contest in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Its believed to be the first regular-season baseball game played at an active military installation. Major League Baseball is staging the game at the sprawling U.S. Army post on the day before Independence Day as a thank you to the armed forces. It has turned an overgrown golf course into a major league-ready field surrounded by a temporary 12,500-seat ballpark -- a project thats costing MLB and the players association roughly $5 million.REINFORCEMENTSThe limping Dodgers get Brandon McCarthy back from the DL to make his season debut against Colorado. McCarthy made four starts after signing a $48 million, four-year free agent deal with Los Angeles in 2015 before having to have Tommy John surgery. His return is timely for L.A., which has sent six starting pitchers to the DL this season, including ace Clayton Kershaw on Friday.WRAP IT UPThe Cubs and Mets close a four-game rematch of last years NL Championship Series with aces Jon Lester (9-3, 2.03) and Noah Syndergaard (8-3, 2.49) on the mound. Lester has won five straight decisions, though hes coming off two consecutive no-decisions despite allowiing just three runs over 14 2/3 innings.dddddddddddd Syndergaard allowed five runs in three innings last time out against the Nationals, ending a six-decision winning streak.BETTER LUCK THIS MONTHAngels right-hander Matt Shoemaker (3-8, 4.12 ERA) hopes for better luck this month starting against Boston in the series finale at Fenway Park. He was winless in six starts (0-3) in June despite an impressive 2.14 ERA. Right-hander Sean OSullivan (1-0, 7.94) is slated to pitch for the Red Sox.STRUGGLING ARMSJose Quintana (5-3, 3.18) will start for the White Sox against Houston. Quintana looks to get back on track after going 0-7 with a 4.58 ERA in his last nine starts. Collin McHugh (5-5, 4.58) is up for Houston and is searching for his first win since May 30 after getting one loss and four no-decisions over his past five starts.HOT COLERangers lefty Cole Hamels (9-1, 2.60) has won four straight starts, giving up just two earned runs in 27 2/3 innings. Hell look to extend that streak against Minnesotas Kyle Gibson (1-5, 5.12), who earned his first win of the season on Tuesday. Gibson pitched seven innings in a 4-0 win over the White Sox. ' ' '
