Kevin McNamaraWPRO-Providence / KevinMcSports.com (Providence, RI)
About: Kevin McNamara has been a Sports Writer at The Providence Journal since 1988. Kevin has covered college basketball for the paper for more than 20 years and followed the Big East, the Atlantic 10 and the Ivy League over that time. He has also covered the Red Sox in the World Series, the Celtics in the NBA Finals a bit of everything in between in his career. Kevin is a native of Coventry.


Ballot Score

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Dec 25, 2023Week 8 Rankings for Kevin McNamara
1Purdue (46)
11-1Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 46 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 14 Voters
1486
Points
2Kansas (5)
11-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 21 Voters
1424
Points
3Houston (9)
12-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Jon Wilner
1408
Points
4Tennessee
9-3Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 22 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Dave Borges
1125
Points
5UConn
11-2Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Stephen Means
1149
Points
6Kentucky
9-2Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
1077
Points
7Illinois
9-2Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Luke DeCock
907
Points
8Florida Atlantic
10-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Dylan Sinn
1098
Points

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9Arizona
9-2Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1193
Points
10North Carolina
8-3Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Bob Holt
958
Points
11Oklahoma
10-1Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 22 - Mia O'Brien
772
Points

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12Wisconsin
9-3Actual: 23
Highest: 9 - Adam Cole
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
291
Points
13Marquette
10-3Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 20 - Donna Ditota
926
Points
14BYU
11-1Actual: 14
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
576
Points
15Colorado State
11-1Actual: 15
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
574
Points
16Clemson
10-1Actual: 18
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 24 - 7 Voters
516
Points
17Baylor
10-2Actual: 17
Highest: 8 - Calum McAndrew
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
520
Points

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18Gonzaga
9-3Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - JB Ricks
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
580
Points
19Memphis
10-2Actual: 19
Highest: 8 - Dave Borges
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
498
Points
20Duke
8-3Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
554
Points
21Ole Miss
12-0Actual: 24
Highest: 4 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
243
Points

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22Utah
9-2Actual: 29
Highest: 18 - Todd Golden
Lowest: NR - 46 Voters
45
Points
23Providence
11-2Actual: 25
Highest: 12 - Steve Greenberg
Lowest: NR - 32 Voters
128
Points
24James Madison
12-0Actual: 20
Highest: 5 - Brice Cherry
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
417
Points
25Auburn
9-2Actual: 26
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 35 Voters
122
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-Texas22-Creighton