Luca EvansO.C. Register (Irvine, CA)
E-mail: levans@scng.com
Twitter: @bylucaevans
About: Luca Evans covers USC athletics for the Southern California News Group. He previously covered high school sports and contributed to coverage of the Angels, Dodgers, Clippers, and sports enterprise for the Los Angeles Times. He discovered his love for journalism at Chapman University, where he served as sports editor and managing editor of the school's student newspaper.


Ballot Score

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Oct 16, 2023Pre-Season Rankings for Luca Evans
1Kansas (46)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 46 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 4 Voters
1548
Points
2Purdue (3)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Kevin McNamara
1436
Points
3Duke (11)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Darnell Dickson
1466
Points
4Marquette
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1283
Points
5Tennessee
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 22 - Darnell Dickson
1032
Points
6Houston
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - Chandler Mack
Lowest: NR - Donna Ditota
1117
Points
7UConn (2)
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 3 Voters
1243
Points
8Michigan State (1)
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: 12 - David Jones
1346
Points
9Creighton
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 25 - Chandler Mack
1099
Points

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10Baylor
0-0Actual: 20
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
431
Points
11Arkansas
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 7 - Donna Ditota
Lowest: NR - Darnell Dickson
685
Points
12Texas A&M
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
597
Points
13Florida Atlantic
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 3 - Jerry Carino
Lowest: NR - Darnell Dickson
1011
Points
14Texas
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 7 - Darnell Dickson
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
493
Points
15Arizona
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Kevin Sjuts
Lowest: 22 - Donna Ditota
776
Points

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16Gonzaga
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Jerry DiPaola
830
Points
17North Carolina
0-0Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
474
Points

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18Miami (FL)
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
750
Points
19USC
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
427
Points

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20Illinois
0-0Actual: 25
Highest: 10 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - 38 Voters
104
Points

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21TCU
0-0Actual: 33
Highest: 21 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 55 Voters
24
Points
22Alabama
0-0Actual: 24
Highest: 3 - Darnell Dickson
Lowest: NR - 30 Voters
163
Points

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23Missouri
0-0Actual: 38
Highest: 23 - Luca Evans
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
6
Points

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24Memphis
0-0Actual: 37
Highest: 24 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
7
Points
25Villanova
0-0Actual: 22
Highest: 10 - Donna Ditota
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
395
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 16-Kentucky17-San Diego State23-Saint Mary's