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Joey JohnstonThe Tampa Tribune (Tampa, FL)
E-mail: JJohnston@tampatrib.com
Twitter: @JJohnstonTBO
About: Joey Johnston of the Tampa Tribune has covered sports in the Tampa Bay area for more than three decades. The Super Bowl, World Series, the Stanley Cup Finals, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open are among the events on his career resume, but college basketball has been a particular interest. Johnston has covered NCAA men's basketball tournament events from coast-to-coast, including 11 editions of the Final Four. Johnston spearheaded the Tribune's coverage of the 1999 Final Four at St. Petersburg, Fla.


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Dec 8, 2014Week 5 Rankings for Joey Johnston
1Kentucky (64)
9-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 64 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 64 Voters
1600
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2Duke
8-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 47 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Ron Morris
1518
Points
3Arizona
8-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 17 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 3 Voters
1486
Points
4Louisville
7-0Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: 11 - Ron Morris
1319
Points
5Wisconsin
8-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Jerry Carino
Lowest: 9 - John Feinstein
1316
Points
6Virginia
9-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Tom Keegan
Lowest: 10 - 3 Voters
1285
Points
7Villanova
8-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Ron Morris
Lowest: 11 - Brandon Marcello
1173
Points
8Wichita State
5-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
929
Points
9Texas
7-1Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1155
Points
10Kansas
6-1Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 11 - 7 Voters
1083
Points
11Gonzaga
7-1Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 9 Voters
1145
Points
12Utah
6-1Actual: 13
Highest: 11 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
717
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13Northern Iowa
8-0Actual: 23
Highest: 11 - John Feinstein
Lowest: NR - 23 Voters
232
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14North Carolina
6-2Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 21 Voters
350
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15Washington
7-0Actual: 17
Highest: 7 - Paul Zeise
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
428
Points
16San Diego State
6-2Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
390
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17West Virginia
8-1Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
313
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18Iowa State
5-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Kieran Darcy
Lowest: NR - Tyson Alger
668
Points
19Butler
7-1Actual: 15
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Soren Petro
593
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20Arkansas
6-2Actual: 34
Highest: 18 - Ron Morris
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
22
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21Illinois
7-1Actual: 27
Highest: 16 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
91
Points
22Miami (FL)
8-1Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
359
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23Ohio State
6-1Actual: 12
Highest: 11 - 13 Voters
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
808
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24Maryland
8-1Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
370
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25TCU
8-0Actual: 32
Highest: 16 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: NR - 49 Voters
45
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 16-Oklahoma24-St. John's25-Notre Dame