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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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Jan 5, 2015Week 9 Rankings for Joey Johnston
1Kentucky (64)
13-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 64 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 64 Voters
1600
Points
2Duke
13-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 63 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Ron Morris
1535
Points
3Wisconsin
14-1Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 16 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1397
Points
4Virginia
13-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - Ron Morris
Lowest: 6 - 3 Voters
1446
Points
5Louisville
13-1Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1322
Points
6Gonzaga
14-1Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 5 Voters
1275
Points
7Arizona
13-1Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: 9 - Scott Wolf
1260
Points

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8West Virginia
13-1Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Joey Johnston
Lowest: 21 - 3 Voters
712
Points
9Notre Dame
14-1Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Geoff Grammer
775
Points
10Villanova
13-1Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Ron Morris
Lowest: 16 - Fletcher Mackel
1089
Points
11Maryland
14-1Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Ron Morris
966
Points
12Kansas
11-2Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 18 - Brandon Marcello
884
Points
13Wichita State
12-2Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Cecil Hurt
686
Points
14Texas
12-2Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - Jeff Faraudo
Lowest: 15 - 3 Voters
976
Points

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15Utah
12-2Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: 15 - Joey Johnston
1059
Points

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16Arkansas
11-2Actual: 23
Highest: 16 - Joey Johnston
Lowest: NR - 41 Voters
103
Points
17Iowa State
10-2Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Paul Zeise
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
663
Points

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18TCU
13-1Actual: 31
Highest: 18 - Joey Johnston
Lowest: NR - 56 Voters
33
Points
19Oklahoma
10-3Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Jeff Faraudo
674
Points

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20Northern Iowa
12-2Actual: 26
Highest: 19 - John Feinstein
Lowest: NR - 44 Voters
72
Points
21North Carolina
11-3Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Kieran Darcy
Lowest: 21 - Joey Johnston
591
Points
22Ohio State
12-3Actual: 22
Highest: 18 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
184
Points
23Seton Hall
12-2Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Fletcher Mackel
Lowest: 24 - Gary Williams
448
Points
24VCU
11-3Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
311
Points
25St. John's
11-3Actual: 24
Highest: 19 - Zach Osterman
Lowest: NR - 34 Voters
92
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-Baylor25-Old Dominion