Bret StrelowThe Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, NC)
E-mail: strelowb@fayobserver.com
Twitter: @bretstrelow
About: Bret Strelow has covered ACC basketball for more than a decade, attending six Final Fours. This is his third season following the league as a writer for The Fayetteville Observer. He primarily focuses on North Carolina, Duke, N.C. State and Wake Forest.


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Oct 31, 2014Pre-Season Rankings for Bret Strelow
1Kentucky (52)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 52 Voters
Lowest: 7 - John McNamara
1604
Points
2Arizona (5)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Dick Vitale
1518
Points
3Wisconsin (8)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Tom Keegan
1483
Points
4North Carolina
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Ron Morris
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1274
Points
5Duke
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1415
Points
6Kansas
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 9 - Fletcher Mackel
1346
Points
7Virginia
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1090
Points
8Louisville
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - John McNamara
Lowest: 15 - Cecil Hurt
1114
Points
9Florida
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Mark Berman
1153
Points
10Gonzaga
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Ron Morris
Lowest: NR - Adam Jude
840
Points
11Texas
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 2 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: 25 - Chris Dachille
1061
Points
12Wichita State
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Randy Rosetta
1027
Points
13Iowa State
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 5 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: 21 - Zach Osterman
781
Points
14Villanova
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Joe Rexrode
Lowest: 25 - Cormac Gordon
885
Points
15VCU
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
574
Points
16UConn
0-0Actual: 17
Highest: 7 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
552
Points
17San Diego State
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
560
Points

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18Syracuse
0-0Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - Randy Rosetta
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
178
Points
19Michigan State
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Adam Jude
521
Points

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20Utah
0-0Actual: 25
Highest: 19 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 44 Voters
98
Points
21Oklahoma
0-0Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
426
Points
22SMU
0-0Actual: 22
Highest: 15 - Bill Knight
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
285
Points
23Nebraska
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
309
Points

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24Louisiana Tech
0-0Actual: 37
Highest: 22 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 61 Voters
9
Points
25Stanford
0-0Actual: 27
Highest: 12 - Ron Morris
Lowest: NR - 41 Voters
71
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Ohio State24-Michigan25-Harvard