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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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Mar 7, 2016Week 18 Rankings for Bret Strelow
1Kansas (63)
27-4Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 63 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 2 Voters
1623
Points
2Virginia
24-6Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Randy Rosetta
1424
Points
3Michigan State (2)
26-5Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Chuck McGill
1520
Points
4Villanova
27-4Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1480
Points
5Xavier
26-4Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Adam Sparks
Lowest: 9 - Aaron Brenner
1351
Points
6North Carolina
25-6Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Chris Goff
1252
Points
7Oklahoma
24-6Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Dana O'Neil
1309
Points
8Oregon
25-6Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Jason Butt
Lowest: 18 - Jon Wilner
1127
Points
9West Virginia
24-7Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Adam Sparks
1113
Points
10Indiana
25-6Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Soren Petro
1038
Points
11Miami (FL)
24-6Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Graham Couch
935
Points
12Utah
24-7Actual: 12
Highest: 9 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Dick Vitale
898
Points
13Kentucky
23-8Actual: 16
Highest: 8 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
608
Points

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14Baylor
21-10Actual: 22
Highest: 12 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
262
Points
15Purdue
24-7Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - Soren Petro
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
798
Points
16Arizona
24-7Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - 2 Voters
626
Points
17Maryland
24-7Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - Chuck McGill
544
Points
18Louisville
23-8Actual: 14
Highest: 12 - Laura Keeley
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
647
Points
19Duke
22-9Actual: 19
Highest: 10 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
512
Points
20Iowa State
21-10Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
374
Points
21Iowa
21-9Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Adam Sparks
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
407
Points

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22Texas A&M
24-7Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - Randy Rosetta
Lowest: NR - Shannon Ryan
574
Points
23California
22-9Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
189
Points
24SMU
25-5Actual: 25
Highest: 19 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 31 Voters
88
Points
25Texas
20-11Actual: 23
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
191
Points