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David JonesPenn Live (Dowington, PA)
Twitter: @djoneshoop
About: Joined The Patriot-News in 1989 after five years full-time at The Columbus Dispatch as a college football/basketball beat writer (Ohio University and MAC, 1984-85); Television-Radio Critic (1985-87); and police/courts reporter (1987-89). Has covered every NCAA Final Four since 1994 and 25 in all. Has covered Penn State basketball for 28 seasons and Penn State football for 27, first as the beat writer and since 2002 as the columnist. Has been the Patriot-News's full-time sports columnist since 2002. Three-time winner of Pennsylvania Newspaper Association award as the state's best sports columnist (1999, 2004 and 2006) in top circulation category (75,000+). Named by Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors as state's best sports columnist (75,000+) in 2012. Multiple winner of national APSE Top 10, Football Writers Association of America and U.S. Basketball Writers Association awards including 2006 USBWA best feature story in nation. Winner of 2010 APSE first-place national columnist award (75,000-175,000 circ.). The 74th president of the Football Writers Association of America in 2017. To be inducted into the United States Basketball Writers Association hall of fame in April 2018. Son Nicholas is an undergrad at Point Park University in Pittsburgh. Lives with wife Anna and in Downingtown, PA.


Ballot Score

92

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Mar 6, 2023Week 18 Rankings for David Jones
1Houston (58)
29-2Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 58 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 3 Voters
1522
Points
2UCLA (3)
27-4Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 3 Voters
1452
Points
3Kansas
25-6Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Brian Holland
1368
Points
4Alabama
26-5Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Aria Gerson
Lowest: 6 - 3 Voters
1343
Points
5Arizona
25-6Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters
1042
Points

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6Virginia
23-6Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - David Jones
Lowest: NR - Seth Davis
791
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7Kansas State
23-8Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
838
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8Tennessee
22-9Actual: 17
Highest: 8 - David Jones
Lowest: NR - Seth Davis
573
Points
9Texas
23-8Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters
1100
Points
10Baylor
22-9Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - Matt Tait
Lowest: 18 - Steve Greenberg
961
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11Marquette
25-6Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - David Jones
1218
Points
12UConn
24-7Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Brian Holland
Lowest: 18 - Aria Gerson
847
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13Purdue
26-5Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 13 - David Jones
1274
Points
14Miami (FL)
24-6Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 21 - Stefan Krajisnik
761
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15Gonzaga
26-5Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - Zach Klein
Lowest: 15 - 3 Voters
1031
Points
16Xavier
23-8Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Stefan Krajisnik
641
Points
17Saint Mary's
25-6Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 23 - Steve Greenberg
587
Points
18Duke
23-8Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
293
Points
19Texas A&M
23-8Actual: 18
Highest: 9 - Seth Davis
Lowest: 23 - Kevin Sjuts
507
Points
20Creighton
20-11Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 27 Voters
133
Points
21San Diego State
24-6Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
370
Points

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22Pittsburgh
21-10Actual: 33
Highest: 21 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
10
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23Florida Atlantic
28-3Actual: 27
Highest: 21 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 40 Voters
53
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24USC
22-9Actual: 39
Highest: 23 - Stefan Krajisnik
Lowest: NR - 59 Voters
5
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25North Texas
25-6Actual: 45
Highest: 25 - David Jones
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
1
Point
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-Indiana22-TCU23-Kentucky25-Missouri