Jerry CarinoGannett (Somerville, NJ)
E-mail: jcarino@gannett.com
Twitter: @NJHoopsHaven
About: Jerry Carino is the college basketball writer for the Gannett New Jersey newspapers. He covers the Rutgers and Seton Hall beats, the Big East Conference, and blogs at http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/hoopshaven/.


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Oct 31, 2014Pre-Season Rankings for Jerry Carino
1Wisconsin (8)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Tom Keegan
1483
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2Kentucky (52)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 52 Voters
Lowest: 7 - John McNamara
1604
Points
3Arizona (5)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Dick Vitale
1518
Points

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4Virginia
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1090
Points
5Louisville
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - John McNamara
Lowest: 15 - Cecil Hurt
1114
Points
6Duke
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1415
Points
7Kansas
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 9 - Fletcher Mackel
1346
Points
8Texas
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 2 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: 25 - Chris Dachille
1061
Points
9North Carolina
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Ron Morris
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1274
Points
10Wichita State
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Randy Rosetta
1027
Points
11Villanova
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Joe Rexrode
Lowest: 25 - Cormac Gordon
885
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12Florida
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Mark Berman
1153
Points
13Gonzaga
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Ron Morris
Lowest: NR - Adam Jude
840
Points
14Iowa State
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 5 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: 21 - Zach Osterman
781
Points
15VCU
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
574
Points
16Ohio State
0-0Actual: 20
Highest: 10 - Zach Osterman
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
340
Points
17San Diego State
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
560
Points
18SMU
0-0Actual: 22
Highest: 15 - Bill Knight
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
285
Points
19Oklahoma
0-0Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
426
Points
20Nebraska
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
309
Points
21Michigan
0-0Actual: 24
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 26 Voters
167
Points
22Syracuse
0-0Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - Randy Rosetta
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
178
Points

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23Michigan State
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Adam Jude
521
Points

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24UConn
0-0Actual: 17
Highest: 7 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
552
Points
25Harvard
0-0Actual: 25
Highest: 15 - Fletcher Mackel
Lowest: NR - 34 Voters
98
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-Utah