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Jesse NewellKansas City Star (Kansas City, MO)
Twitter: @jessenewell
About: Newell comes to The Star from the Topeka Capital-Journal, where he currently covers KU. His writing has won numerous awards since he joined the Capital-Journal in 2013, including beat writer of the year in the most recent Associated Press Sports Editors contest. Newell is also the co-author, with former Star writer Jason King, of “Beyond the Phog,” an inside look at former KU basketball players. He was previously the online editor for the Lawrence Journal-World. He started his career at the Emporia Gazette.


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Nov 13, 2017Week 2 Rankings for Jesse Newell
1Arizona (16)
2-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 16 Voters
Lowest: 8 - David Cobb
1511
Points
2Duke (34)
2-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 34 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Mark Berman
1577
Points
3Kansas (2)
1-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1446
Points
4Michigan State (13)
1-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 13 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Gary D'Amato
1529
Points
5Wichita State
1-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Doug Doughty
1277
Points
6Villanova
1-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Chris Dachille
Lowest: 9 - Graham Couch
1307
Points
7Kentucky
2-0Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - Gary D'Amato
Lowest: 15 - Seth Davis
1219
Points
8Florida
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Jon Wilner
1125
Points
9Cincinnati
1-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - 4 Voters
890
Points
10USC
1-0Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Joey Knight
1023
Points
11North Carolina
1-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - Mark Berman
Lowest: 14 - 4 Voters
1078
Points

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12Louisville
1-0Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
518
Points
13Miami (FL)
2-0Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
911
Points

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14West Virginia
0-1Actual: 24
Highest: 14 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 26 Voters
211
Points
15Notre Dame
1-0Actual: 13
Highest: 5 - David Cobb
Lowest: 23 - Kevin McNamara
860
Points
16Texas A&M
1-0Actual: 16
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Elton Alexander
577
Points
17Xavier
1-0Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - Graham Couch
605
Points
18Northwestern
1-0Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
374
Points
19Gonzaga
1-0Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - John Feinstein
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
525
Points

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20Minnesota
1-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
675
Points
21Purdue
2-0Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
426
Points

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22Virginia
1-0Actual: 28
Highest: 16 - Gary D'Amato
Lowest: NR - 53 Voters
45
Points
23Saint Mary's
1-0Actual: 21
Highest: 10 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
315
Points
24Seton Hall
2-0Actual: 22
Highest: 11 - Doug Haller
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
283
Points
25Baylor
1-0Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - 22 Voters
205
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-UCLA