Jesse NewellKansas City Star (Kansas City, MO)
E-mail: jnewell@kcstar.com
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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Dec 17, 2018Week 7 Rankings for Jesse Newell
1Duke (5)
9-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - Graham Couch
1488
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2Virginia (1)
9-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - Dave Preston
Lowest: 8 - James Crepea
1400
Points
3Michigan (1)
11-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Elton Alexander
Lowest: 8 - John Bednarowski
1442
Points
4Gonzaga
9-2Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 14 - Carlos Silva
1147
Points
5Kansas (56)
9-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 56 Voters
Lowest: NR - Graham Couch
1586
Points
6North Carolina
8-2Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Mark Berman
1126
Points
7Michigan State
9-2Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1070
Points
8Nevada
11-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Elton Alexander
Lowest: 9 - James Crepea
1319
Points
9Auburn
9-1Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Elton Alexander
1156
Points

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10Tennessee (2)
8-1Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Jesse Newell
1464
Points
11Virginia Tech
9-1Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - Damien Sordelett
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
838
Points
12Texas Tech
10-0Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Graham Couch
912
Points
13Wisconsin
9-2Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
619
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14Nebraska
9-2Actual: 25
Highest: 13 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 33 Voters
156
Points
15Florida State
8-1Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - John Bednarowski
Lowest: 17 - Jon Nyatawa
949
Points
16Mississippi State
9-1Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - Lauren Brownlow
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
529
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17Iowa State
9-2Actual: 34
Highest: 17 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 64 Voters
9
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18NC State
9-1Actual: 31
Highest: 18 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 56 Voters
38
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19Kentucky
8-2Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Carlos Silva
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
377
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20Ohio State
9-1Actual: 15
Highest: 12 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Brian Holland
647
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21Oklahoma
9-1Actual: 26
Highest: 16 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: NR - 32 Voters
115
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22Villanova
8-4Actual: 30
Highest: 12 - Paul Klee
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
52
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23Florida
5-4Actual: 37
Highest: 23 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 64 Voters
3
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24Indiana
9-2Actual: 22
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
226
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25Purdue
6-5Actual: 32
Highest: 15 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - 62 Voters
20
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 14-Buffalo18-Arizona State20-Marquette21-Houston23-Iowa24-Furman