John Bohnenkamp The Hawk Eye (Burlington, IA) About: John Bohnenkamp has been at The Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa) since 1991. He's covered college basketball full-time since 1993 _ main beats being University of Iowa and Western Illinois University men's and women's basketball _ and has been sports editor since 1999.
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Oct 31, 2016 Pre-Season Rankings for John Bohnenkamp1 Duke (58) 25-11 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 58 Voters Lowest: 6 - Craig Handel 1612 Points
2 Kentucky (2) 27-9 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - 2 Voters Lowest: 7 - 3 Voters 1479 Points
3 Kansas 33-5 Actual: 3Highest: 2 - 22 Voters Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters 1476 Points
4 Villanova (4) 35-5 Actual: 4Highest: 1 - 4 Voters Lowest: 9 - Cormac Gordon 1465 Points
5 Oregon (1) 31-7 Actual: 5Highest: 1 - Mark Berman Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters 1343 Points
6 North Carolina 33-7 Actual: 6Highest: 3 - 3 Voters Lowest: 9 - 3 Voters 1314 Points
7 Xavier 28-6 Actual: 7Highest: 4 - 2 Voters Lowest: 17 - Mitch Vingle 1167 Points
8 Virginia 29-8 Actual: 8Highest: 4 - 2 Voters Lowest: 13 - Elton Alexander 1149 Points
9 Wisconsin 22-13 Actual: 9Highest: 4 - 2 Voters Lowest: 13 - 3 Voters 1135 Points
10 Michigan State 29-6 Actual: 12Highest: 6 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 903 Points
11 Arizona 25-9 Actual: 10Highest: 5 - 2 Voters Lowest: 15 - Jerry Carino 1004 Points
12 Louisville 23-8 Actual: 13Highest: 7 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 3 Voters 755 Points
13 Indiana 27-8 Actual: 11Highest: 8 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 18 - Elton Alexander 917 Points
14 Purdue 26-9 Actual: 15Highest: 10 - 4 Voters Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 672 Points
15 Gonzaga 28-8 Actual: 14Highest: 9 - Jon Nyatawa Lowest: NR - 699 Points
16 Saint Mary's 29-6 Actual: 17Highest: 10 - Craig Handel Lowest: NR - 7 Voters 512 Points
17 UCLA 15-17 Actual: 16Highest: 7 - Kevin McNamara Lowest: NR - 7 Voters 540 Points
18 UConn 25-11 Actual: 18Highest: 12 - Richard Croome Lowest: NR - 5 Voters 504 Points
19 Creighton 20-15 Actual: 22Highest: 16 - Shannon Ryan Lowest: NR - 18 Voters 231 Points
20 Rhode Island 17-15 Actual: 23Highest: 14 - Cormac Gordon Lowest: NR - 26 Voters 199 Points
21 Iowa State 23-12 Actual: 24Highest: 13 - Graham Couch Lowest: NR - 26 Voters 168 Points
22 Texas 20-13 Actual: 21Highest: 9 - Mike Barber Lowest: NR - 23 Voters 250 Points
23 Syracuse 23-14 Actual: 19Highest: 9 - Craig Handel Lowest: NR - 7 Voters 464 Points
24 California 23-11 Actual: 29Highest: 11 - Mitch Vingle Lowest: NR - 48 Voters 74 Points
25 Butler 22-11 Actual: 33Highest: 18 - Seth Davis Lowest: NR - 60 Voters 21 Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-West Virginia 25-Maryland