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John McNamaraThe Capital Gazette (Annapolis, MD)
E-mail: jmcnamara@capgaznews.com
Twitter: @CapitalOfBBall
About: John McNamara covers Maryland basketball and football for the Annapolis Capital, where he has worked for the last 19 years. Prior to that, he worked for the Prince George's Journal and the Hagerstown Morning Herald after graduating with a degree in Journalism from the University of Maryland in 1983.


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Dec 8, 2014Week 5 Rankings for John McNamara
1Kentucky (64)
9-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 64 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 64 Voters
1600
Points
2Arizona
8-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 17 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 3 Voters
1486
Points
3Duke
8-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 47 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Ron Morris
1518
Points
4Louisville
7-0Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: 11 - Ron Morris
1319
Points
5Wisconsin
8-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Jerry Carino
Lowest: 9 - John Feinstein
1316
Points
6Virginia
9-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Tom Keegan
Lowest: 10 - 3 Voters
1285
Points
7Texas
7-1Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1155
Points
8Villanova
8-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Ron Morris
Lowest: 11 - Brandon Marcello
1173
Points
9Kansas
6-1Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 11 - 7 Voters
1083
Points
10Gonzaga
7-1Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 9 Voters
1145
Points
11Wichita State
5-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
929
Points
12Iowa State
5-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Kieran Darcy
Lowest: NR - Tyson Alger
668
Points
13Oklahoma
5-2Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Doug Haller
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
557
Points
14Butler
7-1Actual: 15
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Soren Petro
593
Points
15Ohio State
6-1Actual: 12
Highest: 11 - 13 Voters
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
808
Points

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16North Carolina
6-2Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 21 Voters
350
Points
17San Diego State
6-2Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
390
Points

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18Utah
6-1Actual: 13
Highest: 11 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
717
Points
19Miami (FL)
8-1Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
359
Points
20West Virginia
8-1Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
313
Points

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21Michigan
6-2Actual: 36
Highest: 21 - John McNamara
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
14
Points
22Northern Iowa
8-0Actual: 23
Highest: 11 - John Feinstein
Lowest: NR - 23 Voters
232
Points
23Maryland
8-1Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
370
Points
24Michigan State
6-3Actual: 26
Highest: 13 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: NR - 34 Voters
120
Points
25Illinois
7-1Actual: 27
Highest: 16 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
91
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 17-Washington24-St. John's25-Notre Dame