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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.


Ballot Score

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Jan 4, 2016Week 9 Rankings for John McNamara
1Kansas (44)
12-1Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 44 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Graham Couch
1598
Points
2Oklahoma (21)
12-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 21 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 7 Voters
1574
Points
3Michigan State
14-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1400
Points
4Maryland
13-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1459
Points
5Virginia
12-1Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 5 Voters
1409
Points
6North Carolina
13-2Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Jeff Faraudo
1275
Points
7Arizona
13-1Actual: 7
Highest: 6 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Aaron Brenner
1126
Points
8Xavier
13-1Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 19 - Jeff Faraudo
1001
Points
9Kentucky
11-2Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: 14 - 3 Voters
1039
Points
10Providence
14-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - Jason Butt
Lowest: 17 - Soren Petro
1108
Points
11Butler
11-3Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - John McNamara
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
516
Points
12Villanova
12-2Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
979
Points
13Miami (FL)
12-1Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Kevin Lyttle
Lowest: 21 - Jon Wilner
921
Points
14Duke
12-2Actual: 14
Highest: 6 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: 20 - Mark Berman
830
Points
15Iowa State
11-2Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Cecil Hurt
844
Points
16SMU
13-0Actual: 15
Highest: 6 - Elton Alexander
Lowest: NR - Terry Toohey
731
Points
17Louisville
12-2Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
568
Points
18Purdue
13-2Actual: 20
Highest: 12 - Randy Rosetta
Lowest: 25 - Scott Wolf
450
Points
19West Virginia
12-1Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - Tod Palmer
558
Points
20Texas A&M
11-2Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - Doug Doughty
420
Points
21South Carolina
13-0Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - Chris Dachille
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
286
Points
22Iowa
11-3Actual: 19
Highest: 9 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
456
Points
23Texas Tech
11-1Actual: 28
Highest: 21 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 48 Voters
40
Points
24Dayton
11-2Actual: 25
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 38 Voters
100
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
25Oregon
11-3Actual: 41
Highest: 25 - John McNamara
Lowest: NR - 64 Voters
1
Point
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-UConn24-Pittsburgh