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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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Nov 21, 2016Week 3 Rankings for John McNamara
1Kentucky (42)
4-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 42 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 3 Voters
1592
Points
2Villanova (21)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 21 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1561
Points
3North Carolina
4-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 9 - David Cloninger
1399
Points
4Indiana (2)
3-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1443
Points
5Kansas
2-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 10 - Scott Mansch
1374
Points
6Duke
4-1Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: 8 - 3 Voters
1337
Points
7Virginia
3-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Clay Fowler
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1198
Points
8Arizona
3-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1129
Points
9Louisville
3-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: NR - Mark Berman
947
Points
10Xavier
5-0Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - Stephen Schramm
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
1099
Points
11Oregon
2-1Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - David Cloninger
Lowest: 25 - Hugh Kellenberger
748
Points
12Gonzaga
3-0Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - Jon Nyatawa
Lowest: 23 - Cecil Hurt
872
Points
13Wisconsin
2-1Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - Bob Holt
666
Points
14Creighton
4-0Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Doug Haller
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
770
Points
15UCLA
4-0Actual: 14
Highest: 7 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 25 - Rick Bozich
735
Points
16Saint Mary's
3-0Actual: 15
Highest: 7 - Mark Berman
Lowest: 24 - Doug Doughty
703
Points
17Syracuse
3-0Actual: 18
Highest: 5 - Craig Handel
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
610
Points
18West Virginia
3-0Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Mike Barber
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
474
Points
19Iowa State
3-0Actual: 21
Highest: 11 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
319
Points
20Purdue
2-1Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - Doug Haller
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
613
Points
21Texas
3-0Actual: 22
Highest: 12 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
251
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
22California
2-0Actual: 27
Highest: 17 - Scott Richey
Lowest: NR - 43 Voters
56
Points
23Florida State
4-0Actual: 25
Highest: 15 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: NR - 42 Voters
89
Points
24Maryland
4-0Actual: 28
Highest: 19 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - 46 Voters
55
Points
25Rhode Island
4-1Actual: 23
Highest: 16 - Dave Borges
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
217
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Baylor24-Michigan State25-Michigan