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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 4, 2017Week 5 Rankings for John McNamara
1Duke (65)
10-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 65 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 65 Voters
1625
Points
2Kansas
7-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 39 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 9 Voters
1525
Points
3Michigan State
7-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 24 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Paul Klee
1500
Points
4Villanova
8-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Graham Couch
1434
Points
5Florida
5-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 8 Voters
1301
Points
6Kentucky
7-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Graham Couch
1174
Points
7Wichita State
6-1Actual: 6
Highest: 5 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Theo Lawson
1197
Points
8Notre Dame
7-1Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - Kevin Lyttle
Lowest: 17 - Jesse Newell
1156
Points
9Texas A&M
7-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Carlos Silva
1192
Points
10Miami (FL)
7-0Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1122
Points
11Minnesota
8-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 23 - David Cobb
758
Points
12North Carolina
8-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: 16 - Jon Nyatawa
999
Points
13Xavier
7-1Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - Jon Nyatawa
Lowest: 20 - Graham Couch
768
Points
14Gonzaga
7-1Actual: 12
Highest: 9 - Tony Parks
Lowest: 19 - Brant Wilkerson
856
Points
15Virginia
8-0Actual: 15
Highest: 6 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 22 - Carlos Silva
728
Points
16Cincinnati
7-1Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
583
Points
17West Virginia
7-1Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
557
Points
18Arizona State
7-0Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Jesse Newell
609
Points
19Seton Hall
7-1Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - Dave Borges
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
405
Points

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20USC
4-2Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: NR - 46 Voters
90
Points
21Baylor
5-2Actual: 23
Highest: 17 - Tyson Alger
Lowest: NR - 23 Voters
182
Points
22Purdue
8-2Actual: 21
Highest: 13 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
266
Points
23TCU
8-0Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - David Cobb
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
311
Points

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24Louisville
4-2Actual: 30
Highest: 19 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 48 Voters
50
Points
25Texas Tech
6-1Actual: 26
Highest: 19 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 36 Voters
82
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-Nevada24-Tennessee