Kevin Brockway The Gainesville Sun (Gainesville, FL) About: Kevin Brockway has been the Florida men’s basketball beat writer for the Gainesville Sun since 2003. Brockway covered Florida’s back-to-back national championship seasons (2006 and 2007). A 1993 graduate of the University of Miami, Brockway has worked for daily newspapers in the state of Florida since 1993. He’s won numerous state and national writing awards during his 19-plus year career.
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Oct 31, 2016 Pre-Season Rankings for Kevin Brockway1 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 Villanova (4) 35-5 Actual: 4Highest: 1 - 4 Voters Lowest: 9 - Cormac Gordon 1465 Points
4 Oregon (1) 31-7 Actual: 5Highest: 1 - Mark Berman Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters 1343 Points
5 Kansas 33-5 Actual: 3Highest: 2 - 22 Voters Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters 1476 Points
6 North Carolina 33-7 Actual: 6Highest: 3 - 3 Voters Lowest: 9 - 3 Voters 1314 Points
7 Virginia 29-8 Actual: 8Highest: 4 - 2 Voters Lowest: 13 - Elton Alexander 1149 Points
8 Wisconsin 22-13 Actual: 9Highest: 4 - 2 Voters Lowest: 13 - 3 Voters 1135 Points
9 Arizona 25-9 Actual: 10Highest: 5 - 2 Voters Lowest: 15 - Jerry Carino 1004 Points
10 Xavier 28-6 Actual: 7Highest: 4 - 2 Voters Lowest: 17 - Mitch Vingle 1167 Points
11 Michigan State 29-6 Actual: 12Highest: 6 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 903 Points
12 Louisville 23-8 Actual: 13Highest: 7 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 3 Voters 755 Points
13 UCLA 15-17 Actual: 16Highest: 7 - Kevin McNamara Lowest: NR - 7 Voters 540 Points
14 Iowa State 23-12 Actual: 24Highest: 13 - Graham Couch Lowest: NR - 26 Voters 168 Points
15 Indiana 27-8 Actual: 11Highest: 8 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 18 - Elton Alexander 917 Points
16 UConn 25-11 Actual: 18Highest: 12 - Richard Croome Lowest: NR - 5 Voters 504 Points
17 Purdue 26-9 Actual: 15Highest: 10 - 4 Voters Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 672 Points
18 Gonzaga 28-8 Actual: 14Highest: 9 - Jon Nyatawa Lowest: NR - 699 Points
19 Colorado 22-12 Actual: 41Highest: 19 - Kevin Brockway Lowest: NR - 61 Voters 10 Points
20 San Diego State 28-10 Actual: 30Highest: 19 - Graham Couch Lowest: NR - 48 Voters 48 Points
21 Cincinnati 22-11 Actual: 26Highest: 15 - Cormac Gordon Lowest: NR - 41 Voters 110 Points
22 Creighton 20-15 Actual: 22Highest: 16 - Shannon Ryan Lowest: NR - 18 Voters 231 Points
23 Saint Mary's 29-6 Actual: 17Highest: 10 - Craig Handel Lowest: NR - 7 Voters 512 Points
24 Dayton 25-8 Actual: 27Highest: 14 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 42 Voters 98 Points
25 Florida State 20-14 Actual: 28Highest: 15 - Mitch Vingle Lowest: NR - 42 Voters 88 Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-Syracuse 20-West Virginia 21-Texas 23-Rhode Island 25-Maryland