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Kevin McNamaraWPRO-Providence / KevinMcSports.com (Providence, RI)
E-mail: kvmc3333@aol.com
Twitter: @KevinMcNamara33
About: Kevin McNamara has been a Sports Writer at The Providence Journal since 1988. Kevin has covered college basketball for the paper for more than 20 years and followed the Big East, the Atlantic 10 and the Ivy League over that time. He has also covered the Red Sox in the World Series, the Celtics in the NBA Finals a bit of everything in between in his career. Kevin is a native of Coventry.


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Dec 28, 2015Week 8 Rankings for Kevin McNamara
1Michigan State (64)
13-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 64 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Soren Petro
1623
Points
2Kansas (1)
10-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - Soren Petro
Lowest: 5 - Graham Couch
1534
Points
3Maryland
11-1Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Kevin Lyttle
1428
Points
4Oklahoma
11-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 22 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Doug Haller
1498
Points
5Xavier
12-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1296
Points
6Virginia
10-1Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1351
Points

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7Miami (FL)
10-1Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - Kevin Lyttle
Lowest: 23 - Jon Wilner
867
Points
8Butler
10-1Actual: 9
Highest: 8 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Cecil Hurt
984
Points

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9Purdue
12-1Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
818
Points
10North Carolina
10-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Pat Rooney
Lowest: 15 - Jeff Faraudo
1219
Points

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11Villanova
9-2Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Seth Davis
Lowest: 21 - Michelle Kaufman
643
Points
12Providence
12-1Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Michelle Kaufman
Lowest: 22 - Seth Davis
923
Points
13Kentucky
10-2Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Seth Davis
963
Points

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14Arizona
12-1Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
1081
Points
15SMU
11-0Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - Jon Rothstein
Lowest: NR - Terry Toohey
636
Points
16Louisville
11-2Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Michelle Kaufman
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
516
Points
17Duke
9-2Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: 23 - Mark Berman
781
Points

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18Iowa State
10-1Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Randy Rosetta
Lowest: 18 - Kevin McNamara
938
Points
19West Virginia
10-1Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
500
Points
20Utah
10-2Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - Fletcher Mackel
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
224
Points

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21Pittsburgh
10-1Actual: 29
Highest: 20 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: NR - 50 Voters
42
Points
22South Carolina
11-0Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
175
Points
23Texas A&M
9-2Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - Zac Boyer
371
Points
24UConn
8-3Actual: 26
Highest: 19 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 48 Voters
49
Points
25UCLA
9-4Actual: 25
Highest: 18 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 50 Voters
51
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-Cincinnati23-Baylor