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Mark BermanThe Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)
About: Mark Berman covers Virginia Tech basketball for The Roanoke Times in Roanoke, Va. He is a Syracuse University graduate who grew up in Trumbull, Conn. He has been at The Roanoke Times since 1998. He covered James Madison for The Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Va., from 1989-98. His blog can be read at http://blogs.roanoke.com/courtside.


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Nov 2, 2015Pre-Season Rankings for Mark Berman
1Kansas (5)
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 3 Voters
1410
Points
2Maryland (14)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 3 Voters
1487
Points
3Virginia (1)
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Bob Sutton
Lowest: 12 - Kevin Lyttle
1347
Points
4North Carolina (35)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 35 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Graham Couch
1566
Points
5Kentucky (10)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Cormac Gordon
1520
Points
6Iowa State
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: 20 - Graham Couch
1185
Points
7Wichita State
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 17 - Randy Rosetta
1032
Points

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8Indiana
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 6 - Jeff Faraudo
Lowest: 22 - Adam Sparks
755
Points
9Gonzaga
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - Chuck McGill
Lowest: 14 - 3 Voters
1047
Points

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10Duke
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Jay Drew
Lowest: 12 - Chuck McGill
1350
Points
11Oklahoma
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: 16 - Kevin McNamara
1088
Points
12Arizona
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Jon Rothstein
917
Points
13Villanova
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
1013
Points

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14Butler
0-0Actual: 24
Highest: 13 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
223
Points
15Vanderbilt
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
393
Points
16Utah
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Jay Drew
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
499
Points

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17Purdue
0-0Actual: 23
Highest: 12 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
236
Points
18California
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Rick Bozich
757
Points

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19Michigan State
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: 21 - Elton Alexander
838
Points
20Notre Dame
0-0Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
360
Points
21LSU
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Bob Sutton
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
268
Points

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22SMU
0-0Actual: 27
Highest: 15 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 40 Voters
112
Points
23UConn
0-0Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Dave Borges
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
307
Points

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24Xavier
0-0Actual: 38
Highest: 22 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: NR - 61 Voters
12
Points

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25Dayton
0-0Actual: 38
Highest: 22 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
12
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 17-Wisconsin22-Baylor25-Michigan