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Mark BermanThe Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)
E-mail: mark.berman@roanoke.com
Twitter: @BermanRoanoke
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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Dec 7, 2015Week 5 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Michigan State (62)
9-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 62 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Soren Petro
1617
Points
2North Carolina (2)
7-1Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 3 Voters
1425
Points
3Iowa State
6-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 3 Voters
1347
Points
4Kansas (1)
6-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - Soren Petro
Lowest: 9 - Adam Sparks
1442
Points
5Maryland
7-1Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Marcus Fuller
Lowest: 12 - Cecil Hurt
1299
Points
6Oklahoma
5-0Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Cecil Hurt
1283
Points
7Kentucky
7-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Chuck McGill
1325
Points
8Duke
8-1Actual: 8
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Scott Wolf
1243
Points
9Villanova
7-0Actual: 9
Highest: 2 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Jon Wilner
1230
Points
10Xavier
8-0Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Jeff Faraudo
930
Points
11Purdue
8-0Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Jon Wilner
997
Points
12Virginia
7-1Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Bob Sutton
Lowest: 20 - Jon Wilner
1003
Points
13Miami (FL)
7-1Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
469
Points
14Providence
8-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
548
Points
15Butler
6-1Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
416
Points
16Arizona
7-1Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Cormac Gordon
811
Points
17West Virginia
7-0Actual: 14
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 25 - 3 Voters
615
Points

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18Oregon
6-1Actual: 24
Highest: 14 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
241
Points
19Baylor
6-1Actual: 16
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
488
Points
20SMU
6-0Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - Bob Sutton
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
413
Points
21Vanderbilt
6-2Actual: 21
Highest: 13 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
377
Points
22Louisville
6-1Actual: 22
Highest: 9 - Chuck McGill
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
373
Points
23Cincinnati
8-1Actual: 23
Highest: 13 - Michelle Kaufman
Lowest: NR - Nick Carboni
331
Points
24Syracuse
6-2Actual: 27
Highest: 18 - Pat Rooney
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
78
Points

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This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
25UCLA
6-3Actual: 31
Highest: 15 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 61 Voters
19
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Gonzaga25-Utah