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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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Dec 28, 2015Week 8 Rankings for Mark Berman
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
3Oklahoma
11-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 22 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Doug Haller
1498
Points
4Virginia
10-1Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1351
Points
5Maryland
11-1Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Kevin Lyttle
1428
Points
6Xavier
12-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1296
Points
7North Carolina
10-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Pat Rooney
Lowest: 15 - Jeff Faraudo
1219
Points

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8Miami (FL)
10-1Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - Kevin Lyttle
Lowest: 23 - Jon Wilner
867
Points
9Butler
10-1Actual: 9
Highest: 8 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Cecil Hurt
984
Points
10Providence
12-1Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Michelle Kaufman
Lowest: 22 - Seth Davis
923
Points
11Arizona
12-1Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
1081
Points
12Purdue
12-1Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
818
Points
13Iowa State
10-1Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Randy Rosetta
Lowest: 18 - Kevin McNamara
938
Points
14Kentucky
10-2Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Seth Davis
963
Points

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15Texas A&M
9-2Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - Zac Boyer
371
Points
16SMU
11-0Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - Jon Rothstein
Lowest: NR - Terry Toohey
636
Points

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17Cincinnati
10-3Actual: 22
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
199
Points
18West Virginia
10-1Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
500
Points
19Villanova
9-2Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Seth Davis
Lowest: 21 - Michelle Kaufman
643
Points

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20UCLA
9-4Actual: 25
Highest: 18 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 50 Voters
51
Points
21Louisville
11-2Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Michelle Kaufman
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
516
Points
22Utah
10-2Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - Fletcher Mackel
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
224
Points

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23Duke
9-2Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: 23 - Mark Berman
781
Points
24Baylor
9-2Actual: 23
Highest: 19 - Zac Boyer
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
195
Points

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25Monmouth
9-3Actual: 33
Highest: 22 - Kevin Lyttle
Lowest: NR - 57 Voters
11
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-South Carolina