Mark Berman The 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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Jan 4, 2016 Week 9 Rankings for Mark Berman1 Kansas (44) 12-1 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 44 Voters Lowest: 4 - Graham Couch 1598
2 Oklahoma (21) 12-0 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - 21 Voters Lowest: 3 - 7 Voters 1574
3 Virginia 12-1 Actual: 4Highest: 3 - 9 Voters Lowest: 6 - 5 Voters 1409
4 Maryland 13-1 Actual: 3Highest: 2 - 7 Voters Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters 1459
5 Michigan State 14-1 Actual: 5Highest: 2 - 5 Voters Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters 1400
6 North Carolina 13-2 Actual: 6Highest: 4 - 5 Voters Lowest: 12 - Jeff Faraudo 1275
7 Providence 14-1 Actual: 8Highest: 5 - Jason Butt Lowest: 17 - Soren Petro 1108
8 Miami (FL) 12-1 Actual: 12Highest: 5 - Kevin Lyttle Lowest: 21 - Jon Wilner 921
9 Villanova 12-2 Actual: 11Highest: 6 - 2 Voters Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters 979
10 Xavier 13-1 Actual: 10Highest: 5 - Graham Couch Lowest: 19 - Jeff Faraudo 1001
11 Arizona 13-1 Actual: 7Highest: 6 - 10 Voters Lowest: 17 - Aaron Brenner 1126
12 Kentucky 11-2 Actual: 9Highest: 5 - Scott Mansch Lowest: 14 - 3 Voters 1039
13 Iowa State 11-2 Actual: 13Highest: 7 - 4 Voters Lowest: 19 - Cecil Hurt 844
14 Butler 11-3 Actual: 18Highest: 11 - John McNamara Lowest: NR - 3 Voters 516
15 Texas A&M 11-2 Actual: 21Highest: 15 - Mark Berman Lowest: NR - Doug Doughty 420
16 SMU 13-0 Actual: 15Highest: 6 - Elton Alexander Lowest: NR - Terry Toohey 731
17 Iowa 11-3 Actual: 19Highest: 9 - Cecil Hurt Lowest: NR - 4 Voters 456
18 West Virginia 12-1 Actual: 17Highest: 11 - 2 Voters Lowest: 24 - Tod Palmer 558
19 Louisville 12-2 Actual: 16Highest: 11 - Dick Vitale Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 568
20 Duke 12-2 Actual: 14Highest: 6 - Scott Mansch Lowest: 20 - Mark Berman 830
21 Purdue 13-2 Actual: 20Highest: 12 - Randy Rosetta Lowest: 25 - Scott Wolf 450
22 California 12-3 Actual: 27Highest: 20 - Jon Rothstein Lowest: NR - 45 Voters 54
23 UConn 10-3 Actual: 23Highest: 19 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 28 Voters 107
24 South Carolina 13-0 Actual: 22Highest: 16 - Chris Dachille Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner 286
25 Texas Tech 11-1 Actual: 28Highest: 21 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 48 Voters 40
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-Pittsburgh 25-Dayton
