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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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Nov 14, 2016Week 2 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Villanova (5)
1-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1492
Points
2Indiana (1)
1-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 11 - Craig Handel
1322
Points
3Duke (58)
2-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 58 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Craig Handel
1613
Points
4North Carolina
2-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Jon Rothstein
1347
Points
5Oregon
1-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Hugh Kellenberger
1349
Points
6Kentucky (1)
2-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - Craig Handel
Lowest: 6 - 3 Voters
1508
Points
7Kansas
0-1Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Craig Handel
1206
Points
8Wisconsin
1-0Actual: 9
Highest: 2 - Craig Handel
Lowest: 12 - 5 Voters
1097
Points
9Virginia
1-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Tony Parks
Lowest: 16 - Paul Klee
1121
Points
10Arizona
1-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1092
Points
11Purdue
1-0Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
700
Points

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12West Virginia
1-0Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
392
Points
13Saint Mary's
1-0Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - Craig Handel
Lowest: NR - Kevin McNamara
593
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14Dayton
1-0Actual: 26
Highest: 14 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 42 Voters
102
Points
15Xavier
1-0Actual: 11
Highest: 4 - Tod Palmer
Lowest: 19 - Tony Parks
1025
Points
16UCLA
2-0Actual: 16
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
622
Points

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17Creighton
1-0Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - Shannon Ryan
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
232
Points
18Rhode Island
1-0Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
250
Points

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19Cincinnati
1-0Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 33 Voters
120
Points

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20San Diego State
1-0Actual: 29
Highest: 16 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 51 Voters
54
Points

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21Gonzaga
1-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Jon Nyatawa
Lowest: NR - Graham Couch
725
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22Seton Hall
2-0Actual: 43
Highest: 22 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 63 Voters
6
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23Notre Dame
1-0Actual: 37
Highest: 18 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: NR - 62 Voters
14
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24Virginia Tech
1-0Actual: 35
Highest: 18 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 59 Voters
21
Points

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25Wagner
1-0Actual: 47
Highest: 25 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 63 Voters
2
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 12-Louisville13-Michigan State18-Syracuse20-Iowa State23-Texas25-California