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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 19, 2016Week 7 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Villanova (56)
11-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 56 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 2 Voters
1614
Points
2Kansas
10-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 13 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Paul Klee
1450
Points
3UCLA (3)
12-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Craig Meyer
1514
Points
4Baylor (6)
11-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Scott Mansch
1439
Points
5Duke
10-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1385
Points
6Kentucky
10-1Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Jon Rothstein
1337
Points
7Gonzaga
11-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Mike Barber
1211
Points
8North Carolina
10-2Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1170
Points
9Creighton
11-0Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 15 - Soren Petro
1058
Points
10Butler
10-1Actual: 13
Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 16 - 10 Voters
821
Points
11Louisville
10-1Actual: 10
Highest: 8 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 15 - David Cloninger
1044
Points
12West Virginia
9-1Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - John Feinstein
Lowest: 17 - Jon Wilner
937
Points
13Indiana
8-2Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
719
Points
14Wisconsin
10-2Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 18 - Cecil Hurt
781
Points
15Virginia
9-1Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Seth Davis
886
Points
16Purdue
9-2Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
754
Points

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17USC
10-0Actual: 23
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
212
Points

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18Cincinnati
9-2Actual: 24
Highest: 16 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
202
Points
19Arizona
10-2Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - Andrew Lopez
Lowest: 25 - Zach Osterman
501
Points
20Xavier
9-2Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Steve Wiseman
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
542
Points
21Notre Dame
9-2Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
188
Points
22Saint Mary's
8-1Actual: 19
Highest: 16 - Patrick Murray
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
389
Points
23South Carolina
9-1Actual: 22
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
218
Points
24Virginia Tech
9-1Actual: 27
Highest: 19 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
40
Points
25Florida State
11-1Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Scott Richey
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
290
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Oregon