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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 11, 2017Week 6 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Michigan State (19)
9-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 19 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 4 Voters
1561
Points
2Arizona State (5)
9-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Scott Mansch
1316
Points
3Villanova (41)
10-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 41 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 3 Voters
1598
Points
4Wichita State
8-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: 9 - Tyson Alger
1402
Points
5North Carolina
9-1Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1237
Points
6Duke
11-1Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 16 - David Cloninger
1362
Points
7Texas A&M
8-1Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Carlos Silva
1072
Points
8Kentucky
8-1Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - 6 Voters
Lowest: NR - Graham Couch
1227
Points
9Miami (FL)
8-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Jesse Newell
1272
Points
10West Virginia
9-1Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: 21 - Theo Lawson
972
Points
11Xavier
9-1Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Scott Wolf
1044
Points
12TCU
10-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
718
Points

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13Notre Dame
8-2Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - Andrew Lopez
Lowest: 23 - 3 Voters
564
Points
14Virginia
8-1Actual: 16
Highest: 6 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 24 - Carlos Silva
690
Points
15Seton Hall
8-1Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Craig Meyer
Lowest: NR - J.P. Butler
704
Points
16Gonzaga
8-2Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 20 - Craig Meyer
805
Points
17Kansas
7-2Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: NR - Graham Couch
760
Points
18Purdue
10-2Actual: 17
Highest: 7 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 24 - Matt Vautour
568
Points
19Arizona
7-3Actual: 23
Highest: 14 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
252
Points
20Florida State
9-0Actual: 19
Highest: 8 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
452
Points
21Baylor
7-2Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - David Cloninger
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
281
Points
22Texas Tech
7-1Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - Tony Parks
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
191
Points
23Creighton
7-2Actual: 26
Highest: 16 - Theo Lawson
Lowest: NR - 42 Voters
79
Points
24Florida
6-3Actual: 22
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
261
Points

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25Tennessee
7-1Actual: 20
Highest: 12 - Jon Nyatawa
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
342
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-Cincinnati