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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.


Ballot Score

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Feb 25, 2019Week 17 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Gonzaga (44)
27-2Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 44 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 5 Voters
1569
Points
2Duke (3)
24-3Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Scott Mansch
1502
Points
3Virginia (15)
24-2Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 2 Voters
1513
Points
4Kentucky (2)
23-4Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1418
Points
5North Carolina
22-5Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1326
Points
6Michigan State
23-5Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Kevin McNamara
1232
Points
7Houston
26-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Jesse Newell
1145
Points
8Marquette
23-4Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Jesse Newell
1019
Points
9Tennessee
24-3Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Chris Murray
Lowest: 11 - 4 Voters
1190
Points
10Michigan
24-4Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Shannon Ryan
1057
Points
11Texas Tech
22-5Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Tom Bragg
Lowest: 18 - Seth Davis
938
Points
12LSU
22-5Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Jesse Newell
836
Points
13Purdue
20-7Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Seth Davis
Lowest: 19 - Tom Bragg
820
Points
14Kansas State
21-6Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - T.J. Werre
Lowest: 24 - Graham Couch
559
Points
15Nevada
25-2Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 19 - Jesse Newell
883
Points
16Kansas
20-7Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - Shannon Ryan
Lowest: 23 - Seth Davis
580
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
17Wofford
24-4Actual: 24
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
112
Points
18Wisconsin
19-8Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
466
Points
19Maryland
21-7Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - Shannon Ryan
Lowest: 23 - Brant Wilkerson
549
Points
20Cincinnati
23-4Actual: 23
Highest: 17 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
263
Points
21Florida State
21-6Actual: 18
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 25 - David Cloninger
501
Points
22Louisville
18-10Actual: 26
Highest: 19 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 36 Voters
90
Points
23Iowa
21-6Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
278
Points
24Virginia Tech
21-6Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
392
Points
25Buffalo
24-3Actual: 21
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
288
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-Washington