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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 3, 2018Week 5 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Gonzaga (43)
8-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 43 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Jesse Newell
1578
Points
2Kansas (19)
6-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 19 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Graham Couch
1539
Points
3Duke (1)
7-1Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 5 - 4 Voters
1463
Points
4Nevada
8-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Ken Weinman
Lowest: 8 - Thuc Nhi Nguyen
1300
Points
5Virginia (1)
7-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Dave Preston
Lowest: 8 - Seth Davis
1367
Points
6Michigan
8-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 10 - John Bednarowski
1339
Points
7Auburn
6-1Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 14 Voters
1154
Points
8Tennessee
6-1Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 12 - Jesse Newell
1238
Points

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9Buffalo
7-0Actual: 17
Highest: 8 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - Jesse Newell
515
Points
10Kentucky
7-1Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Dave Preston
Lowest: 17 - Jesse Newell
1070
Points
11Texas Tech
7-0Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
783
Points
12Wisconsin
7-1Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - Mark Cooper
Lowest: 19 - 3 Voters
809
Points
13Michigan State
6-2Actual: 10
Highest: 8 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 20 - Chris Murray
915
Points

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14Furman
8-0Actual: 25
Highest: 14 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 32 Voters
101
Points
15Virginia Tech
6-1Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - John Bednarowski
675
Points

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16Villanova
6-2Actual: 21
Highest: 10 - Tom Bragg
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
356
Points

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17Florida State
6-1Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - John Feinstein
Lowest: 20 - Jon Nyatawa
871
Points
18Arizona State
7-0Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
384
Points
19Kansas State
6-1Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
629
Points
20Nebraska
7-1Actual: 24
Highest: 16 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 26 Voters
176
Points

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21Syracuse
5-2Actual: 27
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 51 Voters
62
Points
22Ohio State
7-1Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
385
Points

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23Marquette
6-2Actual: 28
Highest: 19 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 50 Voters
47
Points

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24Radford
6-1Actual: 39
Highest: 22 - Damien Sordelett
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
9
Points
25Maryland
7-1Actual: 23
Highest: 13 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
204
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 14-North Carolina18-Iowa22-Mississippi State