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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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Jan 11, 2021Week 8 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Gonzaga (63)
12-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 63 Voters
Lowest: 2 - Scott Wolf
1599
Points
2Baylor (1)
11-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 3 - Jon Wilner
1536
Points
3Villanova
8-1Actual: 3
Highest: 3 - 39 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1436
Points
4Texas
10-1Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 9 - Jesse Newell
1422
Points
5Kansas
10-2Actual: 6
Highest: 5 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Jesse Newell
1220
Points
6Creighton
10-2Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Luke DeCock
1151
Points
7Iowa
11-2Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - David Cloninger
1322
Points
8Michigan
10-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: 11 - 5 Voters
1161
Points
9Tennessee
9-1Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 16 - Jon Wilner
1093
Points
10Wisconsin
10-2Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - Chris Basnett
Lowest: 12 - Stephen Tsai
1110
Points
11Houston
10-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Jordan Hansen
Lowest: 16 - Shannon Ryan
993
Points
12Clemson
9-1Actual: 12
Highest: 10 - Luke DeCock
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
747
Points
13Louisville
8-1Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - Scott Richey
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
464
Points
14West Virginia
9-4Actual: 13
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Nick Suss
701
Points
15Missouri
7-2Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
436
Points
16Illinois
9-4Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 21 - 3 Voters
694
Points

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17Minnesota
10-4Actual: 23
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 30 Voters
233
Points
18Ohio State
9-3Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
280
Points
19Virginia Tech
9-2Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Scott Richey
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
286
Points

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20Alabama
9-3Actual: 26
Highest: 14 - 6 Voters
Lowest: NR - 39 Voters
173
Points

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21UCLA
9-2Actual: 27
Highest: 15 - Justin Jackson
Lowest: NR - 36 Voters
137
Points
22Saint Louis
7-1Actual: 24
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
220
Points

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23Colorado
8-3Actual: 28
Highest: 16 - Geoff Grammer
Lowest: NR - 38 Voters
96
Points

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24Oklahoma State
8-3Actual: 34
Highest: 19 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - 56 Voters
28
Points
25UConn
6-1Actual: 25
Highest: 13 - Paul Klee
Lowest: NR - 30 Voters
181
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 15-Texas Tech18-Virginia19-Duke22-Oregon