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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 27, 2021Week 8 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Baylor (61)
11-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 61 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 61 Voters
1525
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2Duke
11-1Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 50 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Jesse Newell
1448
Points
3Gonzaga
10-2Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 7 - Stephen Tsai
1335
Points
4Purdue
11-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Chris Murray
1371
Points
5UCLA
8-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Jesse Newell
1296
Points
6Kansas
9-1Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 3 Voters
1233
Points
7Iowa State
12-0Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - Chris Murray
Lowest: 25 - 3 Voters
985
Points
8Michigan State
10-2Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Jon Wilner
901
Points
9Ohio State
8-2Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 19 - 3 Voters
787
Points
10Arizona
11-1Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 18 - Zach Klein
973
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11LSU
12-0Actual: 16
Highest: 8 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 23 - 3 Voters
609
Points
12Seton Hall
9-1Actual: 15
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Jesse Newell
716
Points
13Auburn
11-1Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 24 - Jon Wilner
826
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14USC
12-0Actual: 7
Highest: 7 - 22 Voters
Lowest: 23 - James Crepea
994
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15Colorado State
10-0Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
366
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16Villanova
8-4Actual: 22
Highest: 11 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
312
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17Xavier
11-2Actual: 23
Highest: 12 - Dave Borges
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
237
Points
18Providence
11-1Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
315
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19Tennessee
9-2Actual: 14
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
729
Points
20Wisconsin
9-2Actual: 24
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
207
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21Houston
11-2Actual: 12
Highest: 3 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - Marcus Fuller
801
Points
22Kentucky
9-2Actual: 18
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
459
Points
23Texas Tech
9-2Actual: 25
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 27 Voters
121
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24Texas
9-2Actual: 17
Highest: 7 - Aria Gerson
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
567
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25Alabama
9-3Actual: 19
Highest: 10 - Donald Hunt
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
426
Points