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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

25

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Dec 5, 2022Week 5 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Purdue (8)
8-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1411
Points
2Texas (14)
6-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Andrew Kahn
1473
Points
3Houston (37)
8-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 37 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 3 Voters
1502
Points
4Virginia (3)
7-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 4 Voters
1416
Points
5UConn
9-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 10 - Pat Rooney
1295
Points

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6Maryland
8-0Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 19 - 3 Voters
811
Points
7Arkansas
7-1Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - C.L. Brown
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
1021
Points
8Alabama
7-1Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Brian Holland
1029
Points
9Tennessee
7-1Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - Matt Charboneau
Lowest: 17 - Pat Rooney
1046
Points
10Kansas
8-1Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - Pat Rooney
Lowest: 16 - David Cloninger
1131
Points
11Indiana
7-1Actual: 14
Highest: 7 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 20 - Mike Rodak
759
Points
12Duke
8-2Actual: 15
Highest: 6 - Pat Rooney
Lowest: 23 - David Jones
745
Points
13Illinois
6-2Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - David Jones
Lowest: NR - Percy Allen
554
Points

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14Iowa State
7-1Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
376
Points

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15Arizona
7-1Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
1013
Points
16Baylor
6-2Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
841
Points
17Gonzaga
5-3Actual: 18
Highest: 9 - Aria Gerson
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
517
Points
18Kentucky
6-2Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Kelly Hines
Lowest: NR - Dylan Sinn
596
Points
19San Diego State
6-2Actual: 22
Highest: 17 - Scott Richey
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
265
Points

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20Auburn
8-0Actual: 11
Highest: 4 - Percy Allen
Lowest: 23 - Seth Davis
853
Points
21Mississippi State
8-0Actual: 23
Highest: 9 - David Cloninger
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
187
Points
22Creighton
6-3Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - Mia O'Brien
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
346
Points
23UCLA
7-2Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
479
Points
24Charleston
8-1Actual: 27
Highest: 16 - David Jones
Lowest: NR - 42 Voters
54
Points
25TCU
6-1Actual: 24
Highest: 16 - Steve Greenberg
Lowest: NR - 27 Voters
113
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-Ohio State