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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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Jan 2, 2023Week 9 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Purdue (60)
13-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 60 Voters
Lowest: 2 - Percy Allen
1524
Points
2UConn (1)
14-1Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Percy Allen
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1342
Points
3Houston
14-1Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 34 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Seth Davis
1417
Points
4Arizona
13-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Bob Ballou
1334
Points
5Kansas
12-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1351
Points
6Texas
12-1Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Brian Holland
1185
Points
7Tennessee
11-2Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1114
Points
8Gonzaga
12-3Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Dylan Sinn
1003
Points
9Alabama
11-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Steve Greenberg
Lowest: 11 - Matt Tait
1132
Points
10Virginia
10-2Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 16 - David Jones
926
Points
11UCLA
13-2Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Bret Bloomquist
Lowest: 15 - Dylan Sinn
993
Points
12Miami (FL)
13-1Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
814
Points
13Wisconsin
10-2Actual: 14
Highest: 11 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - Aria Gerson
639
Points
14Indiana
10-3Actual: 15
Highest: 13 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
558
Points
15Duke
11-3Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - Bob Holt
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
554
Points
16Xavier
12-3Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Donna Ditota
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
531
Points

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17Charleston
14-1Actual: 23
Highest: 14 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 30 Voters
116
Points
18TCU
12-1Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
545
Points
19Baylor
10-3Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - Rick Bozich
520
Points
20New Mexico
14-0Actual: 21
Highest: 9 - Michelle Gardner
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
290
Points
21Missouri
12-1Actual: 20
Highest: 10 - Stefan Krajisnik
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
329
Points

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22Arkansas
11-2Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
717
Points
23Iowa State
10-2Actual: 25
Highest: 13 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 31 Voters
94
Points

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24Kansas State
12-1Actual: 30
Highest: 21 - Adam Cole
Lowest: NR - 45 Voters
41
Points
25LSU
12-1Actual: 26
Highest: 13 - David Jones
Lowest: NR - 42 Voters
83
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-Auburn24-Ohio State