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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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Nov 24, 2025Week 4 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Purdue (46)
6-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 46 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Bob Ballou
1509
Points
2Houston (4)
5-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Dylan Sinn
1425
Points
3Arizona (11)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1439
Points
4Alabama
3-1Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Randy Heitz
1070
Points
5Duke
7-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Toyloy Brown
Lowest: 8 - 4 Voters
1319
Points
6Louisville
5-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Randy Heitz
Lowest: 14 - Dave Borges
1201
Points
7UConn
5-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 10 - Joe Cook
1208
Points

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8Iowa State
4-0Actual: 15
Highest: 6 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
706
Points
9Michigan
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Kevin Sjuts
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
1080
Points
10Gonzaga
5-0Actual: 12
Highest: 3 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: 22 - Parth Upadhyaya
863
Points
11BYU
4-1Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Scott Hamilton
1033
Points
12Michigan State
5-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Randy Heitz
879
Points
13Illinois
5-1Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
830
Points
14Florida
4-1Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Andy Greder
Lowest: 19 - Shane Mettlen
961
Points
15UCLA
5-1Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
488
Points
16St. John's
3-1Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 19 - Brian Holland
743
Points
17North Carolina
5-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Shane Mettlen
595
Points

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18Ohio State
5-0Actual: 32
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 53 Voters
26
Points
19Tennessee
5-0Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Percy Allen
Lowest: NR - Dave Borges
495
Points

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20Missouri
6-0Actual: 33
Highest: 20 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
20
Points

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21Utah State
6-0Actual: 34
Highest: 21 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 52 Voters
16
Points
22Auburn
4-1Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
269
Points
23Texas Tech
4-2Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - Randy Heitz
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
319
Points
24Vanderbilt
5-0Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - Donna Ditota
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
111
Points
25Georgetown
5-0Actual: 28
Highest: 17 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - 49 Voters
31
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-Kentucky22-Arkansas23-NC State25-Indiana