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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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Dec 15, 2025Week 7 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Arizona (42)
9-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 42 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 6 Voters
1500
Points
2Michigan (15)
10-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Andy Greder
1470
Points
3Duke (3)
10-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 5 - C.J. Moore
1406
Points
4Iowa State (1)
11-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Dave Preston
Lowest: 6 - Randy Heitz
1336
Points
5UConn
10-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Andy Greder
Lowest: 9 - Dylan Sinn
1286
Points
6Gonzaga
10-1Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Chris Lea
1109
Points
7Purdue
10-1Actual: 6
Highest: 5 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Brenna Greene
1195
Points
8Michigan State
9-1Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Toyloy Brown
1037
Points
9BYU
9-1Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Dylan Sinn
1017
Points
10Louisville
9-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: 14 - 5 Voters
921
Points
11Nebraska
11-0Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 21 - Matt Young
655
Points
12Vanderbilt
10-0Actual: 13
Highest: 5 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: 22 - Seth Davis
766
Points
13North Carolina
9-1Actual: 12
Highest: 10 - John Johnson
Lowest: 24 - Shane Mettlen
794
Points
14Kansas
8-3Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - Percy Allen
502
Points
15Arkansas
8-2Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Jeff Borzello
Lowest: 21 - Seth Davis
726
Points

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16Houston
10-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Mark Berman
1079
Points
17Alabama
7-3Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Brian Holland
644
Points
18Auburn
8-3Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
283
Points
19Illinois
8-3Actual: 18
Highest: 14 - Victor Flores
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
483
Points
20Texas Tech
7-3Actual: 19
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
314
Points
21Tennessee
7-3Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Mia O'Brien
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
286
Points
22Virginia
9-1Actual: 23
Highest: 16 - Percy Allen
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
200
Points

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23Notre Dame
9-3Actual: 37
Highest: 23 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
4
Points

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24California
10-1Actual: 33
Highest: 20 - Owen Siebring
Lowest: NR - 55 Voters
13
Points
25Iowa
9-2Actual: 27
Highest: 19 - Percy Allen
Lowest: NR - 38 Voters
47
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-St. John's23-Florida25-Georgia