Joey Johnston The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, FL) About: Joey Johnston of the Tampa Tribune has covered sports in the Tampa Bay area for more than three decades. The Super Bowl, World Series, the Stanley Cup Finals, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open are among the events on his career resume, but college basketball has been a particular interest. Johnston has covered NCAA men's basketball tournament events from coast-to-coast, including 11 editions of the Final Four. Johnston spearheaded the Tribune's coverage of the 1999 Final Four at St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Mar 17, 2014 Final Rankings Rankings for Joey Johnston1 Florida (50) 32-2 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 50 Voters Lowest: 2 - 15 Voters 1610 Points
2 Wichita State (15) 34-0 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - 15 Voters Lowest: 5 - Matt McCoy 1571 Points
3 Louisville 29-5 Actual: 5Highest: 2 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 9 - Andrew Greif 1412 Points
4 Virginia 28-6 Actual: 3Highest: 3 - 18 Voters Lowest: 8 - Tony Krausz 1430 Points
5 Arizona 30-4 Actual: 4Highest: 2 - Matt McCoy Lowest: 7 - Mike Barber 1422 Points
6 Villanova 28-4 Actual: 6Highest: 4 - Andrew Greif Lowest: 14 - Dave Borges 1231 Points
7 Duke 26-8 Actual: 8Highest: 6 - 6 Voters Lowest: 17 - Scott Wolf 1121 Points
8 Michigan 25-8 Actual: 7Highest: 4 - Mike Barber Lowest: 11 - 8 Voters 1162 Points
9 San Diego State 29-4 Actual: 13Highest: 5 - Randy Rosetta Lowest: 17 - 7 Voters 890 Points
10 Syracuse 27-5 Actual: 14Highest: 8 - Tom Keegan Lowest: 22 - Matt Vautour 757 Points
11 Wisconsin 26-7 Actual: 12Highest: 7 - Aaron Brenner Lowest: 20 - Randy Rosetta 892 Points
12 Creighton 26-7 Actual: 16Highest: 10 - Cecil Hurt Lowest: 23 - Jon Wilner 658 Points
13 New Mexico 27-6 Actual: 17Highest: 9 - Chris Dachille Lowest: 25 - 2 Voters 623 Points
14 UConn 26-8 Actual: 18Highest: 11 - Jason Smith Lowest: NR - 4 Voters 503 Points
15 Michigan State 26-8 Actual: 11Highest: 5 - Scott Wolf Lowest: 18 - 3 Voters 950 Points
16 Baylor 24-11 Actual: 23Highest: 15 - Seth Davis Lowest: NR - 30 Voters 148 Points
17 Cincinnati 27-6 Actual: 15Highest: 9 - Jason Smith Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters 720 Points
18 UCLA 26-8 Actual: 20Highest: 7 - Cormac Gordon Lowest: NR - 8 Voters 413 Points
19 Kansas 24-9 Actual: 10Highest: 4 - Marcus Jackson Lowest: 19 - Joey Johnston 1045 Points
20 Saint Louis 26-6 Actual: 25Highest: 17 - Cormac Gordon Lowest: NR - 31 Voters 131 Points
23 North Carolina 23-9 Actual: 19Highest: 14 - Aaron Brenner Lowest: NR - Adam Jude 424 Points
24 Ohio State 25-9 Actual: 22Highest: 15 - Soren Petro Lowest: NR - 20 Voters 167 Points
25 Iowa State 26-7 Actual: 9Highest: 6 - 8 Voters Lowest: 25 - Joey Johnston 1055 Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-Oklahoma 24-VCU