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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Dec 29, 2014 Week 8 Rankings for Joey Johnston1 Kentucky (65) 13-0 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 65 Voters Lowest: 1 - 65 Voters 1625
2 Duke 10-0 Actual: 2Highest: 2 - 64 Voters Lowest: 3 - Ron Morris 1559
3 Wisconsin 12-1 Actual: 4Highest: 3 - 16 Voters Lowest: 9 - Jon Wilner 1395
4 Virginia 11-0 Actual: 3Highest: 3 - 42 Voters Lowest: 7 - Dave Borges 1457
5 Villanova 12-0 Actual: 6Highest: 2 - Ron Morris Lowest: 10 - Jeff Faraudo 1316
6 Louisville 11-1 Actual: 5Highest: 3 - 2 Voters Lowest: 9 - Randy Rosetta 1327
7 Gonzaga 12-1 Actual: 7Highest: 3 - 2 Voters Lowest: 8 - 28 Voters 1249
8 Arizona 12-1 Actual: 8Highest: 3 - John McNamara Lowest: 9 - 3 Voters 1243
9 West Virginia 11-1 Actual: 17Highest: 9 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 4 Voters 584
10 Notre Dame 12-1 Actual: 14Highest: 9 - 2 Voters Lowest: 24 - Geoff Grammer 709
11 Iowa State 9-1 Actual: 9Highest: 9 - 30 Voters Lowest: 18 - Chris Dachille 1005
12 Kansas 9-2 Actual: 13Highest: 8 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 24 - Seth Davis 775
13 Wichita State 10-2 Actual: 16Highest: 10 - 4 Voters Lowest: NR - Paul Zeise 630
14 Texas 10-2 Actual: 11Highest: 7 - 2 Voters Lowest: 17 - Chris Murray 903
15 Maryland 12-1 Actual: 12Highest: 9 - 4 Voters Lowest: 21 - Randy Rosetta 869
16 TCU 12-0 Actual: 26Highest: 10 - Paul Zeise Lowest: NR - 38 Voters 132
17 Arkansas 10-2 Actual: 29Highest: 17 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 59 Voters 27
18 St. John's 11-1 Actual: 15Highest: 9 - Jason Smith Lowest: 24 - Aaron Brenner 690
19 Utah 9-2 Actual: 10Highest: 8 - 3 Voters Lowest: 19 - Joey Johnston 956
20 Washington 11-1 Actual: 21Highest: 17 - 6 Voters Lowest: NR - 18 Voters 253
21 Northern Iowa 11-1 Actual: 23Highest: 12 - Chris Dachille Lowest: NR - 9 Voters 216
22 North Carolina 9-3 Actual: 19Highest: 12 - 3 Voters Lowest: 25 - Paul Zeise 483
23 San Diego State 10-3 Actual: 28Highest: 21 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 51 Voters 40
24 Ohio State 11-2 Actual: 20Highest: 12 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 3 Voters 435
25 Colorado State 13-0 Actual: 24Highest: 11 - Ben Frederickson Lowest: NR - 13 Voters 194
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 18-Oklahoma 22-Baylor 25-Georgetown
