Kevin McNamaraWPRO-Providence / KevinMcSports.com (Providence, RI)
E-mail: kvmc3333@aol.com
Twitter: @KevinMcNamara33
About: Kevin McNamara has been a Sports Writer at The Providence Journal since 1988. Kevin has covered college basketball for the paper for more than 20 years and followed the Big East, the Atlantic 10 and the Ivy League over that time. He has also covered the Red Sox in the World Series, the Celtics in the NBA Finals a bit of everything in between in his career. Kevin is a native of Coventry.


Ballot Score

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Jan 23, 2017Week 12 Rankings for Kevin McNamara
1Kansas (28)
18-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 28 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Graham Couch
1572
Points
2Villanova (35)
19-1Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 35 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 4 Voters
1591
Points
3Kentucky
17-2Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1414
Points
4Gonzaga (2)
19-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1471
Points
5Arizona
18-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1190
Points
6UCLA
19-2Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1177
Points
7North Carolina
18-3Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Clay Fowler
1171
Points
8Florida State
18-2Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Doug Doughty
1215
Points
9Baylor
18-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Kevin McNamara
1379
Points
10Notre Dame
17-3Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Andrew Lopez
767
Points
11Butler
17-3Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 20 - Rick Bozich
914
Points
12Wisconsin
16-3Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 21 - Patrick Murray
746
Points
13Louisville
16-4Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 21 - John Feinstein
796
Points
14Oregon
18-2Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 16 - Chris Goff
1035
Points
15West Virginia
15-4Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Mike Barber
Lowest: 24 - Scott Mansch
569
Points
16Duke
15-4Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
628
Points
17Creighton
18-2Actual: 16
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Rick Bozich
731
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
18Virginia
15-3Actual: 12
Highest: 9 - Soren Petro
Lowest: 20 - Seth Davis
803
Points
19Cincinnati
17-2Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
478
Points
20Xavier
14-5Actual: 24
Highest: 20 - 6 Voters
Lowest: NR - 22 Voters
146
Points
21Maryland
17-2Actual: 22
Highest: 12 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
261
Points
22Purdue
16-4Actual: 20
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
412
Points
23South Carolina
15-4Actual: 23
Highest: 19 - Mike Barber
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
171
Points
24SMU
17-4Actual: 27
Highest: 21 - Jon Nyatawa
Lowest: NR - 48 Voters
33
Points
25Saint Mary's
17-2Actual: 21
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
290
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-Florida