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.


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Jan 25, 2016Week 12 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Oklahoma (36)
16-2Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 36 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 2 Voters
1592
Points
2North Carolina (29)
18-2Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 29 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 3 Voters
1586
Points
3Iowa
16-3Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Chris Murray
1473
Points
4Texas A&M
17-2Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Graham Couch
1332
Points
5West Virginia
16-3Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Kevin Lyttle
1105
Points
6Kansas
16-3Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Chris Dachille
1369
Points
7Villanova
17-3Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Doug Doughty
1261
Points
8Xavier
17-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Tom Green
Lowest: 14 - Jon Wilner
1186
Points
9Providence
17-3Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Ray Coleman
Lowest: 22 - Cecil Hurt
1005
Points
10Iowa State
15-4Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 20 - 2 Voters
792
Points
11Maryland
17-3Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Soren Petro
Lowest: 17 - Jason Butt
1111
Points
12Miami (FL)
15-3Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Graham Couch
753
Points
13SMU
18-1Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - 3 Voters
838
Points
14Baylor
15-4Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Randy Rosetta
594
Points
15Virginia
15-4Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Seth Davis
903
Points
16Michigan State
17-4Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Adam Sparks
Lowest: 19 - Marcus Fuller
869
Points
17Louisville
16-3Actual: 16
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - Aaron Brenner
719
Points

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18Dayton
16-3Actual: 26
Highest: 18 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 39 Voters
77
Points
19Indiana
17-3Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 24 - 3 Voters
466
Points
20Wichita State
14-5Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - Chuck McGill
Lowest: NR - 30 Voters
151
Points
21Oregon
16-4Actual: 23
Highest: 18 - Kevin Lyttle
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
149
Points
22Arizona
16-4Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
502
Points

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23Clemson
12-7Actual: 32
Highest: 22 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
18
Points
24Purdue
17-4Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - Soren Petro
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
328
Points

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25VCU
15-5Actual: 33
Highest: 21 - Mike Barber
Lowest: NR - 57 Voters
17
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Kentucky24-Duke25-Notre Dame