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 31, 2022Week 13 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Auburn (49)
20-1Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 49 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Jesse Newell
1508
Points
2Gonzaga (12)
17-2Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 12 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Jeff Rabjohns
1475
Points
3UCLA
16-2Actual: 3
Highest: 3 - 31 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Jesse Newell
1338
Points
4Kentucky
17-4Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 14 - James Crepea
1195
Points

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5Wisconsin
17-3Actual: 11
Highest: 4 - Chad Leistikow
Lowest: 24 - Jesse Newell
938
Points
6Purdue
18-3Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Jeff Rabjohns
Lowest: 11 - Bruce Pascoe
1282
Points
7Arizona
17-2Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - David Thompson
Lowest: 15 - James Crepea
1159
Points
8Baylor
18-3Actual: 8
Highest: 2 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 13 - Stephen Tsai
1141
Points
9Houston
18-2Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Jeff Rabjohns
1164
Points
10Duke
17-3Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters
1107
Points
11Kansas
17-3Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Stephen Means
1014
Points
12Texas Tech
16-5Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Theo Lawson
741
Points
13Villanova
16-5Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 18 - Scott Richey
807
Points
14Providence
18-2Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
709
Points
15Michigan State
16-4Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - Stephen Tsai
Lowest: 24 - Jon Wilner
751
Points
16Ohio State
13-5Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
548
Points
17UConn
15-4Actual: 17
Highest: 15 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 22 - 4 Voters
483
Points

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18Marquette
15-7Actual: 24
Highest: 16 - Donald Hunt
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
188
Points
19Iowa State
16-5Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
324
Points
20Illinois
15-5Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Chris Basnett
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
445
Points

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21Boise State
17-4Actual: 28
Highest: 21 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 46 Voters
32
Points
22Texas
16-5Actual: 23
Highest: 16 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
203
Points
23Xavier
15-5Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - Jay Tust
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
255
Points
24Murray State
20-2Actual: 27
Highest: 21 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - 43 Voters
42
Points
25Alabama
14-7Actual: 26
Highest: 18 - James Crepea
Lowest: NR - 31 Voters
97
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-USC22-Tennessee25-LSU