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Jesse NewellKansas City Star (Kansas City, MO)
E-mail: jnewell@kcstar.com
Twitter: @jessenewell
About: Newell comes to The Star from the Topeka Capital-Journal, where he currently covers KU. His writing has won numerous awards since he joined the Capital-Journal in 2013, including beat writer of the year in the most recent Associated Press Sports Editors contest. Newell is also the co-author, with former Star writer Jason King, of “Beyond the Phog,” an inside look at former KU basketball players. He was previously the online editor for the Lawrence Journal-World. He started his career at the Emporia Gazette.


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Nov 20, 2017Week 3 Rankings for Jesse Newell
1Arizona (11)
3-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Chris Dachille
1527
Points
2Duke (54)
4-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 54 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Seth Davis
1613
Points
3Kansas
3-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 21 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Jon Nyatawa
1504
Points
4Wichita State
2-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Kevin McNamara
1321
Points
5Villanova
3-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Chris Dachille
Lowest: 15 - Graham Couch
1345
Points
6Michigan State
2-1Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Luke DeCock
1390
Points
7Florida
3-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Justin Jackson
Lowest: 19 - Jon Wilner
1117
Points
8Cincinnati
3-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - 3 Voters
893
Points
9Kentucky
3-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Seth Davis
1104
Points
10USC
3-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Rick Bozich
1055
Points
11North Carolina
2-0Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Graham Couch
1079
Points
12Xavier
3-0Actual: 15
Highest: 7 - Jon Nyatawa
Lowest: 22 - Chris Murray
750
Points
13Miami (FL)
3-0Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Luke DeCock
918
Points

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14West Virginia
2-1Actual: 23
Highest: 14 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 26 Voters
191
Points
15Notre Dame
3-0Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
857
Points
16Texas A&M
2-0Actual: 16
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - Carlos Silva
618
Points
17Louisville
2-0Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Marcus Fuller
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
466
Points
18Purdue
4-0Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 25 - 2 Voters
527
Points

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19Virginia
4-0Actual: 26
Highest: 17 - Chris Dachille
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
88
Points
20Gonzaga
3-0Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - 6 Voters
Lowest: NR - Mark Berman
540
Points

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21Minnesota
4-0Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Jon Nyatawa
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
754
Points
22Saint Mary's
4-0Actual: 21
Highest: 10 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
344
Points
23Seton Hall
4-0Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - Doug Haller
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
370
Points
24Baylor
3-0Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
206
Points
25Texas Tech
4-0Actual: 27
Highest: 13 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 38 Voters
81
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-UCLA25-Alabama