John McNamaraThe Capital Gazette (Annapolis, MD)
E-mail: jmcnamara@capgaznews.com
Twitter: @CapitalOfBBall
About: John McNamara covers Maryland basketball and football for the Annapolis Capital, where he has worked for the last 19 years. Prior to that, he worked for the Prince George's Journal and the Hagerstown Morning Herald after graduating with a degree in Journalism from the University of Maryland in 1983.


Ballot Score

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Dec 28, 2015Week 8 Rankings for John McNamara
1Michigan State (64)
13-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 64 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Soren Petro
1623
Points
2Kansas (1)
10-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - Soren Petro
Lowest: 5 - Graham Couch
1534
Points
3Oklahoma
11-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 22 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Doug Haller
1498
Points
4Maryland
11-1Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Kevin Lyttle
1428
Points
5Virginia
10-1Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1351
Points
6Xavier
12-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1296
Points
7North Carolina
10-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Pat Rooney
Lowest: 15 - Jeff Faraudo
1219
Points
8Arizona
12-1Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
1081
Points
9Butler
10-1Actual: 9
Highest: 8 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Cecil Hurt
984
Points
10Providence
12-1Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Michelle Kaufman
Lowest: 22 - Seth Davis
923
Points
11Iowa State
10-1Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Randy Rosetta
Lowest: 18 - Kevin McNamara
938
Points
12Kentucky
10-2Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Seth Davis
963
Points
13Miami (FL)
10-1Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - Kevin Lyttle
Lowest: 23 - Jon Wilner
867
Points
14Purdue
12-1Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
818
Points
15Duke
9-2Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: 23 - Mark Berman
781
Points
16Villanova
9-2Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Seth Davis
Lowest: 21 - Michelle Kaufman
643
Points
17SMU
11-0Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - Jon Rothstein
Lowest: NR - Terry Toohey
636
Points
18West Virginia
10-1Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
500
Points
19Louisville
11-2Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Michelle Kaufman
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
516
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
20George Washington
10-2Actual: 30
Highest: 20 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
40
Points
21Texas A&M
9-2Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - Zac Boyer
371
Points
22Baylor
9-2Actual: 23
Highest: 19 - Zac Boyer
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
195
Points
23Utah
10-2Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - Fletcher Mackel
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
224
Points
24South Carolina
11-0Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
175
Points
25Cincinnati
10-3Actual: 22
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
199
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-UCLA