Bret StrelowThe Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, NC)
E-mail: strelowb@fayobserver.com
Twitter: @bretstrelow
About: Bret Strelow has covered ACC basketball for more than a decade, attending six Final Fours. This is his third season following the league as a writer for The Fayetteville Observer. He primarily focuses on North Carolina, Duke, N.C. State and Wake Forest.


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Nov 2, 2015Pre-Season Rankings for Bret Strelow
1Kentucky (10)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Cormac Gordon
1520
Points
2Virginia (1)
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Bob Sutton
Lowest: 12 - Kevin Lyttle
1347
Points
3Kansas (5)
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 3 Voters
1410
Points
4North Carolina (35)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 35 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Graham Couch
1566
Points
5Maryland (14)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 3 Voters
1487
Points
6Oklahoma
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: 16 - Kevin McNamara
1088
Points
7Iowa State
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: 20 - Graham Couch
1185
Points
8Duke
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Jay Drew
Lowest: 12 - Chuck McGill
1350
Points
9Wichita State
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 17 - Randy Rosetta
1032
Points
10Arizona
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Jon Rothstein
917
Points
11Gonzaga
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - Chuck McGill
Lowest: 14 - 3 Voters
1047
Points
12Villanova
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
1013
Points
13Wisconsin
0-0Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
433
Points
14California
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Rick Bozich
757
Points
15Notre Dame
0-0Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
360
Points
16Indiana
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 6 - Jeff Faraudo
Lowest: 22 - Adam Sparks
755
Points

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17Baylor
0-0Actual: 22
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 22 Voters
265
Points

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18Michigan State
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: 21 - Elton Alexander
838
Points
19Utah
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Jay Drew
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
499
Points

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20Cincinnati
0-0Actual: 30
Highest: 17 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: NR - 50 Voters
63
Points

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21Miami (FL)
0-0Actual: 31
Highest: 16 - Jon Rothstein
Lowest: NR - 52 Voters
48
Points

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22SMU
0-0Actual: 27
Highest: 15 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 40 Voters
112
Points

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23Texas
0-0Actual: 35
Highest: 20 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
18
Points
24LSU
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Bob Sutton
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
268
Points

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25Valparaiso
0-0Actual: 42
Highest: 24 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 62 Voters
5
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 18-Vanderbilt20-UConn23-Purdue24-Butler25-Michigan