Cormac GordonStaten Island Advance (Staten Island, NY)
About: Cormac Gordon is an award-winning sportswriter and columnist for the Staten Island Advance who has covered numerous World Series, Triple Crown races, NCAA college hoop tournaments and NBA playoffs in his 30 years in the business. He is a former beat writer of St. John's University basketball and still the Advance beat writer covering Wagner College hoops. A resident of Staten Island and Amelia Island, Florida, he also worked as a general news columnist, often writing on politics and organized crime in the New York City area and covering 9/11 and its aftermath. A 25-year veteran of the New York City Police Department, Gordon spent more than a decade investigating organized crime in New York. He is a jazz enthusiast, the father of three children and grandfather of five.


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Nov 2, 2015Pre-Season Rankings for Cormac Gordon
1Kansas (5)
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 3 Voters
1410
Points
2North Carolina (35)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 35 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Graham Couch
1566
Points
3Iowa State
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: 20 - Graham Couch
1185
Points
4Oklahoma
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: 16 - Kevin McNamara
1088
Points
5Virginia (1)
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Bob Sutton
Lowest: 12 - Kevin Lyttle
1347
Points
6Duke
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Jay Drew
Lowest: 12 - Chuck McGill
1350
Points
7Maryland (14)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 3 Voters
1487
Points

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8Kentucky (10)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Cormac Gordon
1520
Points
9Arizona
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Jon Rothstein
917
Points
10Villanova
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
1013
Points
11California
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Rick Bozich
757
Points
12Gonzaga
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - Chuck McGill
Lowest: 14 - 3 Voters
1047
Points
13Indiana
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 6 - Jeff Faraudo
Lowest: 22 - Adam Sparks
755
Points
14Utah
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Jay Drew
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
499
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15Wichita State
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 17 - Randy Rosetta
1032
Points
16Michigan State
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: 21 - Elton Alexander
838
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17Cincinnati
0-0Actual: 30
Highest: 17 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: NR - 50 Voters
63
Points

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18Rhode Island
0-0Actual: 37
Highest: 18 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: NR - 62 Voters
17
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19SMU
0-0Actual: 27
Highest: 15 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 40 Voters
112
Points
20LSU
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Bob Sutton
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
268
Points
21Purdue
0-0Actual: 23
Highest: 12 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
236
Points
22UConn
0-0Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Dave Borges
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
307
Points

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23Texas A&M
0-0Actual: 29
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 41 Voters
72
Points
24Butler
0-0Actual: 24
Highest: 13 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
223
Points

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25Dayton
0-0Actual: 38
Highest: 22 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
12
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 17-Wisconsin18-Vanderbilt19-Notre Dame22-Baylor25-Michigan