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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Jan 4, 2016Week 9 Rankings for Cormac Gordon
1Kansas (44)
12-1Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 44 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Graham Couch
1598
Points
2Michigan State
14-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1400
Points
3Oklahoma (21)
12-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 21 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 7 Voters
1574
Points
4Virginia
12-1Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 5 Voters
1409
Points
5North Carolina
13-2Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Jeff Faraudo
1275
Points
6Maryland
13-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1459
Points
7Xavier
13-1Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 19 - Jeff Faraudo
1001
Points
8Arizona
13-1Actual: 7
Highest: 6 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Aaron Brenner
1126
Points
9Providence
14-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - Jason Butt
Lowest: 17 - Soren Petro
1108
Points
10Kentucky
11-2Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: 14 - 3 Voters
1039
Points
11SMU
13-0Actual: 15
Highest: 6 - Elton Alexander
Lowest: NR - Terry Toohey
731
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
12Iowa
11-3Actual: 19
Highest: 9 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
456
Points
13Villanova
12-2Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
979
Points
14Miami (FL)
12-1Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Kevin Lyttle
Lowest: 21 - Jon Wilner
921
Points
15Iowa State
11-2Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Cecil Hurt
844
Points
16Duke
12-2Actual: 14
Highest: 6 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: 20 - Mark Berman
830
Points
17Purdue
13-2Actual: 20
Highest: 12 - Randy Rosetta
Lowest: 25 - Scott Wolf
450
Points
18South Carolina
13-0Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - Chris Dachille
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
286
Points
19West Virginia
12-1Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - Tod Palmer
558
Points
20Louisville
12-2Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
568
Points
21Texas A&M
11-2Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - Doug Doughty
420
Points
22Butler
11-3Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - John McNamara
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
516
Points
23Pittsburgh
12-1Actual: 24
Highest: 18 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: NR - 32 Voters
103
Points
24Gonzaga
12-3Actual: 26
Highest: 17 - Nick Carboni
Lowest: NR - 46 Voters
61
Points
25California
12-3Actual: 27
Highest: 20 - Jon Rothstein
Lowest: NR - 45 Voters
54
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-UConn25-Dayton