Mark BermanThe Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)
E-mail: mark.berman@roanoke.com
Twitter: @BermanRoanoke
About: Mark Berman covers Virginia Tech basketball for The Roanoke Times in Roanoke, Va. He is a Syracuse University graduate who grew up in Trumbull, Conn. He has been at The Roanoke Times since 1998. He covered James Madison for The Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Va., from 1989-98. His blog can be read at http://blogs.roanoke.com/courtside.


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Oct 31, 2014Pre-Season Rankings for Mark Berman
1Kentucky (52)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 52 Voters
Lowest: 7 - John McNamara
1604
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2Wisconsin (8)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Tom Keegan
1483
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3Texas
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 2 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: 25 - Chris Dachille
1061
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4Arizona (5)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Dick Vitale
1518
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5Virginia
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1090
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6Duke
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1415
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7Wichita State
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Randy Rosetta
1027
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8Kansas
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 9 - Fletcher Mackel
1346
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9Villanova
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Joe Rexrode
Lowest: 25 - Cormac Gordon
885
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10Gonzaga
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Ron Morris
Lowest: NR - Adam Jude
840
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11Oklahoma
0-0Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
426
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12Louisville
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - John McNamara
Lowest: 15 - Cecil Hurt
1114
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13North Carolina
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Ron Morris
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1274
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14San Diego State
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
560
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15Nebraska
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
309
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16VCU
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
574
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17Florida
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Mark Berman
1153
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18Harvard
0-0Actual: 25
Highest: 15 - Fletcher Mackel
Lowest: NR - 34 Voters
98
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19Iowa State
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 5 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: 21 - Zach Osterman
781
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20Colorado
0-0Actual: 29
Highest: 14 - Jeff Faraudo
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
57
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21SMU
0-0Actual: 22
Highest: 15 - Bill Knight
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
285
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22Stanford
0-0Actual: 27
Highest: 12 - Ron Morris
Lowest: NR - 41 Voters
71
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23Kansas State
0-0Actual: 32
Highest: 17 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: NR - 56 Voters
27
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24Michigan State
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Adam Jude
521
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25Stephen F. Austin
0-0Actual: 50
Highest: 25 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 64 Voters
1
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Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 17-UConn20-Ohio State23-Syracuse24-Michigan25-Utah