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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Dec 21, 2020Week 5 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Gonzaga (61)
4-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 61 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 3 Voters
1597
Points
2Baylor (3)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Jon Wilner
1538
Points
3Iowa
6-1Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 10 - Sam Blum
1365
Points
4Kansas
7-1Actual: 3
Highest: 3 - 36 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Jesse Newell
1426
Points
5West Virginia
7-1Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1225
Points
6Villanova
7-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 4 Voters
1304
Points
7Houston
5-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Seth Davis
1272
Points
8Texas
7-1Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Dave Preston
1035
Points
9Tennessee
4-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Jon Wilner
1109
Points
10Missouri
5-0Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Jesse Newell
768
Points
11Rutgers
6-0Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - Sam Blum
Lowest: 20 - Luke DeCock
878
Points

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12North Carolina
5-2Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
492
Points

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13Richmond
6-1Actual: 27
Highest: 13 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 32 Voters
142
Points
14Michigan State
6-1Actual: 12
Highest: 3 - Stephen Tsai
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
839
Points
15Illinois
5-3Actual: 18
Highest: 8 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
468
Points

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16Wisconsin
6-1Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 16 - Mark Berman
1051
Points
17Creighton
6-2Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - Paul Klee
Lowest: NR - Doug Doughty
773
Points

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18Ohio State
6-1Actual: 23
Highest: 12 - Zach Klein
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
245
Points

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19San Diego State
5-1Actual: 26
Highest: 15 - Jeff Rabjohns
Lowest: NR - 32 Voters
146
Points

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20Texas Tech
6-2Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Luke DeCock
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
661
Points
21Xavier
8-0Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 23 Voters
249
Points
22Michigan
6-0Actual: 19
Highest: 10 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
367
Points
23Virginia Tech
6-1Actual: 24
Highest: 12 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
181
Points

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24UCF
2-1Actual: 39
Highest: 23 - Donald Hunt
Lowest: NR - 61 Voters
6
Points
25Florida State
4-1Actual: 21
Highest: 8 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
335
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 16-Virginia20-Duke25-Oregon