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.


Ballot Score

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Dec 26, 2022Week 8 Rankings for Mark Berman
1Purdue (40)
12-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 40 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 2 Voters
1478
Points
2UConn (20)
13-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 20 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Jon Wilner
1459
Points
3Houston
12-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1351
Points
4Arizona
12-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 4 Voters
1274
Points
5Kansas
11-1Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 12 Voters
Lowest: 9 - C.L. Brown
1299
Points
6Texas
10-1Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Dave Borges
1144
Points
7Tennessee
10-2Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1068
Points
8Gonzaga
10-3Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
940
Points
9Alabama
10-2Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Steve Greenberg
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1067
Points
10Arkansas
11-1Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - Bob Holt
Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters
1017
Points
11Virginia
8-2Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 17 - David Jones
861
Points
12UCLA
11-2Actual: 11
Highest: 4 - Bret Bloomquist
Lowest: 14 - 3 Voters
906
Points
13Miami (FL)
12-1Actual: 14
Highest: 7 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - Aria Gerson
658
Points
14Baylor
9-2Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - C.L. Brown
Lowest: 14 - 3 Voters
888
Points
15Indiana
10-3Actual: 16
Highest: 13 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
513
Points
16Wisconsin
9-2Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
570
Points
17Duke
10-3Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - Bob Holt
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
500
Points

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This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
18Charleston
12-1Actual: 26
Highest: 18 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 31 Voters
102
Points
19TCU
10-1Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
480
Points
20Xavier
10-3Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - Geoff Grammer
Lowest: NR - 28 Voters
147
Points
21New Mexico
12-0Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - Matt Daniels
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
147
Points
22North Carolina
9-4Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 33 Voters
112
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
23Memphis
10-3Actual: 28
Highest: 13 - David Jones
Lowest: NR - 44 Voters
74
Points
24Mississippi State
11-1Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
215
Points
25Maryland
9-3Actual: 27
Highest: 15 - Aria Gerson
Lowest: NR - 35 Voters
87
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-Kentucky20-Auburn24-West Virginia